Florida Administrative Code › 59 - AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION › 59A - Health Facility and Agency Licensing › Chapter 59A-3 - HOSPITAL LICENSURE › Section 59A-3.065 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
In addition to definitions contained in Chapters 395 and 408,
				  Part II, F.S., the following definitions shall apply specifically to hospitals,
				  as used in Rules 59A-3.065 -.310, F.A.C.:
(1) "Advanced Practice Registered Nurse" or
				"APRN" means a person licensed in the State of Florida under the provisions of
				Chapter 464, F.S. to practice professional nursing and certified in advanced or
				specialized nursing practice.
(2)
				"Agency" means the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA).
(3) "Ambulatory care" means the delivery of
				care pertaining to non-emergency, adult, adolescent, and pediatric outpatient
				encounters, whether performed through the clinical departments of the hospital
				or an organized ambulatory program which is included as a component of the
				licensed hospital, regardless of the physical location of such
				services.
(4) "At or near the Time
				of Death" means that point in time in the care of the patient at which the
				procedures have begun for the determination and certification of brain death as
				defined under the provisions of Section
				382.009, F.S., or
				cardiorespiratory (cardiac) death as defined under the provisions of Rule
				59A-3.065, F.A.C.
(5) "Brain Death" means the determination of
				death under provisions of Section
				382.009, F.S., where there is
				irreversible cessation of the functioning of the entire brain, including the
				brain stem.
(6) "Cardiorespiratory
				Death" means the cessation of life which is manifested by the loss or absence
				of spontaneous heart beat and breathing.
(7) "Child abuse or neglect" means harm,
				pursuant to Section 39.01(32),
				F.S., or threatened harm to a child's physical or mental health or welfare by
				the acts or omissions of a parent, adult household member, or other person
				responsible for the child's welfare, or, for purposes of reporting
				requirements, by any person.
(8)
				"Continuous" means available at all times without cessation, breaks or
				interruption.
(9) "Dentist" means a
				doctor of dentistry legally authorized to practice under Chapter 466,
				F.S.
(10) "Designee or Requester"
				means a person or organization identified, designated, and delegated by the
				hospital administrator to carry out the provisions of this chapter and the
				responsibilities mandated by Section
				765.522, F.S., and to make the
				request to the patient or next of kin for the donation of organs, tissues and
				eyes.
(11) "Diagnostic imaging"
				means those ionizing and non-ionizing radiological procedures, including but
				not limited to x-rays, and computerized tomographic scanning, requiring the
				supervision and expertise of a physician with appropriate training or
				experience.
(12) "District Medical
				Examiner" means a physician who fills a position defined according to the
				provisions of Section
				406.06, F.S.
(13) "Donation" means the free and voluntary
				gift of one or more organs, tissues or eyes for the purpose of medical research
				or transplant surgery.
(14) "Donor"
				means a person from whom organs, tissues or eyes have been surgically removed
				for the purpose of transplantation.
(15) "Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)"
				means any person who is certified as an EMT pursuant to Chapter 401,
				F.S.
(16) "Eye bank" means a public
				or private entity which is involved in the retrieval, processing or
				distribution of human eye tissue for transplantation and certified pursuant to
				Section 765.541, F.S. Funeral homes or
				direct disposers engaged solely in the retrieval of eye tissue are not
				considered an eye bank for these purposes.
(17) "Facilities" means those objects,
				including physical plant, equipment and supplies, necessary for providing
				required services.
(18) "General
				hospital" as defined in Section
				395.002(10),
				F.S., means any facility which meets the provisions of subsection (29) and
				which regularly makes its facilities and services available to the general
				population.
(19) "Governing board"
				means the individual, agency, group or corporation appointed, elected, or
				otherwise designated, in which the ultimate responsibility and authority for
				the conduct of the hospital is vested.
(20) "Health professional" means a person
				specifically licensed to practice a health profession, or a person specifically
				trained to practice one or more aspects of a health profession by a school or
				program officially recognized by this State or accredited by a national
				accrediting organization.
(21)
				"Inpatient beds" means accommodations with supporting services for patients who
				are admitted by physician order with the expectation that the patient would
				stay in excess of 24 hours and occupy a bed.
(22) "Intensive residential treatment
				programs for children and adolescents" or "intensive residential treatment
				facilities" or "IRTF" means a specialty hospital restricted to providing
				intensive residential treatment programs for children and adolescents as
				defined in Section 395.002(16),
				F.S.
(23) "Licensed practical
				nurse" means one who is currently licensed in the state of Florida to practice
				practical nursing as defined in Chapter 464, F.S.
(24) "Long term care hospital" means a
				general hospital which:
(a) Meets the
				provisions of Section
				395.002(12),
				F.S.;
(b) Has an average length of
				inpatient stay greater than 25 days for all hospital beds; and,
(c) Meets the provisions of subsection
				59C-1.002(28),
				F.A.C.