410 IAC 16.2-1.1-40 - "Minor regimens" defined
Authority: IC 16-28-1-7
Affected: IC 16-28
Sec. 40.
"Minor regimens" includes, but is not limited to, the following:
(1) Assistance with
self-maintained exdwelling and indwelling catheter care and intermittent
catheterization for a chronic condition.
(2) Prophylactic and palliative skin care,
including application of creams or ointments for treatment of minor skin
problems.
(3) Routine dressing that
does not require packing or irrigation, but is for abrasions, skin tears,
closed surgical wounds, and chronic skin conditions.
(4) General maintenance care of ostomy,
including routine change of bag with care and maintenance of surrounding
tissue.
(5) Restorative nursing
assistance, including passive and/or active assisted range of motion.
(6) Toileting care including assistance in
use of adult briefs and cues for bowel and bladder training.
(7) Routine blood glucose testing involving a
finger-stick method.
(8) Enema and
digital stool removal therapies.
(9) General maintenance care in connection
with braces, splints, and plaster casts.
(10) Observation of self-maintained
prosthetic devices.
(11)
Administration of subcutaneous or intramuscular injections.
(12) Metered dose inhalers, nebulizer/aerosol
treatments self-administered by a resident, and routine administration of
medical gases after a therapy regimen has been established.
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