Ohio Admin. Code 3701-7-01 - Definitions
(A) "Administrator"
means the person responsible for the overall daily management of the maternity
unit, or newborn care nursery, or both.
(B) "Advanced practice
registered nurse" means an individual who holds a
valid certificate of authority under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code to
practice nursing as a certified registered nurse anesthetist, clinical
registered nurse specialist, certified
registered nurse-midwife, or certified
registered nurse practitioner.
(C) "Anesthesiologist" means a physician who
has completed a residency training program in anesthesiology accredited by the
accreditation council for graduate medical education or the American
osteopathic association.
(D)
"Anesthesiologist assistant" means an individual who holds a valid certificate
of registration under Chapter 4760. of the Revised Code to practice as a
anesthesiologist assistant.
(E) "Available for consultation"
means an individual is capable of rendering advice, opinions, recommendations,
suggestions, and counsel in evaluating a patient upon notice by the requesting
physician and in accordance with the medical needs of the patient. This may be
done by telemedicine or e-medicine in accordance with acceptable standards of
practice.
(G)
"Consultation"
means an individual is capable of rendering advice, opinions, recommendations,
suggestions, and counsel in evaluating a patient upon notice by the requesting
physician and in accordance with the medical needs of the patient. This may be
done by telemedicine or e-medicine in accordance with accepted professional
standards.
(H) "Department"
means the Ohio department of health.
(I) "Director" means the director of the
department of health or his duly authorized representative.
(J) "Donor human milk" means milk from a
lactating mother or lactating mothers, other than the milk of the mother of the
newborn, that has been screened pursuant to the guidelines issued by the "Human
milk bank association of North America."
(K) "Feeding preparation area" means a
designated clean area within the newborn care nursery that is specifically for
the storage and preparation of human milk, donor human milk, or commercial
infant formula.
(L) "Fetal death"
means death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a
product of conception, which after such expulsion or extraction, does not
breathe or show any other evidence of life such as beating of the heart,
pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles.
"Fetal death" does not include termination of the
pregnancy.
(M) "Guidelines
for perinatal care" means the sixth
eighth edition of the "Guidelines for perinatal
care" issued by the American academy of pediatrics and the American congress of
obstetricians and gynecologists.
(N) "Gynecologic patient" means a woman with
or suspected of having a disorder related to her reproductive organs.
(O) "Hospital" means an institution required
to be registered under section
3701.07 of the Revised
Code.
(P) "Human milk" means the
milk produced by a mother to feed her newborn.
(Q) "Lactation consultant" means an
individual who holds credentials as an "International board certified lactation
consultant."
(R) "Level
classification" means the level designation of the maternity unit and newborn
care nursery that determines the services that may be provided.
(S) "Licensee" or "license holder" means the
individual, corporation, partnership, board, association or entity licensed by
the director under Chapter 3711. of the Revised Code and rule
3701-7-03 of the Administrative
Code to maintain a maternity unit, newborn care nursery, or maternity
home.
(T) "Licensed capacity" means
the maximum number of patients that the maternity unit, newborn care nursery,
or maternity home is authorized to accommodate under its license.
(U) "Licensed dietitian" means an individual
licensed under Chapter 4759. of the Revised Code to practice as a licensed
dietitian.
(V) "Licensed practical
nurse" means an individual licensed under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code to
practice nursing as a licensed practical nurse.
(W) "Maternity home" means a facility for
pregnant girls and women where
accommodations, medical care, and social services are provided during the
prenatal and postpartal periods. Maternity home does not include a private
residence where obstetric or newborn services are received by a resident of the
home.
(X) "Maternity unit" means a
distinct portion of a hospital in which inpatient care is provided to women
during all or part of the maternity cycle.
(Y) "Medical director" means the physician
who is responsible for managing and directing the provision of medical services
at the maternity unit or newborn care nursery.
(Z) "Neonatal resuscitation program" means
the neonatal resuscitation program developed by the American heart association
and American academy of pediatrics, or an equivalent program approved by the
director.
(AA) "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.
(BB) "Nurse" means either a licensed
practical nurse or a registered nurse.
(CC) "Nursing staff" means registered nurses,
licensed practical nurses, and other staff that render care under the
supervision of a registered nurse.
(DD) "Obstetric and newborn care service"
means the staff, equipment, physical space, and support services required to
care for pregnant women, fetuses, women who have recently delivered a child,
and newborns.
(EE) "On-call" means
an individual is capable of being reached by telephone or other electronic
device and able to return to the maternity unit or newborn care nursery in
accordance with facility policies.
(FF) "On-duty" means in the maternity unit,
newborn care nursery, or maternity home, alert and responsive to patient
needs.
(GG) "On-site" means in the
building in which the maternity unit or newborn care nursery is located, or in
the case of campus settings, in a nearby building and able to immediately
respond to the maternity unit or newborn care nursery.
(HH) "On-staff" means a member of the formal
organization of physicians and other health professionals approved by the
governing body with the delegated responsibility to provide for the quality of
all medical care, and other health care as appropriate, provided to
patients.
(II) "Patient" means any
individual who receives health care services.
(JJ) "Pharmacist" means an individual
registered under Chapter 4729. of the Revised Code to practice
pharmacy.
(KK) "Physician" means an
individual who is licensed under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice
medicine and surgery, or osteopathic medicine and surgery.
(LL) "Physician assistant" means a individual
who holds a valid certificate to practice issued under Chapter 4730. of the
Revised Code to provide services to patients as a physician assistant under the
supervision, control, and direction of one or more physicians who are
responsible for the physician assistant's performance.
(MM) "Registered nurse" means an individual
who is licensed under section
4723.09 of the Revised Code to
practice as a licensed registered nurse.
(NN) "Resident" means a woman or a newborn to
whom the maternity home provides accommodations, medical care, or social
services.
(OO) "Resident
representative" means either a person acting on behalf of a resident with the
consent of the resident or the resident's legal guardian.
(PP) "Social worker" means an individual
licensed to practice social work under Chapter 4757. of the Revised
Code.
(QQ) "Special delivery
services" means services provided by a freestanding children's hospital that
does not offer typical obstetric services as a level I obstetric service, level
II obstetric service, or level III obstetric service, but is licensed as a
level III or level IV neonatal care service, and
is designed and equipped to provide delivery services to pregnant women as part
of a comprehensive multidisciplinary program of fetal and neonatal care when it
is determined that the fetus, once delivered, will require immediate highly
subspecialty neonatal intensive care or neonatal surgery typically provided by
a level IIIB
III or level IIIC
IV neonatal care service.
(RR) "Staff member" or "staff" means the
administrator and individuals providing direct care to patients on a full-time,
part-time, temporary, contract, or voluntary basis. Staff member or staff does
not include volunteers who are family members of a patient.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3711.12
Rule Amplifies: 3711.01, 3711.02, 3711.04, 3711.05, 3711.06, 3711.08, 3711.10
Prior Effective Dates: 07/15/1976, 04/30/2003, 01/01/2012
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