Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 13-D - The Public Health Code of the State of Connecticut › Chapter IV - Hospitals, Child Day Care Centers, Other Institutions and Children's General Hospitals › Section 19-13-D8t - Chronic and convalescent nursing homes and rest homes with nursing supervision

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Definitions.
As used in this
				subsection:
(1) "Attending physician" means the
				physician attending the patient at the time of treatment;
(2) "By-Laws" means a set of rules adopted by the
				facility for governing its operation;
(3) "Certified Nurse's Aide" means a nurse's aide
				issued a certificate - from January 1, 1982 through January 31, 1990 - of
				satisfactory completion of a training program which has been approved by the
				department;
(4) "Commissioner" means the
				Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Public Health;
(5) "Curriculum" means the plan of classroom and
				clinical instructions for training and skills assessment leading to registration as
				a nurse's aide, which has been approved by the commissioner;
(6) "Department" means the Connecticut Department
				of Public Health;
(7) "Facility" means a
				chronic and convalescent nursing home and/or a rest home with nursing
				supervision;
(8) "Feeding assistant"
				means an individual who has successfully completed a state approved training program
				and who is paid or under contract with a facility to orally feed patients who do not
				have complicated feeding problems as provided in section 19-13-D8t(l)(9)(D)  of the
				Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, but does not include an individual who is
				a licensed practical nurse, registered nurse or other health professional otherwise
				licensed or certified by the department, or volunteers who provide such services
				without monetary compensation or a family member assisting a relative;
(9) "Full time" means a time period of not less
				than 32 hours, established as a full working week by a facility;
(10) "Job description" means a written list
				developed for each position in the facility, containing the qualifications, duties,
				responsibilities, and accountability required of all employees in that
				position;
(11) "Licensed nursing
				personnel" means registered nurses or licensed practical nurses licensed in
				Connecticut;
(12) "Nurse's aide" means
				an individual providing nursing or nursing-related services to residents in a
				chronic and convalescent nursing home or rest home with nursing supervision, but
				does not include an individual who is a health professional otherwise licensed or
				certified by the Department of Public Health, or who volunteers to provide such
				services without monetary compensation;
(13) "Patient care plan" means an overall,
				interdisciplinary written plan documenting an evaluation of the individual patient's
				needs, short and long term goals, and care and treatment;
(14) "Personal physician" means the physician
				indicated on the patient's medical record as being responsible for the medical care
				of that patient;
(15) "Reportable Event"
				means a happening, occurrence, situation or circumstance which was unusual or
				inconsistent with the policies and practices of the facility;
(16) "Supervision" means the direction,
				inspection, and on-site observation of the functions and activities of others in the
				performance of their duties and responsibilities;
(17) "Therapeutic recreation" means individual and
				group activities designed to improve the physical and mental health and condition of
				each patient.