In addition to the definitions in
R9-1-101, the
following definitions apply in this Article, unless otherwise specified:
1. "Behavioral health services" means the
same as in A.R.S. §
36-401.
2. "Businesrday" means the same
3. "Commercial purpose" means the same as in
A.R.S. §
39-121.03.
4. "Consent" means permission by an
individual or by the individual's parent, legal guardian, or other health care
decision maker to have medical services provided to the individual
5.
"Correctional facility" means the same as in A.R.S.
§ 13 2501(2).
6.
5. "Court of competent
jurisdiction" to enter an order.
7.
6. "De-identified"
means a public health record from which the information listed in
45
CFR
164.514(b)(2)(i) for an
individual and the individual's relatives, employers, or household members has
been removed.
8.
"Diagnosis" means an identification of a disease or
an injury by an individual authorized by law to make the
identification.
9.
7. "Disclose" means to
release, transfer, provide access to, or divulge information in any other
manner.
10.
8. "Disclosure" means the release, transfer, provision
of access to, or divulging of information in any other manner by the person
holding the information.
11.
9. "Disease" means the
same as in
R9-6-101.
12.
10.
"Documentation" means written supportive evidence.
13.
11. "Emancipated
minor" means an individual less than age 18 who:
a. Is determined to be independent of parents
or legal guardians under A.R.S. Title 12, Chapter 15, Article 1;
b. Meets the requirements for recognition as
an emancipated minor in A.R.S. §
12-2455;
c. Has the ability to make a contract under
A.R.S. §
44-131
or to consent to medical services under A.R.S. §
44-132;
or
d. Is married or is a U.S. armed
forces enlisted member.
14.
12. "Employee" means
an individual who works for the Department for compensation.
15.
13.
"Enlisted member" means the same as in
32
U.S.C.
101.
16.
14. "Epidemic" means
that a disease affects a disproportionately large number of individuals in a
population, community, or region at the same time.
17.
15. "Estate" means the
same as in A.R.S. §
14-1201.
18. "Financial institution" means
a bank, a savings and loan association, a credit union, or a consumer
lender.
19.
16. "Halfway house"
means a residential setting that temporarily provides shelter, food, and other
services to an individual after the individual completes a confinement in a
correctional facility, as defined in A.R.S. §
13-2501,
or a stay in a health care institution, as defined in A.R.S. §
36-401.
20.
17.
"Health care decision maker" means the same as in A.R.S. §
12-2291.
21.
"Health care institution" means the same as in
A.R.S. §
36-401(23).
22.
"Health care system" means the facilities,
personnel, and financial resources in place in a state or other geographic area
for delivering behavioral health services, medical services, nursing services,
and health-related services to individuals in the state or other geographic
area.
23.
"Health oversight activity" means:
a.
Supervision of the health care
system,
b.
Determining eligibility for health-related
government benefit programs,
c.
Determining compliance with health-related
government regulatory programs, or
d.
Determining compliance with civil rights laws for
which health-related information is relevant.
24.
"Health-related services" means the same as in
A.R.S. §
36-401(24).
25.
"Homeless minor" means an individual described in
A.R.S. §
44-132(C).
26.
"Homeless shelter" means the same as in A.R.S.
§
16-121(D).
27.
18.
"Human Subjects Review Board" means individuals designated by the Director to:
a. Review human subjects research that is
conducted, funded, or sponsored by the Department for consistency with 45 CFR
Part
46, Subpart A, dealing with the protection of the human
subjects;
b. Review requests for
Department information from external entities conducting or planning to conduct
human subjects research; and
c.
Establish guidelines for the submission and review of human subjects research.
28.
19. "Incapacitated person" means the same as in A.R.S.
§
14-5101.
29.
20.
"Incidence" means the rate of cases of a disease or an injury in a population,
community, or region during a specified period.
30.
21. "Individually
identifiable health information" means the information described in
42
U.S.C.
