Illinois Administrative Code › Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH › Part 598 - ALLIED HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE CODE › Subpart A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 598.10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
"Academic year" means the period of time each year during
				  which an approved school is open and classes are in session.
"Act" means the Allied Health Care Professional Assistance
				  Law [110 ILCS 905 ].
"Accepted for admission" means that a student has completed
				  the requirements for entry at an approved school, as documented by the approved
				  school.
"Administrative law judge" shall have the meaning ascribed in
				  the Department's Practice and Procedure in Administrative Hearings.
"Advanced practice nurse" or "APN" means a person who has met
				  the qualifications for a certified nurse midwife (CNM); certified nurse
				  practitioner (CNP); certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA); or clinical
				  nurse specialist (CNS) and has been licensed by the Department of Financial and
				  Professional Regulation. (Section 50-10 of the Nurse Practice Act)
"Allied health care professional" means a person who is
				  licensed in Illinois as a certified nurse practitioner, physician assistant,
				  certified registered nurse anesthetist or certified nurse midwife.
"Applicant" means a person who submits an application to the
				  Department to receive an allied health care professional assistance
				  scholarship.
"Approved school" means a medical or other school located in
				  Illinois and accredited in its field or otherwise approved by the Department.
				  (Section 2003(a)(1) of the Act)
"Arrears" means an overdue amount that has not been
				  paid.
"Business day" means Monday through Friday. It does not
				  include a federal or State government declared holiday, Saturday or
				  Sunday.
"Calendar day" means all days in a month or prescribed time
				  frame. It includes weekends and federal or State government declared
				  holidays.
"Department" means the Illinois Department of Public Health.
				  (Section 2003(b) of the Act).
"Designated Shortage Area" means an area designated by the
				  Director of Public Health as a physician shortage area, a medically underserved
				  area, or a critical health manpower shortage area as defined by the United
				  States Department of Health and Human Services, or as further defined by the
				  Department to enable it to effectively fulfill the purpose stated in Section
				  2002 of the Act. Such areas may include the following:
an urban or rural area which is a rational area for the
				  delivery of health services;
a population group; or
a public or nonprofit private medical facility. (Section
				  2003(c) of the Act)
"Director" means the Director of the Illinois Department of
				  Public Health.
"Eligible allied health care professional" means a person who
				  meets all of the following qualifications:
he or she is studying an allied health care field in a
				  medical or other school located in Illinois and accredited in its field or
				  otherwise approved by the Department, and agrees to obtain a license to
				  practice in his or her field in this State;
he or she exhibits financial need as determined by the
				  Department; and
he or she agrees to practice full-time in a Designated
				  Shortage Area as an allied health care professional one year for each year he
				  or she is a scholarship recipient. (Section 2003(a) of the Act)
"Federally Qualified Health Center" or "FQHC" means a health
				  center funded under section 330 of the federal Public Health Service
				  Act.
"Federally Qualified Health Center Look-Alike" or "FQHC
				  Look-Alike" means an organization that meets the requirements for receiving a
				  grant under section 330 of the federal Public Health Service Act but does not
				  receive federal funding under that authority.
"Fees" means those mandatory charges, in addition to tuition,
				  that all enrolled students at an approved school must pay, including required
				  course or lab fees.
"Fund" means the Community Health Center Care Fund.
"Full-time academic work" means enrollment for the number of
				  hours required per term by a school for its full-time students.
"Full-time employment" means being available at the practice
				  location for face-to-face direct patient visits a minimum of 32 hours per
				  week.
"Full-time student" means a student who is enrolled for at
				  least the number of hours required per term by a school for its full-time
				  students.
"Grant" means funds awarded under the Act.
"Grantor Agency" means any agency of State government which
				  dispenses grant funds. (Section 2(a) of the Illinois Grant Funds Recovery
				  Act)
"Grant agreement" means the agreement entered into between
				  the Department and any person or entity for obligation, capital expenditure or
				  use for a specific purpose.
"Grantee" means a person or entity which may use grant funds.
				  (Section 2(c) of the Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act)
"Grant funds" means public funds dispensed by the Department
				  to any person or entity for obligation, expenditure or use for a specific
				  purpose. (Section 2(b) of the Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act)
"Good academic standing" means that a student is
				  matriculating with the rest of his or her class and is demonstrating minimum
				  competence in his or her field of study at an approved school.
