Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64F - Division of Family Health Services › Chapter 64F-2 - HEALTHY START COALITIONS › Section 64F-2.001 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
For the purpose of this rule chapter, the following
				  definitions will apply:
(1)
				"Coalition's Service Area" means the geographical area represented by the
				coalition. This area shall consist of one or more counties and may include one
				or more services delivery catchment areas.
(2) "Comprehensive Prenatal and Infant Health
				Care" means those maternal and infant health care activities which are provided
				in the community to enable pregnant women to maintain good health and have
				positive birth outcomes and their infants to experience normal growth and
				development in the first year of life.
(3) "Core Services Package" means the minimum
				services which must be included in a community prenatal, newborn and infant
				health care service delivery plan and should include prenatal and postnatal
				care, outreach, prenatal risk assessment, home visiting, nutrition, case
				management, comprehensive infant health services, family planning, substance
				abuse treatment, and childbirth and parenting education and referrals to other
				programs for additional services as needed.
(4) "Direct Services" means the professional
				and paraprofessional activities, including those provided by resource mothers
				and fathers, that entail a cost in time and effort spent in personal contact
				with consumers of prenatal and infant health care services. Such activities
				include, but are not limited to, routine prenatal care, health and social
				services, case management of clients, and outreach to specific
				individuals.
(5) "Infant" means a
				newborn child through 12 months of age.
(6) "Priority Target Group" means the
				population of pregnant women or infants whom the coalition identifies as most
				in need of prenatal and infant care services because these groups are unable to
				access such services or have high rates of infant mortality, maternal death,
				low and very low birth weight or neonatal mortality or other factors that
				contribute to adverse outcomes.
(7)
				"Prospective Coalition" means a group of individuals or organizations who have
				demonstrated their interest in forming a coalition by submitting a letter of
				intent to form a coalition.
(8)
				"Provider" means a county health department, a private practitioner, a
				hospital, a community health center, a birthing center or any other entity
				which provides prenatal or infant health care services.
(9) "Quality Assurance System" means a
				continuous process for internal and external evaluation to obtain and report
				information about the structure, process and outcome of the prenatal and infant
				care delivery networks. The process evaluates the extent to which
				administration, staff and public health services are in compliance with
				pre-established standards, and meets the needs of the women and infants
				served.
(10) "Services Delivery
				Catchment Area" means a geographical area which includes a logical network of
				prenatal, labor and delivery, postpartum and infant health care providers which
				can be reasonably accessed by clients.
Rulemaking Authority
					 383.216(10) FS.
					 Law Implemented 383.216
					 FS.
New 11-11-91, Amended 4-21-96, Formerly
					 10D-113.002.