Utah Admin. Code R432-100-3 - Definitions
(1) General Definitions of Rule R432-1 apply
to this rule.
(2) "Caregiver" means
an individual designated by a patient of the hospital to assist with continuing
care that can be given in the patient's residence after discharge.
(3) "Hospital blood services" are defined as
follows:
(a) a "blood bank" means a facility
that combines the functions of a donor center and transfusion service within
the same facility;
(b) a "donor
center" means a facility that procures, prepares, processes, stores, and
transports blood and blood components; or
(c) a "transfusion service" means a facility
that stores, determines compatibility, transfuses blood and blood components,
and monitors transfused patients for any adverse effect.
(4) "Swing-Bed" means a hospital room that
can switch from inpatient acute care status to skilled care status.
(5) "Type I Acute or Critical Access
Hospital" means a hospital that offers comprehensive emergency care 24 hours a
day in-house, with at least one physician experienced in emergency care on
staff in the emergency care area.
(6) "Type II Acute or Critical Access
Hospital" means a hospital that offers emergency care 24 hours a day, with at
least one physician experienced in emergency care on duty in the emergency care
area, and with specialty consultation available within 30 minutes by members of
the medical staff.
(7) "Type III
Acute or Critical Access Hospital" means a hospital that offers emergency care
24 hours a day, with at least one physician available to the emergency care
area within 30 minutes through a medical staff call roster.
(8) "Type IV Acute or Critical Access
Hospital" means a hospital that offers emergency first aid treatment to
patients, staff, and visitors; and to persons who may be unaware of, or unable
to immediately reach services in other facilities.
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