"Health Professional Shortage Area" or "HPSA" is a
				  designation provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
				  Health Resources and Services Administration. The HPSA designation indicates
				  the shortage of primary medical care, dental or mental health providers. The
				  designation may be geographic (a county or service area), demographic (low
				  income population) or institutional (comprehensive health center, FQHC or other
				  public facility). HPSA designations can be found at http://hpsafind.hrsa.gov/
				  [File Link Not Available].
"Health Professional Shortage Area Score" or "HPSA Score"
				  refers to the HPSA shortage severity score calculated by the U.S. Department of
				  Health and Human Services, Bureau of Health Professionals when an HPSA is
				  federally designated.
"Illinois resident" means a person who has been a resident of
				  Illinois for at least one year prior to applying for an Allied Health Care
				  Professional Scholarship and is a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the
				  United States.
"Lawful permanent resident" means a person who is not a
				  citizen of the United States but who resides in the United States under legally
				  recognized requirements and lawfully records his/her permanent
				  residence.
"Medically underserved population" or "MUP" means individuals
				  who reside in a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services health
				  professional shortage area or medically underserved area; or who are designated
				  a medically underserved population by the U.S. Department of Health and Human
				  Services; or who reside in an area designated by the Department as
				  underserved.
"Metropolitan statistical area" or "MSA" means one or more
				  adjacent counties that have at least one urban core area of at least 50,000 in
				  population, plus adjacent territory that has a high degree of social and
				  economic integration with the core as measured by commuting ties.
"Mid-level providers" include health professionals who have
				  completed specialized training and who meet the requirements of nationally
				  recognized health professional organizations granting certification to
				  certified nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives, certified registered
				  nurse anesthetists and physician assistants.
"Part-time academic work" means enrollment for at least
				  one-third of the number of hours required per term by a school for its
				  full-time students.
"Part-time student" means a student who is enrolled for at
				  least one-third of the number of hours required per term by a school for its
				  full-time students.
"Physician assistant" means an individual licensed under the
				  Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987 [225 ILCS 95 ].
"Primary care" means health care that encompasses prevention
				  services, basic diagnostic and treatment services and support services,
				  including laboratory, radiology, transportation and pharmacy. Primary care is
				  comprehensive in nature and not organ or problem specific, is oriented toward
				  the longitudinal care of the patient, and includes responsibility for
				  coordination of other health and social services as they relate to the
				  patients' needs.
"Quarter" means a term within an academic year that marks the
				  beginning and end of classes. Quarters are approximately eight to 10 weeks in
				  duration and there are four quarters in an academic year.
"Rational area" means a geographic area for the delivery of
				  primary health care services. In determining a rational area, one of the
				  following conditions must be met: a county or a group of contiguous counties
				  whose population centers are within 30 minutes travel time of each other; a
				  portion of a county whose population has limited access to a contiguous area's
				  resources, as measured by travel time greater than 30 minutes; or established
				  communities within a metropolitan statistical area that have limited
				  interaction with contiguous areas, and have a maximum population of
				  20,000.
"Rural practice" means providing primary care services in any
				  geographic area of Illinois that is not located in a Metropolitan Statistical
				  Area or a county located within a Metropolitan Statistical Area but having a
				  population of less than 60,000, or a community located within a Metropolitan
				  Statistical Area but having a population of 2,500 or less.
"School term" means an academic term, such as a semester,
				  quarter or trimester, or number of clock hours, as defined by an approved
				  school.
"Semester" means a term within an academic year that marks
				  the beginning and end of classes. Semesters are approximately 15 to 16 weeks in
				  duration and there are two semesters in an academic year.
"Summer term" means a term within an academic year that marks
				  the beginning and end of classes. The term is approximately four to nine weeks
				  in duration and is typically offered during June, July and August of an
				  academic year.
"Trimester" means a term within an academic year that marks
				  the beginning and end of classes. Trimesters are approximately 12 to 15 weeks
				  in duration, and there are three trimesters in an academic year.
"Tuition" means the established charges of an institution of
				  higher learning for instruction at the institution.
"Urban practice" means providing primary care services in any
				  geographic area of Illinois that does not meet the rural practice
				  definition.