Ohio Admin. Code 3701-40-01 - Definitions
(A)
"Address ", in the case of an individual, means the
individual's residence and, in the case of a government agency, means the
office at which the records pertaining to a particular child are
maintained.
(B)
"Attending physician " means the newborn's or infant's
primary care physician who will provide care for the newborn or infant after
discharge. If there is no known primary care physician, the physician treating
the infant or newborn while the newborn or infant is in the hospital will be
deemed the attending physician .
(C)
"Audiologist "
means an individual authorized under the section
4753.07 of the Revised Code to
practice audiology.
(D)
"Birth clerk " means an integrated perinatal health
information system (IPHIS) user with the ability to enter data to create birth
records.
(E)
"Board of health " means the board of health of a city
or general health district or the authority having the duties of a board of
health under section 3709.05 of the Revised
Code.
(F)
"Certified nurse-midwife " means a registered nurse who
holds a valid certificate of authority issued under Chapter 4723. of the
Revised Code that authorizes the practice of nursing as a certified nurse
midwife in accordance with section
4723.43 of the Revised Code and
rules adopted by the board of nursing.
(G)
"Certified nurse
practitioner " means a registered nurse who holds a valid certificate of
authority issued under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code that authorizes the
practice of nursing as a certified nurse practitioner in accordance with
section 4723.43 of the Revised Code and
rules adopted by the board of nursing.
(H)
"Custodian " means
a government agency, or an individual, other than a parent or guardian, with
legal or permanent custody of a child as defined in section
2151.011 of the Revised
Code.
(I)
"Department " means the Ohio department of
health.
(J)
"Diagnostic hearing evaluation " means evaluation
through the use of a battery of pediatric audiology test procedures by an
audiologist that will result in type and degree of hearing
loss.
(K)
"Director " means the director of health or
designee.
(L)
"Discharge " means the release of a patient from a
hospital or freestanding birthing center to a non-institutional
setting.
(M)
"Early intervention services " means developmental
services selected in collaboration with the parents of a child, birth through
age two, who is eligible for services under part C and designed to meet the
developmental needs of the child and the needs of the child's family to assist
appropriately in the child's development as identified in the individualized
family service plan.
(N)
"Freestanding birthing center " has the same meaning as
the term defined in section
3702.141 of the Revised
Code.
(O)
"Filed" means received by the director .
(P)
"Guardian " has
the same meaning as the term is defined in section
2111.01 of the Revised
Code.
(Q)
"Healthcare facility " means any of the following:
(1)
A hospital that
is registered under section
3701.07 of the Revised
Code;
(2)
A freestanding birthing center as defined in section
3702.141 of the Revised Code;
or
(3)
A building, office, clinic, or other location in which
a physician or an audiologist is licensed to practice in Ohio and provides
diagnostic hearing evaluations.
(R)
"Hearing clerk "
means an integrated perinatal health information systems (IPHIS) user with the
ability to enter data on the hearing screening tab.
(S)
"Hearing loss "
refers to a loss of hearing in one or both ears in the frequency region
important for speech recognition and comprehension.
(T)
"Hearing
screening " means the use of a physiologic test that results in a pass or non
pass result in each ear to identify newborns and infants who may be at risk for
hearing loss .
(U)
"Hospital " means an institution classified and
registered as a hospital under section
3701.07 of the Revised Code that
has a maternity unit or newborn nursery.
(V)
"In collaboration
with a physician or audiologist " means a formal arrangement between the
individual conducting the screening and the physician or audiologist
responsible for the oversight of the facility's hearing screening program. The
formal arrangement must provide that the physician or audiologist is
continuously available to communicate with the individual conducting the
screening.
(W)
"Infant " means a child who is at least thirty days but
less than twenty-four months old.
(X)
"Level
classification " means the level designation of the maternity unit and newborn
care nursery that determines the services that may be provided.
(Y)
"Maternity unit "
means any unit or place in a hospital where women are regularly received and
provided care during all or part of the maternity cycle, except that "maternity
unit" does not include an emergency department or similar place dedicated to
providing emergency health care.
(Z)
"Medical home "
means the primary care team led by a physician managing health care delivery
for patients with the goal of maximizing health outcomes.
(AA)
"Newborn " means
a child who is less than thirty days old.
(BB)
"Neonatal care
services level II" as defined in rule
3701-7-08
of the Administrative Code.
(CC)
"Neonatal care
services level III" as defined in rule
3701-7-09
of the Administrative Code.
(DD)
"Neonatal care
services level IV" as defined in rule
3701-7-10
of the Administrative Code.
(EE)
"Newborn care
nursery" means a distinct portion of a hospital in which inpatient care is
provided to infants. Newborn care nursery includes a distinct portion of a
hospital in which intensive care is provided to infants.
(FF)
"Non pass result
(Refer) " means the newborn did not pass the hearing screening in the test ear
at the time of screening and requires diagnostic hearing evaluation if the
newborn did not pass the second screening.
(GG)
"Objection "
means parent, guardian , or custodian of the newborn or infant opposes to a
hearing screening for religious tenets and practices.
(HH)
"Parent " means
either parent , unless the parents are separated or divorced or their marriage
has been dissolved or annulled, in which case "parent " means the parent who is
the residential parent and legal custodian .
(II)
"Pass result "
means the newborn did pass the hearing screening in the test ear at the time of
screening and does not require a diagnostic hearing evaluation ; but is likely
to demonstrate a low risk for hearing loss.
(JJ)
"Patient-identifying information " means individually
identifiable information relating to the past, present or future physical or
mental health or condition of an individual, provision of health care to an
individual, or the past, present or future payment for health care provided to
an individual.
(KK)
"Physician " means an individual authorized under
Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery or
osteopathic medicine and surgery.
(LL)
"Physiological
screening " means a screening method that can detect a response to acoustic
stimulation from the cochlea or the brainstem.
(MM)
"Provider " means
the hospital or freestanding birthing facility that provided a hearing
screening under rules
3701-40-02
and
3701-40-06
of the Administrative Code.
(NN)
"Recommendations
from the joint committee on infant hearing" means the year 2007 position
statement: "Principles and Guidelines for Early Hearing Detection and
Intervention Programs", as published in Pediatrics, volume 120, number 4,
October 2007, pages 898-921. The web link is http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/
content/120/4/898.full.
(OO)
"Risk factor "
means any attribute, characteristic, or exposure that increases the likelihood
of developing hearing loss as defined in joint committee on infant
hearing.
(PP)
"Screening methods " means automated otoacoustic
emissions screening and automated auditory brainstem evoked
response.
(QQ)
"Third party payer " means any person or agency,
government or otherwise, other than the department of health, that provides
reimbursement for hearing screenings for newborns and infants.
(RR)
"Transfer " means
the release of a patient from a hospital or free standing birthing center to
another healthcare facility , which undertakes responsibility for the
patient.
(SS)
"Infant hearing subcommittee" as defined in section
3701.507 of the Revised
Code.
Replaces: 3701-40-01
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3701.508
Rule Amplifies: 3701.503; 3701.504; 3701.505; 3701.506; 3701.507; 3701;508; 3701.509
Prior Effective Dates: 02/01/2003, 05/19/2008, 11/12/2013
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