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 › Home Health Care Agency › Section 19-13-D66 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in Sections 19-13-D66 to
					 19-13-D79
					 inclusive:
(a) "Agency" means home
				  health care agency as defined in Section
				  19a-490(a)
				  of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(b) "Central Office" means the agency office
				  responsible and accountable for all agency operations in this state;
(c) "Clinical experience" means employment in
				  providing patient services in a health care setting;
(d) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of
				  health services, or his/her representative;
(e) "Contracted services" or "services under
				  arrangement" means services provided by the agency which are subject to a
				  written agreement with an individual, another agency or another
				  facility;
(f) "Contractor" means
				  any organization, individual or home health care agency that provides services
				  to patients of a primary agency as defined in paragraph (cc) of Section
				  19-13-D66 of these regulations;
(g)
				  "Chiropractor" means a person possessing a license to practice chiropractic in
				  this state;
(h) "Curriculum" means
				  the plan of classroom and clinical instructions for training and skills
				  assessment as a homemaker-home health aide;
(i) "Dentist" means a person licensed to
				  practice dentistry in this state;
(j) "Department" means the Connecticut
				  Department of Health Services;
(k)
				  "Direct service staff" means individuals employed by the agency or under
				  contract whose primary responsibility is delivery of care to
				  patients;
(l) "Evening or nighttime
				  service" means service provided between the hours of 5 p.m. and 8
				  a.m.;
(m) "Full-time" means
				  employed and on duty a minimum of thirty-five (35) hours per workweek on a
				  regular basis;
(n) "Full-time
				  equivalent" means the total weekly hours of work of all persons in each
				  category of direct service staff divided by the number of hours in the agency's
				  standard workweek. Full-time equivalents are computed for each category of
				  direct service staff;
(o) "Holiday
				  service" means service provided on the days specified in the agency's official
				  personnel policies as holidays;
(p)
				  "Homemaker-home health aide" means an unlicensed person who has successfully
				  completed a training and competency evaluation program for the preparation of
				  homemaker-home health aides approved by the department;
(q) "Licensed practical nurse" means a person
				  with a license to practice practical nursing in this state;
(r) "Non-visiting program" means services of
				  the agency provided in sites other than a patient's home;
(s) "Occupational therapist" means a person
				  with a license to practice occupational therapy in this state;
(t) "Occupational therapy assistant" means a
				  person who has successfully completed a training program approved by the
				  American Occupational Therapy Association and is currently certified by the
				  said association;
(u) "Patient care
				  services" mean agency activities carried out by agency staff for or on behalf
				  of a patient. Such services include, but are not limited to, receipt of
				  referral for service, admission to service, assignment of personnel, direct
				  patient care, communication/coordination with source of medical care and
				  development/maintenance of patient's clinical record;
(v) "Patient service office" means one or
				  more separate and distinct offices which provide patient care services and are
				  included under the agency's license. This office shall comply with the
				  regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, Section
				  19-13-D77;
(w) "Peer consultation" means a process by
				  which professionals of the same discipline, who meet supervisory
				  qualifications, meet regularly to review patient management, share expertise
				  and take responsibility for their own and each other's professional development
				  and maintenance of standards of service;
(x) "Permanent part-time" means employed and
				  on duty a minimum of twenty (20) hours per workweek on a regular
				  basis;
(y) "Pharmacist" means a
				  person licensed to practice pharmacy in this state;
(z) "Physical therapy assistant" means a
				  person who has successfully completed an education program accredited by the
				  American Physical Therapy Association;
(aa) "Physician" means a doctor of medicine
				  or osteopathy licensed either in Connecticut or in a state which borders
				  Connecticut;
(bb) "Podiatrist"
				  means a person licensed to practice podiatry in this state;
(cc) "Primary agency" means a home health
				  care agency which hires or pays for the services of other organizations,
				  agencies or individuals who provide care or services to its patients;
(dd) "Primary care nurse" means a registered
				  nurse licensed to practice nursing in this state who is the agency employee
				  assigned primary responsibility for planning and implementing the patient's
				  care;
(ee) "Public health nurse"
				  means a graduate of a baccalaureate degree program in nursing approved by the
				  National League for Nursing for preparation in public health nursing;
(ff) "Quality care" means that the patients
				  receive clinically competent care which meets professional standards, are
				  supported and directed in a planned pattern toward mutually defined outcomes,
				  achieve maximum recovery consistent with individual potential and life style,
				  obtain coordinated service through each level of care and are taught
				  self-management and preventive health measures;
(gg) "Registered nurse" means a person with a
				  license to practice as a registered nurse in this state;
(hh) "Registered physical therapist" means a
				  person with a license to practice physical therapy in this state;
(ii) "Related community health program" means
				  an organized program which provides health services to persons in a community
				  setting;
(jj) "Representative"
				  means a designated member of the patient's family, or person legally designated
				  to act for the patient in the exercise of the patient's rights as contained in
				  Sections 19-13-D66 to
				  19-13-D79
				  of the regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(kk) "Social work assistant" means a person
				  who holds a baccalaureate degree in social work with at least one (1) year of
				  social work experience; or a baccalaureate degree in a field related to social
				  work with at least two (2) years of social work experience;
(ll) "Social worker" means a graduate of a
				  master's degree program in social work accredited by the Council on Social Work
				  Education;
(mm) "Speech
				  Pathologist" means a person with a license to practice speech pathology in this
				  state;
(nn) "Subdivision" means a
				  unit of a multifunction health care organization which is assigned the primary
				  authority and responsibility for the agency operations. A subdivision shall
				  independently meet the regulations and standards for licensure and shall be
				  independently licensed as a home health care agency;
(oo) "Therapy services" means physical
				  therapy, occupational therapy, or speech pathology services;
(pp) "Weekend service" means services
				  provided on Saturday or Sunday.