Utah Admin. Code R432-150-3 - Definitions
(1) The definitions found in Rules R432-1 and
R380-600 apply to this rule. Additionally:
(2) "Adult day care" means nonresidential
care and supervision for at least four, but less than 24 hours, a day, that
meets the needs of functionally impaired adults through a comprehensive program
that provides a variety of health, social, recreational, and related support
services in a protective setting.
(3) "Certification in cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR)" refers to certification issued after completion of an
in-person course, to include skills testing and evaluation on-site with a
licensed instructor.
(4) "Chemical
restraint" means any medication administered to a resident to control or
restrict the resident's physical, emotional, behavioral functioning for the
convenience of staff, punishment, discipline, or as a substitute for direct
resident care.
(5) "Dining
assistant" means an individual unrelated to a resident who meets the training
requirements outlined in this rule to assist a resident with eating and
drinking.
(6) "Governing body"
means the board of trustees, owner, and individuals designated by the owner
with the legal authority and ultimate responsibility for the management,
control, conduct, and functioning of the health care facility or
agency.
(7) "Intermediate care"
means a level of care that provides 24-hour inpatient care to each resident who
needs licensed supervision and supportive care but does not require continuous
nursing care.
(8)
"Medically-related social services" means assistance provided by the licensed
social worker to maintain or improve each resident's ability to control
everyday physical, mental, and psychosocial needs.
(9) "Monitoring device" means the same as
defined in Section
26B-2-236.
(10) "Nurse aide" means any individual, other
than an individual licensed in another category, providing nursing or nurse
related services to a resident in a nursing care facility. This definition does
not include an individual who volunteers to provide such services without
pay.
(11) "Nursing staff" means
nurse aides that are in the process of becoming certified, certified nurse
aides, and those individuals that are licensed, including licensed practical
nurses and registered nurses, to provide nursing care in Utah.
(12) "OL" means the Office of Licensing in
the Division of Licensing and Background Checks under the Department of Health
and Human Services.
(13)
"Palatable" means food that has a pleasant and agreeable taste and is
acceptable to eat.
(14) "Physical
restraint" means any physical method, physical or mechanical device, material,
or equipment attached or adjacent to the resident's body that the resident
cannot easily remove and restricts the resident's freedom of movement or normal
access to their body.
(15)
"Pre-admission screening resident review" is a preliminary assessment completed
for each individual before admission to a Medicaid-certified nursing facility
to determine whether an individual might have a mental illness or intellectual
disability.
(16) "Respite" means to
provide intermittent, time-limited care to give primary caretakers relief from
the demands of caring for a person.
(17) "Resident care conference" means a
review of the resident's care plan by an interdisciplinary team comprised of
representatives of disciplines based on the resident's needs.
(18) "Responsible person" means the same as
defined in Rule R432-1.
(19)
"Secure memory care unit" means a nursing care unit with a controlled egress
locking system to ensure a resident in cognitive decline, including dementia or
Alzheimer's Disease, is prevented from wandering away or getting lost.
(20) "Significant change" means a
major change in a resident's status that impacts more than one area of the
resident's health status.
(21)
"Skilled level of nursing care" means a level of care that provides 24-hour
inpatient care to a resident who needs licensed nursing supervision; by
licensed health care personnel who closely supervise or perform the prescribed
services.
(22) "Therapeutic leave"
means leave pertaining to planned medical treatment that is implemented to meet
an objective that is specified in the individual care plan.
(23) "Unnecessary drug" means any drug used:
(a) excessive in dose;
(b) for any combination of these
reasons;
(c) for excessive
duration;
(d) in the presence of
adverse consequences that show the dose should be reduced or
discontinued;
(e) without
indications for its use; or
(f)
without monitoring.
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