Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19a - Public Health and Well-being › 495 - Licensure of Private Freestanding Mental Health Day Treatment Facilities, Intermediate Treatment Facilities and Psychiatric Outpatient Clinics for Adults › Licensure of Recovery Care Centers and Standards For In-hospital Recovery Care Centers › Section 19a-495-571 - Licensure of recovery care centers and standards for In-Hospital Recovery Care Centers

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Definitions.
As used in this section:
(1) "Administer" means to initiate the
				venipuncture and deliver an IV fluid, IV admixture, blood and blood components
				into the blood stream via a vein; monitor the patient; care for the
				venipuncture site; terminate the procedure; and record pertinent events and
				observations.
(2) "Care partner"
				means an individual whose intent is to help the patient in his or her recovery.
				A care partner may provide assistance with personal care and routine
				needs.
(3) "Commissioner" means the
				Commissioner of the Department of Public Health and Addiction Services, or his
				or her designee.
(4) "Community
				pharmacy" means a pharmacy licensed pursuant to Section 20-168 of the
				Connecticut General Statutes. An exception may be made for those cases in which
				a specific patient has a third party prescription drug plan that requires the
				patient to obtain medications from a specific pharmacy located outside the
				State of Connecticut, provided such pharmacy complies with the requirements of
				the State of Connecticut regulations and the policy of the facility regarding
				labeling and packaging.
(5)
				"Department" means the Connecticut Department of Public Health and Addiction
				Services.
(6) "IV admixture" means
				an IV fluid to which one or more additional drug products have been
				added.
(7) "IV fluid" means sterile
				solutions intended for intravenous infusion.
(8) "IV therapy" means the introduction of an
				IV fluid or IV admixture into the blood stream via a vein for the purpose of
				correcting water deficit and electrolyte imbalances, providing nutrition, and
				delivering antibiotics and other therapeutic agents approved by the facility's
				medical staff. "IV Therapy" also means the introduction of blood and blood
				components into the blood stream via a vein.
(9) "IV therapy nurse" means a registered
				nurse who is qualified by education and training and has demonstrated
				proficiency in the theoretical and clinical aspects of IV therapy to administer
				an IV fluid, IV admixture, blood and blood components.
(10) "IV therapy trainer" means a registered
				nurse who has been certified in IV Therapeutics by the National Intravenous
				Therapy Association and possesses current certification from that
				entity.
(11) "IV therapy program"
				means the overall plan by which the facility shall implement, monitor and
				safeguard the administration of IV therapy to patients.
(12) "Life support system" as defined in
				section
				19a-570(1)
				of the Connecticut General Statutes means any medical procedure or intervention
				which, when applied to an individual, would serve only to postpone the moment
				of death or maintain the individual in a state of permanent unconsciousness. In
				these circumstances, such procedures shall include, but are not necessarily
				limited to, mechanical or electronic devices including artificial means of
				providing nutrition or hydration.
(13) "Nurse's aides" means unlicensed workers
				employed and trained to assist licensed nursing personnel and entered on the
				nurse's aide registry maintained by the department.
(14) "Practitioner" means a physician,
				dentist or other person authorized to prescribe drugs in the course of
				professional service in the State of Connecticut.
(15) "Qualified social work consultant" means
				a person who possesses at least a master's degree in social work from a college
				or university that was accredited by the Council on Social Work Education at
				the time of his or her graduation, and has at least two (2) years of post
				graduate social work experience in a health care setting.
(16) "Qualified social worker" means a person
				who possesses at least a bachelor's degree in social work from a college or
				university that was accredited by the Council on Social Work Education at the
				time of his or her graduation, and has at least one (1) year of post degree
				social work experience in a health care setting.
(17) "Recovery care center" or "center" means
				a center providing care and services to patients following an acute event as a
				result of illness, injury or exacerbated disease process and who are in need of
				a high degree of medical direction, but for whom acute-hospitalization is not
				required.
(A) An in-hospital recovery care
				center is a special unit of a licensed hospital and must be located attached to
				or on the grounds of a licensed hospital. Duplication of services is not
				required if the services are approximate to the point of service as determined
				by the department.
(B) A recovery
				care center is a freestanding licensed facility or otherwise specifically
				designated unit of a licensed facility that shall contain all of the elements
				for service and function contained in this section.
(18) "Reportable event" means an occurrence,
				situation or circumstance which is unusual or inconsistent with the policies
				and practices of the facility.
(19)
				"Supervision" means the direction, inspection, and on-site observation of the
				functions and activities of others in the performance of their duties and
				responsibilities.