Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 641 - Public Health Department › Chapter 7 - Immunization and Immunization Education: Persons Attending Elementary or Secondary Schools, Licensed Child Care Centers or Institutions of Higher Education › Rule 641-7.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
"Admitting official"
means the superintendent
				of schools or the superintendent's designated representative if a public
				school; if a nonpublic school or licensed child care center, the governing
				official of the school or child care center.
"Advanced registered nurse practitioner"
or
"ARNP"
means an advanced registered nurse practitioner as
				defined in 655-Chapter 7.
"Applicant"
means any person seeking
				enrollment in a licensed child care center or elementary or secondary
				school.
"Certified medical assistant"
means a person
				who is certified to practice as a certified medical assistant following
				completion of a postsecondary medical assistant program accredited by the
				Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs or the
				Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools and successful completion of the
				certification examination and who is directed by a supervising physician,
				physician assistant, or nurse practitioner.
"Competent private instruction"
is as defined
				in Iowa Code section 299A.1.
"Elementary school"
means kindergarten if
				provided, and grades one through eight or grades one through six when grades
				seven and eight are included in a secondary school.
"Eligible postsecondary institution"
means an
				institution of higher learning under the control of the state board of regents,
				a community college established under Iowa Code chapter 260C, or an accredited
				private institution as defined in Iowa Code section
				256.183.
"Enrolled user"
means a user of the registry
				who has completed an enrollment form that specifies the conditions under which
				the registry can be accessed and who has been issued an identification code and
				password by the department.
"Health screening"
means a vision screen,
				dental screen, or refugee health screen.
"Immunization registry"
or
"registry"
means the department of health and human services'
				database of confidential, population-based, immunization and health screening
				records.
"Institution of higher education"
means a
				postsecondary school.
"Nurse"
means a person licensed to practice as
				a nurse pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 152.
"On-campus residence hall or dormitory"
means
				campus housing for students that is owned or leased by the institution of
				higher education and located on a recognized campus site.
"Pharmacist"
means a person licensed to
				practice pharmacy pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 155A.
"Physician"
means a person licensed to
				practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery pursuant to
				Iowa Code chapter 148.
"Physician assistant"
means a person licensed
				to practice as a physician assistant pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 148C.
"Postsecondary student"
means a person who has
				officially registered with a postsecondary school, as determined by the school,
				and who physically attends class on the school's campus. For purposes of these
				rules, "postsecondary student" does not include a person who is exclusively
				registered in a correspondence course or continuing education class or who
				attends class exclusively by means of distance learning or through other means
				that do not require the person's physical presence on the school's
				campus.
"Screening provider"
means an ophthalmologist,
				optometrist, physician, free clinic, child care center, local public health
				department, public or accredited nonpublic school, community-based
				organization, advanced registered nurse practitioner (ARNP), physician
				assistant, dentist or dental hygienist.
"Secondary school"
means:
1. A junior high school comprising grades 7,
			 8 and 9, and a senior high school;
2. A combined junior-senior high school
			 comprising grades 7 through 12;
3.
			 A junior high school comprising grades 7 and 8 and a high school comprising
			 grades 9 through 12;
4. A high
			 school comprising grades 9 through 12.
"Signature"
means an original signature or the
				authorized use of a stamped signature or electronic signature.
"Student"
means an individual who is enrolled
				in a licensed child care center, elementary school or secondary school.