Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 59A-10.002 - Definitions
As used in this rule chapter:
(1) "Accident prevention" means those risk
management techniques that seek to reduce the frequency and/or severity of
incidents.
(2) "Accredited
institution of higher learning" means universities, colleges, community
colleges and junior colleges which are accredited by an accrediting
agency.
(3) "Accrediting agency"
means those accrediting agencies belonging to the Council on Higher Education
Accreditation.
(4) "Agency" means
the Agency for Health Care Administration.
(5) "Ambulatory surgical center" means an
ambulatory surgical center licensed under Chapters 395 and 408, F.S., and Rule
Chapters 59A-5 and 35, F.A.C.
(6)
"Basic risk manager" means a person who has a degree, awarded by an accredited
institution of higher learning, in risk management or insurance.
(7) "Community interrelationships" means
community networks, liaisons and associations that are necessary to promote
continuity of care or enhance the delivery of patient care and aid in the
prevention and control of health care risks.
(8) "Departmental organization and
management" means the organizational structure, goals, objectives, philosophy,
policies, procedures, and job descriptions which govern organizational
operations of the health care risk management program as it functions within
the licensed health care facility.
(9) "General risk management administration"
means the establishment, direction and evaluation of procedures, programs and
other methods to reduce or minimize personal injury and financial losses. The
term includes management of an incident reporting system and reporting of
appropriate statistics for hospital and state maintenance.
(10) "Health care administrator" means a
person who has a masters degree, awarded by an accredited institution of higher
learning, in health or healthcare administration, healthcare management, or
other such education which included successful completion of graduate level
courses in the management and administration of various healthcare
organizations, health care finance, legal and ethical issues related to
healthcare, risk management, and health information management.
(11) "Health care facility" or "facility"
means an ambulatory surgical center or hospital, as defined in subsections (5)
and (13).
(12) "Health care
professional" means a physician licensed pursuant to Chapter 458, F.S., an
osteopath licensed pursuant to Chapter 459, F.S., a chiropractor licensed
pursuant to Chapter 460, F.S., a podiatrist licensed pursuant to Chapter 461,
F.S., a pharmacist licensed pursuant to Chapter 465, F.S., a nurse licensed
pursuant to Chapter 464, F.S., a radiologic technologist certified pursuant to
Chapter 468, F.S., a respiratory therapist licensed pursuant to Chapter 468,
F.S., a physical therapist licensed pursuant to Chapter 486, F.S., an
occupational therapist licensed pursuant to Chapter 468, F.S., and an emergency
medical technician or paramedic certified pursuant to Chapter 401,
F.S.
(13) "Hospital" means a
hospital licensed under Chapters 395 and 408, F.S., and Rule Chapters 59A-3 and
35, F.A.C.
(14) ICD-10-CM means the
International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition, Clinical Modification
and shall be abbreviated as ICD-10-CM in these rules.
(15) "Incident report" means a factual
written statement about a particular incident detailing particulars as to time,
location, all persons directly involved including functional titles, and the
nature of event including description of injuries. The report shall contain a
listing of witnesses to the event.
(16) "Incident reporting system" means a
series of systematized procedures for detecting, reporting, collating,
analyzing, and summarizing incidents.
(17) "Internal risk management program" means
the policies and procedures of a health care facility which constitute the
internal risk management program as defined in Section
395.0197 or
641.55, F.S.
(18) "Investigation" or "investigate" means
the identification, analysis and evaluation of an incident by a risk manager or
his designee or by a representative of the Agency.
(19) "Licensed health care risk manager"
means an individual licensed under Section
395.10974, F.S.
(20) "Medical care" means that care and
treatment rendered by or under the direction of licensed health care
professionals.
(21) "Medical
intervention" means actions of any health care facility or personnel of the
facility, in the provision of health care.
(22) "Medical terminology" means terms and
abbreviations most commonly found in medical usage as well as prefixes and
suffixes which are employed as elements of medical words.
(23) "Patient care" means those services
provided or rendered to meet the patient's physical, emotional and spiritual
needs.
(24) "Patient grievance"
means any complaint by a patient relating to patient care or the quality of
medical services, except for those matters pertaining to the cost of
care.
(25) "Personal and social
care" means those human resources and services which are available to meet the
individual psychosocial needs of patients to promote well-being and continuity
of care.
(26) "Personnel" for
purposes of this rule means any employee or independent contractor of a
facility or member of a facility's medical staff.
(27) "Personnel directly involved" for the
purposes of reporting to the Agency means personnel as described in subsection
(26) who could exercise control over the event which is reportable as an
adverse or untoward incident.
(28)
"Risk management" means the identification, investigation, analysis, and
evaluation of risks and the selection of the most advantageous method of
correcting, reducing or eliminating identifiable risks.
(29) "Risk Manager designee" means any person
appointed by the facility to work with the licensed health care risk manager or
to act as his representative in carrying out risk management activities. This
appointment must be in writing.
Notes
Rulemaking Authority 395.0197, 395.1073 FS. Law Implemented 395.0197 FS.
New 8-28-79, Formerly 10D-75.02, Amended 3-25-86, 12-28-89, Formerly 10D-75.002, Amended 9-16-92, 8-2-16.
State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare.
No prior version found.