Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 16 - Health Facilities › Subpart 1 - Health Facilities Licensure and Certification › Chapter 2 - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR PRESCRIBED PEDIATRIC EXTENDED CARE FACILITIES › Subchapter 2 - Definitions › Rule 15-16-1-2.2.1

Current through June 25, 2024
A listing of terms often used in connection with the
						rules and regulations and standards follows:
1.
Administrator.
For the
					 purpose of this chapter, the PPEC Administrator shall mean an individual who is
					 responsible and accountable for the implementation and supervision of all
					 administrative and clinical policies as well as overall operations and
					 management of the PPEC center.
2.
Basic Services.
Include, but are not limited to development,
					 implementation and monitoring of a comprehensive protocol of care, developed in
					 conjunction with the parent or guardian, which specifies the medical, nursing,
					 psychosocial and developmental therapies required by the medically dependent or
					 technologically dependent child served as well as the caregiver training needs
					 of the child's legal guardian.
3.
Child Development Specialist.
Shall mean an individual with a
					 master's degree in child development or a related field with at least one year
					 of experience in trans-disciplinary evaluation and treatment planning for
					 children who are at risk of experiencing developmental delay.
4.
Child Life Specialist.
Shall
					 mean an individual with a baccalaureate degree in child life, early childhood
					 education or a related field and at least one year of experience in planning
					 and implementing developmental stimulation programs for children.
5.
Criminal History Record
					 Check.
For purposes of the requirement for a criminal history record
					 check:
a.
Employee -
For the
					 purpose of fingerprinting and criminal background history checks, employee
					 shall mean
any individual employed by a covered entity
. The term
					 "employee" also includes any individual who by
contract
with a
					 covered entity provides patient care in a patient's, resident's, or client's
					 room or in treatment rooms provides direct care/services for clients currently
					 enrolled in the PPEC Center.
b.
					 The term employee does not include healthcare professional/ technical students,
					 as defined in Section 37-29-232, performing clinical training in a licensed
					 entity under contracts between their schools and the licensed entity, and does
					 not include students at high schools who observe the treatment and care of
					 patients in a licensed entity as part of the requirements of an allied health
					 course taught in the school if:
i. The
					 student is under the supervision of a licensed healthcare provider; and
ii. The student has signed the
					 affidavit that is on file at the student's school stating that he or she has
					 not been convicted of or plead guilty or nolo contendere to a felony of
					 possession or sale of drugs, murder, manslaughter, armed robbery, rape, sexual
					 battery, any sex offenses listed in section 45-33-23(g), child abuse, arson,
					 grand larceny, burglary, gratification of lust, aggravated assault, or
					 felonious abuse and/or battery of a vulnerable adult, or that any such
					 conviction or plea was reversed on appeal or a pardon was granted for the
					 conviction or plea.
iii. Further,
					 applicants and employees of the University of Mississippi Medical Center for
					 whom criminal history record checks and fingerprinting are obtained in
					 accordance with Section 37-115-41 are exempt from application of the term
					 employee.
c.
Covered Entity -
For the purpose of criminal history record
					 checks, "covered entity" means a licensed entity or a healthcare professional
					 staffing agency.
d.
Licensed
					 Entity -
For the purpose of criminal history record checks, the term
					 "licensed entity" means a hospital, nursing home, personal care home, home
					 health agency, hospice or PPEC center.
e.
Health Care Professional/Vocational
					 Technical Academic Program -
For purpose of criminal history record
					 checks, "health care professional/vocational technical academic program" means
					 an academic program in medicine, nursing , dentistry, occupational therapy,
					 physical therapy, social services, speech therapy, or other allied-health
					 professional whose purpose is to prepare professionals to render patient care
					 services.
f.
Health Care
					 Professional/Vocational Technical Student -
For purposes of criminal
					 history record checks, the term means a student enrolled in a healthcare
					 professional/vocational technical academic program.
g.
Direct Patient Care or Services
					 -
For the purposes of fingerprinting and criminal background history
					 checks, the term "direct patient care" means direct hands-on medical patient
					 care and services provided by an individual in a patient, resident or client's
					 room, treatment room, recovery room or PPEC center. Individuals providing
					 direct patient care may be directly employed by the facility or provides
					 patient care on a contractual basis.
h.
Documented Disciplinary Action -
For the purpose of fingerprinting and criminal background history
					 checks, the term "documented disciplinary action" means any action taken
					 against an employee for abuse or neglect of a patient.