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 › Homemaker-Home Health Aide Agency › Section 19-13-D80 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in Sections 19-13-D80 to
					 19-13-D92
					 inclusive:
(a) "Agency" means a
				  homemaker-home health aide agency as defined in Section
				  19a-490(e)
				  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) "Consumer" means a potential or actual
				  recipient of homemaker-home health aide services;
(f) "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 facility;
(g) "Contractor" means any organization,
				  individual, home health care or homemaker-home health aide agency that provides
				  services to patients of a primary agency as defined in paragraph (s) of Section
				  19-13-D80 of these regulations;
(h)
				  "Curriculum" means the plan of classroom and clinical instructions for training
				  and skills assessment as a homemaker-home health aide;
(i) "Department" means the Connecticut
				  Department of Health Services;
(j)
				  "Evening or nighttime service" means service provided between the hours of 5
				  p.m. and 8 a.m.;
(k) "Full-time"
				  means employed and on duty a minimum of thirty-five (35) hours per
				  workweek;
(l) "Full-time
				  equivalent" means the hours of work by more than one person in a one workweek
				  period which equals a cumulative total which shall not be less than thirty-five
				  (35) hours;
(m) "Holiday service"
				  means service provided on the days specified in the agency's official personnel
				  policies as holidays;
(n)
				  "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.
(o) "Parent agency" means the agency that
				  develops and maintains administrative control of subdivisions and patient
				  service offices;
(p) "Patient care
				  services" means 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,
				  homemaker-home health aide service, communication/coordination with patient and
				  others involved in the patient's care and development/maintenance of patient's
				  record.
(q) "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-D90;
(r) "Permanent part-time" means employed and
				  on duty a minimum of twenty (20) hours per workweek on a regular
				  basis;
(s) "Primary homemaker-home
				  health aide agency" means the agency that is responsible for the homemaker-home
				  health aide service furnished to patients and for the implementation of the
				  plan of care;
(t) "Professional
				  supervision" means direction and supervision by a registered nurse supervisor,
				  and, as appropriate, a physical therapist supervisor, occupational therapist
				  supervisor, speech therapist supervisor, or social work supervisor;
(u) "Provider agency" means the agency or
				  subdivision that has primary authority and responsibility for provision of
				  services to the patient and family;
(v) "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;
(w) "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-D80 to
				  19-13-D92
				  of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(x) "Social worker" means a graduate of a
				  master's degree program in social work accredited by the council on social work
				  education;
(y) "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 homemaker-home health aide agency;
(z) "Supportive services" means services
				  which include, but are not limited to assistance with personal hygiene,
				  dressing, feeding and incidental household tasks essential to achieving
				  adequate household and family management, and are provided under the
				  supervision of a registered nurse;
(aa) "Weekend service" means services
				  provided on Saturday or Sunday.