For the purpose of these rules, the following terms shall have
the meaning set forth below.
"AADE" means the American Association of
Diabetes Educators.
"Accredited" means that a program is
currently accredited by the Association of Diabetes Care and Education
Specialists (ADCES)/American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE).
"ADA" means the American Diabetes
Association.
"ADCES" means the Association of Diabetes
Care and Education Specialists.
"Certification" means the review and approval
and assignment of a program site number of an outpatient diabetes education
program which meets minimum standards.
"Certified diabetes care and education
specialist" means a person currently certified by the Certification
Board for Diabetes Care and Education.
"Certified diabetes educator" means a person
currently certified by the National Certification Board for Diabetes
Educators.
"Department" means the Iowa department of
public health.
"Diabetes mellitus" includes the
following:
1. "Type I diabetes" means
insulin-dependent diabetes (IDDM) requiring lifelong treatment with
insulin.
2. "Type II diabetes"
means noninsulin-dependent diabetes often managed by food plan, exercise,
weight control, and in some instances, oral medications or insulin.
3. "Gestational diabetes" means diabetes
diagnosed during pregnancy.
4.
"Impaired glucose tolerance" means a condition in which blood glucose levels
are higher than normal, diagnosed by a physician or physician assistant, and
treated with food plan, exercise or weight control.
5. "Secondary diabetes" means diabetes
induced by drugs or chemicals as well as by pancreatic or endocrine disease and
treated appropriately.
"Director" means the director of the Iowa
department of public health.
"Licensed dietitian" means a person currently
licensed to practice dietetics under Iowa Code chapter 152A.
"Participant" means a patient who is referred
to, is active in, or has completed the educational diabetes program.
"Pharmacist" means a person currently
licensed to practice pharmacy under Iowa Code chapter 155A.
"Physician" means a person currently licensed
to practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, or
osteopathy under Iowa Code chapter 148.
"Physician assistant" means a person
currently licensed under Iowa Code chapter 148C.
"Primary instructor" means an instructor with
major or broad teaching responsibility.
"Professional health educator" means a person
having successfully completed a degree designated "health education" from an
accredited college or university.
"Program" means an outpatient diabetes
self-management education program in which instruction shall be provided which
shall enable people with diabetes and their families to understand the diabetes
disease process and the daily management of diabetes.
"Program coordinator" means the person
responsible for the direction and supervision of a program including, but not
limited to, planning, arranging implementation, and assuring quality.
"Program staff" means the program
coordinator, program physician, primary and supporting instructors, and
advisory committee members.
"Recognized" means that a program is
currently recognized by the American Diabetes Association.
"Registered nurse" means a person currently
licensed to practice professional nursing under Iowa Code chapter 152.
"Standards" means the outpatient diabetes
education program standards developed by the department.
"Supporting instructor" means an instructor
who teaches only one or two specific topics of the program, on a voluntary or
paid basis.
Notes
Iowa Admin. Code r. 641-9.2
ARC 9249B, lAB 12/1/10,
effective 1/5/11
Amended by
IAB
October 10, 2018/Volume XLI, Number 8, effective
11/14/2018
Amended by
IAB
April 6, 2022/Volume XLIV, Number 20, effective
5/11/2022
Amended by
IAB
February 8, 2023/Volume XLV, Number 16, effective
3/15/2023