California Code of Regulations › Title 15 - Crime Prevention and Corrections › Division 3 - Adult Institutions, Programs and Parole › Chapter 2 - Rules and Regulations of Health Care Services › Article 1 - Health Care Definitions › Section 3999.98 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions
					 apply:
Accommodation means reasonably necessary and appropriate
					 modification or adjustment, not imposing a disproportionate or undue burden, to
					 ensure a patient with a disability has equal access to programs, services, and
					 activities.
Administer means the direct application of a drug or device to
					 the body of a patient by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or other means.
Administrative Supervision means staff in supervisory positions
					 who are responsible for administrative tasks for assigned employees including, but
					 not limited to, completing probationary and annual evaluations, assessing
					 proficiency in job duties, authorizing time off, and timekeeping activities.
Advance Directive for Health Care means a written instrument
					 which allows the patient to do either or both of the following:
1) state instructions for future health care
				  decisions;
2) appoint an agent with power
				  of attorney for health care.
Advanced Practice Provider means Nurse Practitioner (NP) and
					 Physician Assistant (PA) staff who are authorized to provide health care and
					 dispense controlled substances by the state in which they practice.
After-hours means times when the pharmacy is closed or
					 unavailable including holidays, weekends, and after regular business hours.
Agent means an individual designated in a power of attorney for
					 health care to make a health care decision for the principal, regardless of whether
					 the person is known as an agent, legally recognized decision-maker, or
					 attorney-in-fact, or by some other term. Agent includes a successor or alternate
					 agent.
Allied Health Services means health care professions including
					 clinical laboratory personnel, physical therapy, occupational therapy, dietetic
					 services, medical record personnel, radiologic services, speech-language pathology
					 and audiology, and respiratory therapy that promote interdisciplinary communication
					 and collaboration and the efficient use of resources by various health care
					 providers to improve health care.
Basic Life Support means emergency care performed to sustain
					 life that includes cardiopulmonary resuscitation, automated external defibrillation,
					 control of bleeding, treatment of shock, and stabilization of injuries and
					 wounds.
Breach means the unauthorized acquisition, access, use, or
					 disclosure of Protected Health Information (PHI) or Personally Identifiable
					 Information (PII) that compromises the security, confidentiality, or integrity of
					 personal information maintained by the Department.
Business Associate means an individual or corporate "person" who
					 performs on behalf of the Department or on behalf of another business associate of
					 the Department any function or activity involving the use or disclosure of PHI for
					 which the Department is responsible, and is not a member of the Department's
					 workforce.
Business Day means Monday through Friday, except for
					 holidays.
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
					 Standardized Master Menu means a four-week menu cycle based on the California
					 Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) Heart Healthy Diet that is
					 planned by the CDCR Food Administrator and approved by a Registered
					 Dietitian.
Capacity or Lack of Capacity is to be determined by evaluating
					 the person's:
(a) ability to communicate a
				  choice;
(b) ability to understand
				  relevant information;
(c) ability to
				  appreciate the nature of the situation and its likely consequences; and
(d) ability to manipulate information
				  rationally.