Ohio Admin. Code 3701-19-30 - Definitions
(A)
"Advanced Practice Nurse " means a registered nurse
authorized to practice as a certified nurse specialist, certified registered
nurse anesthetist, certified nurse midwife or certified nurse practitioner in
accordance with section
4723.41 of the Revised
Code;
(B)
"Applicant " means a person or public agency that
submits an application for a license to provide a pediatric respite care
program under rule
3701-19-32
of the Administrative Code.
(C)
"Attending
physician " means the physician identified by the pediatric respite care patient
or the pediatric respite care patient's family as having primary responsibility
for the pediatric respite care patient's medical care.
(D)
"Child Life
Specialist " means an individual who has a minimum of a bachelor's degree in
child life, child development and other related field.
(E)
"Dietitian "
means an individual licensed under Chapter 4759. of the Revised Code to
practice dietetics.
(F)
"Director " means the director of health or any
official or employee of the department of health designated by the director of
health.
(G)
"Governing body " means the entity that has ultimate
responsibility and authority for the overall operation of a pediatric respite
care program, as specified in rule
3701-19-37
of the Administrative Code.
(H)
"Inpatient
facility " means a facility that either is operated by or under contract with a
pediatric respite care program for the purpose of providing inpatient care to
the program 's patients.
(I)
"Inpatient pediatric respite care facility" means a
building or leased unit operated by a pediatric respite care program where the
pediatric respite care program directly provides accommodations and pediatric
respite care services for its pediatric respite care patients.
(J)
"Interdisciplinary plan of care " or "plan of care" means the interdisciplinary
plan for care of a pediatric respite care patient and his or her family
prepared under rule
3701-19-40
of the Administrative Code.
(K)
"Interdisciplinary team " means a working unit composed of professional and lay
persons that includes at a minimum a physician, a registered nurse, a social
worker, a child life specialist, and a member of the clergy or a
counselor.
(L)
"Licensed Practical Nurse " means a person licensed
under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code to practice nursing as a licensed
practical nurse.
(M)
"Nurse " means a registered nurse or licensed practical
nurse .
(N)
"Palliative care " means treatment for a patient with a
serious or life-threatening illness directed at controlling pain, relieving
other symptoms, and enhancing the quality of life of the patient and the
patient 's family rather than treatment for the purpose of cure. Nothing in this
section shall be interpreted to mean that palliative care can be provided only
as a component of a pediatric respite care program .
(O)
"Pediatric
respite care patient " or "patient " means a patient , other than a hospice
patient , who is less than twenty-seven years of age who has been diagnosed with
a disease or condition prior to the age of eighteen that is life threatening
and is expected to shorten the life expectancy that would have applied to the
patient absent the patient's diagnosis, regardless of whether the patient is
terminally ill, who has voluntarily requested and is receiving care from a
licensed pediatric respite care program .
(P)
"Pediatric
respite care program " means a program operated by a person or public agency
that provides inpatient respite care and related services, including all of the
following services, only to pediatric respite care patients and pediatric
respite care patients' families, in order to meet the physical, psychological,
spiritual, and other special needs that are experienced during or leading up to
the final stages of illness, dying, and bereavement:
(1)
Short-term
inpatient care, including both palliative and respite care and
procedures;
(2)
Nursing care by or under the supervision of a
registered nurse ;
(3)
Physicians' services;
(4)
Medical social
services by a social worker under the director of a physician;
(5)
Medical
supplies, including drugs and biologicals, and the use of medical
appliances;
(6)
Counseling for pediatric respite care patients and
pediatric respite care patients' families; and
(7)
Bereavement
services for respite care patients' families.
(Q)
"Pediatric
respite care program patient's family" or "family" means a pediatric respite
care program patient's immediate family members, including a spouse, brother,
sister, child, parent, and any other relative or individual who has significant
personal ties to the patient and who is designated as a member of the patient's
family by mutual agreement of the patient, the relative or individual, and the
patient's interdisciplinary team.
(R)
"Person " means
an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited
liability company, and association.
(S)
"Physician "
means a person authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice
medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery.
(T)
"Registered
nurse " means a person registered under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code to
practice professional nursing.
(U)
"Respite care "
means inpatient care services provided by the pediatric respite care program to
give temporary relief to a pediatric respite care patient's family or other
caregivers.
(V)
"Short-term " means a period of respite care up to and
including, twenty-eight days.
(W)
"Social worker "
means a person licensed under Chapter 4757. of the Revised Code to practice as
a social worker or independent social worker.
(X)
"Volunteer "
means a lay or professional person who provides his or her services to a
pediatric respite care program without compensation.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3712.031
Rule Amplifies: 3712.031, 3712.99, 3712.09, 3712.061, 3712.051, 3712.041
Prior Effective Dates: 12/26/2013
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3712.031
Rule Amplifies: 3712.031, 3712.041, 3712.051, 3712.061, 3712.09, 3712.99
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