Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 103.1 - LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION FEES FOR HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND AGENCIES › Section 11-103.1-2 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
As used in this chapter:
"Adult day care center" or "center" means a licensed facility
				  that meets the requirements of chapter
				  17-1424.
"Adult residential care home" or "ARCH" means a facility that
				  meets the requirements of section
				  321-15.6,
				  HRS.
"Applicant" means a person or group of persons, firm,
				  corporation, institution, association, organization or other entity that
				  applies to the department for licensure or certification to operate a health
				  care facility or agency as required by state law.
"Assisted living facility" or "ALF" means a facility that
				  meets the requirements of section
				  321-15.1, HRS.
"Broad service hospital" or "hospital" means a hospital that
				  is staffed and equipped to provide inpatient medical or surgical care, or both,
				  for acute and chronic illness, injury or obstetrics.
"Certificate of approval" or "certificate" means the
				  certificate issued by the department or its designee that authorizes a person,
				  agency, or organization to operate a health care facility or agency.
"Certification" means the issuance by the department or its
				  authorized agents of a certificate of approval to a health care facility or
				  agency including "initial certificate", "certificate renewal", and "amended
				  certificate".
"Clinical laboratory" means a facility that meets the
				  requirements of section 11-110.1.
"Community care foster family home" means a facility that
				  meets the requirements of chapter
				  17-1454.
"Day" means a calendar day, unless otherwise
				  indicated.
"Department" means the department of health. State of
				  Hawaii.
"Developmental disability domiciliary home" means a residence
				  that meets the requirements of section
				  321-15.9,
				  HRS.
"Director" means the director of health, State of Hawaii, or
				  the director's designee.
"Expanded ARCH" means a facility that meets the requirements
				  of section
				  321-15.62,
				  HRS.
"Freestanding adult day health center" or "ADHC" means a
				  facility that meets the requirements of chapter
				  11-96.
"Freestanding birthing center" means a facility that meets
				  the requirements of chapter
				  11-93.2.
"Freestanding outpatient surgical facility" means a facility
				  that meets the requirements of chapter
				  11-95.
"Health care agency" means a home and community based case
				  management agency, home care agency, home health agency, and any other entity
				  required by law to be licensed or certified by the department.
"Health care facility" means a hospital, nursing home,
				  intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities,
				  freestanding outpatient surgical facility, freestanding adult day health
				  center, freestanding birthing center, adult day care center, laboratory, adult
				  residential care home, expanded adult residential care home, community care
				  foster family home, developmental disability domiciliary home, assisted living
				  facility, therapeutic living program, special treatment facility, and any other
				  entity required by law to be licensed or certified by the department.
"Home and community-based case management agency" means any
				  person, agency, or organization that meets the requirements of chapter
				  17-1454.
"Home care agency" means an agency or organization that meets
				  the requirements of section
				  321-14.8,
				  HRS.
"Home care services" includes but is not limited to:
(1) Personal care, including assistance with dressing,
				  feeding, and personal hygiene to facilitate self-care;
(2) Homemaker assistance, including housekeeping, shopping,
				  and meal planning and preparation; and
(3) Respite care and assistance and support provided to the
				  family.
"Home health agency" means an agency or organization that
				  meets the requirements of chapter
				  11-97.
"Intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual
				  disabilities" or "ICF/ID" means a facility that meets the requirements of
				  chapter
				  11-99.
"License" means an approval issued by the department or its
				  designee for a person, agency, or organization to operate a health care
				  facility or agency.
"Licensee" means the person, or group of persons, firm,
				  corporation, institution, association, organization, or other entity that holds
				  a license or certificate of approval to operate a health care facility or
				  agency as required by state law.
"Licensure" means the issuance by the department or its
				  authorized agents of a license to a health care facility or agency including
				  "initial license", "license renewal", and "amended license".
"Nursing facility" or "nursing home" means a skilled nursing
				  facility or 'SNF", intermediate care facility or "ICF", or a skilled nursing
				  and intermediate care facility or 'SNF/ICF", that meets the requirements of
				  chapter
				  11-94.1.
"Office of health care assurance special fund" or "OHCA SF"
				  means the special fund established by section
				  321-1.4,
				  HRS.
"Special treatment facility" means a facility that meets the
				  requirements of section
				  321-16.5,
				  HRS.
"Therapeutic living program" means a program that meets the
				  requirements of section
				  321-16.6,
				  HRS.
"Value added electronic services" means services defined in
				  section
				  27G-1,
				  HRS.