Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 641 - Public Health Department › Chapter 9 - Outpatient Diabetes Education Programs › Rule 641-9.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
For the purpose of these rules, the following terms shall have
				the meaning set forth below.
"AADE"
means the American Association of
				Diabetes Educators.
"Accredited"
means that a program is
				currently accredited by the Association of Diabetes Care and Education
				Specialists (ADCES)/American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE).
"ADA"
means the American Diabetes
				Association.
"ADCES"
means the Association of Diabetes
				Care and Education Specialists.
"Certification"
means the review and approval
				and assignment of a program site number of an outpatient diabetes education
				program which meets minimum standards.
"Certified diabetes care and education
				specialist"
means a person currently certified by the Certification
				Board for Diabetes Care and Education.
"Certified diabetes educator"
means a person
				currently certified by the National Certification Board for Diabetes
				Educators.
"Department"
means the Iowa department of
				public health.
"Diabetes mellitus"
includes the
				following:
1. "Type I diabetes" means
			 insulin-dependent diabetes (IDDM) requiring lifelong treatment with
			 insulin.
2. "Type II diabetes"
			 means noninsulin-dependent diabetes often managed by food plan, exercise,
			 weight control, and in some instances, oral medications or insulin.
3. "Gestational diabetes" means diabetes
			 diagnosed during pregnancy.
4.
			 "Impaired glucose tolerance" means a condition in which blood glucose levels
			 are higher than normal, diagnosed by a physician or physician assistant, and
			 treated with food plan, exercise or weight control.
5. "Secondary diabetes" means diabetes
			 induced by drugs or chemicals as well as by pancreatic or endocrine disease and
			 treated appropriately.
"Director"
means the director of the Iowa
				department of public health.
"Licensed dietitian"
means a person currently
				licensed to practice dietetics under Iowa Code chapter 152A.
"Participant"
means a patient who is referred
				to, is active in, or has completed the educational diabetes program.
"Pharmacist"
means a person currently
				licensed to practice pharmacy under Iowa Code chapter 155A.
"Physician"
means a person currently licensed
				to practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, or
				osteopathy under Iowa Code chapter 148.
"Physician assistant"
means a person
				currently licensed under Iowa Code chapter 148C.
"Primary instructor"
means an instructor with
				major or broad teaching responsibility.
"Professional health educator"
means a person
				having successfully completed a degree designated "health education" from an
				accredited college or university.
"Program"
means an outpatient diabetes
				self-management education program in which instruction shall be provided which
				shall enable people with diabetes and their families to understand the diabetes
				disease process and the daily management of diabetes.
"Program coordinator"
means the person
				responsible for the direction and supervision of a program including, but not
				limited to, planning, arranging implementation, and assuring quality.
"Program staff"
means the program
				coordinator, program physician, primary and supporting instructors, and
				advisory committee members.
"Recognized"
means that a program is
				currently recognized by the American Diabetes Association.
"Registered nurse"
means a person currently
				licensed to practice professional nursing under Iowa Code chapter 152.
"Standards"
means the outpatient diabetes
				education program standards developed by the department.
"Supporting instructor"
means an instructor
				who teaches only one or two specific topics of the program, on a voluntary or
				paid basis.