1320d.
31.
22. "Injury" means
trauma or damage to a part of the human body.
32. "Jurat" means the same as in
A.R.S. §
41-311(6).
33.
23. "Legal guardian" means an individual:
a. Appointed by a court of competent
jurisdiction under A.R.S. Title 8, Chapter 4, Article 12 or A.R.S. Title 14,
Chapter 5;
b. Appointed by a court
of competent jurisdiction under another state's laws for the protection of
minors and incapacitated persons; or
c. Appointed for a minor or an incapacitated
person in a probated will.
34.
24. "Medical records"
means the same as in A.R.S. §
12-2291.
35.
25. "Medical services" means the same as in A.R.S.
§
36-401.
36.
26. "Minor" means the same as in A.R.S. §
36-798.
37. "Nursing services" means the
same as in A.R.S. §
36-401(35).
38.
27.
"Outbreak" means an unexpected increase in the incidence of a disease as
determined by the Department or a health agency, as defined in A.R.S. §
36-671.
39.
28.
"Parent" means a biological or adoptive mother or father of an
individual.
40.
29. "Patient" means an individual receiving behavioral
health services, medical services, nursing services, or health-related
services, as defined in A.R.S. §
36-401.
41.
30.
"Payment records" means the same as in A.R.S. §
12-2291.
42. "Person" means the same as in
A.R.S. §
41-1001(13).
43.
31.
"Personal representative" means the same as in A.R.S. §
14-1201.
44.
32.
"Probated will" means a will that has been proved as valid in a court of
competent jurisdiction.
45.
"Public health intervention" means responding to and
containing:
a.
Outbreaks or epidemics of disease,
or
b.
The incidence of injury.
46.
"Public health investigation" means identifying and
examining:
a.
Outbreaks or epidemics of disease,
or
b.
The incidence of injury.
47.
33.
"Public health records" means information created, obtained, or maintained by
the Department for:
a. Public health
surveillance to monitor the incidence and spread of a disease or an
injury;
b. Public health
investigation to identify and examine outbreaks or epidemics of disease or the
incidence of injury;
c. Public
health intervention to respond and contain outbreaks or epidemics of disease or
the incidence of injury;
b.
d. A system of public
health statistics, as defined in A.R.S. §
36-301;
c.
e. A
system of vital records, as defined in A.R.S. §
36-301; or
d.
f. Health oversight activities, which include the
following:
i. Supervision of the health care
system,
ii. Determining eligibility
for health-related government benefit programs,
iii. Determining compliance with
health-related government regulatory programs, or
iv. Determining compliance with civil rights
laws for which health-related information is relevant; or
g. Other public health activities required or
authorized by state or federal law.
48. "Public health surveillance"
means monitoring the incidence and spread of a disease or an
injury.
49.
34. "Research" means
the same as in
45
CFR
164.501.
50.
35. "State" means the
same as in A.R.S. §
36-841.
51.
36.
"Surviving spouse" means the individual:
a. To
whom a deceased individual was married at the time of death, and
b. Who is currently alive.
52.
"System of public health statistics" means the same
as in A.R.S. §
36-301(31).
53.
"System of vital records" means the same as in
A.R.S. §
36-301(32).
54.
37. "Third person" means a person other than:
a. The individual identified by medical
records; or
b. The individual's
parent, legal guardian, or other health care decision maker.
55.
38. "Treatment" means a procedure or method to cure,
improve, or palliate a disease or an injury.
56.
39. "Valid
authorization" means written permission to disclose individually identifiable
health information that contains all the elements described in
45 CFR
164.508(c)(1).
57.
"Veteran" means the same as in
38
U.S.C.
101(2).
58.
"Vital record" means the same as in A.R.S. §
36-301(33).
59.
40.
"Volunteer" means an individual who works for the Department without
compensation.
60.
41. "Will" means the same as in A.R.S. §
14-1201.
