Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 175 - HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES LICENSURE › Chapter 1 - GENERAL FACILITY AND SERVICES REGULATIONS › Section 175-1-002 - DEFINITIONS

Current through June 17, 2024
The definitions in the Nebraska Health Care Facility
				  Licensure Act and the following are adopted for this title.
002.01
ADJOINING.
Areas located in a manner to allow access without having to enter a general
				corridor area or area used by other consumers are adjoining.
002.02
ADMINISTRATOR.
The operating officer for the facility
				or service which may include individuals with titles such as administrator,
				chief executive officer, manager, director, or other similar designation is an
				administrator.
002.03
BED CAPACITY.
The total number of licensed beds in a
				facility or service for use by the consumer excluding beds intended for
				ancillary usage.
002.04
BIOLOGICAL.
Any virus, therapeutic serum, toxin,
				antitoxin or product used for the prevention, treatment or cure of disease or
				injuries to humans.
002.05
BY LAWS.
A set of rules adopted by the facility or
				service used to govern the facility or service's operation.
002.06
CARDIOPULMONARY
				RESUSCITATION (CPR).
A procedure to restore breathing and heart
				function through clearance of air passages, artificial respiration, and manual
				external cardiac massage.
002.07
CARE PLAN.
A written plan based on an individual
				assessment identifying the needs of the consumer and the strategy for meeting
				those needs. These may also be referred to as treatment plans.
002.08
COMPLAINT.
An
				expression of a concern or dissatisfaction.
002.09
COMPLETE
				APPLICATION.
An initial application or renewal application which
				contains all of the requested information, with attestation to its truth and
				completeness, signatures of the applicant(s), submitted with all required fees
				and documentation.
002.10
CONSUMER.
Consumer has the same definition as defined
				in Neb. Rev. Stat § 38-111.
002.11
DEHYDRATION.
A lack of sufficient water in the body of a consumer.
002.12
DESIGNEE.
A
				person authorized by law or the consumer to act on the consumer's
				behalf.
002.13
DIAGNOSIS.
The act or process of identifying or
				determining the nature of a disease or injury.
002.14
EXISTING FACILITY OR
				SERVICE.
A facility or service with a current license or whose
				construction was approved by the Department prior to the effective date of this
				chapter.
002.15
FOREIGN
				CORPORATION.
A corporation created by authority outside the state
				of Nebraska.
002.16
GOVERNING AUTHORITY.
The person or persons that
				control the facility or service license on behalf of the licensee.
002.17
GRIEVANCE.
A
				written expression of dissatisfaction is a grievance.
002.18
HEMODIALYSIS.
The mechanical process of removing unwanted waste and fluid from the blood in
				consumers whose kidneys no longer perform this function.
002.19
INDELIBLE.
Documentation that cannot be erased.
002.20
LICENSED
				CAPACITY.
The total number of consumers the facility or service is
				licensed to serve at one time.
002.21
LICENSEE.
The
				person or entity to whom the Department has issued a license.
002.22
MEDICAL
				PRACTITIONER.
A person credentialed under the Uniform
				Credentialing Act whose scope of practice includes prescribing medications,
				diagnosing and treating is a medical practitioner. For the purpose of this
				chapter, this includes: physician, physician assistant, advanced practice
				registered nurse, optometrist, podiatrist, dentist, certified nurse midwife and
				certified registered nurse anesthetist.
002.23
MEDICAL
				SERVICES.
Address the medical concerns, health concerns or needs
				of the consumer.
002.24
MEDICALLY RELATED SOCIAL SERVICES.
Assist the consumer
				to maintain or improve the ability to manage everyday physical, mental, and
				psychosocial needs.
002.25
NEBRASKA FOOD CODE.
Nebraska Food Code has the same
				definition as set out in Neb. Rev. Stat §
									81-2,244.01.
002.26
NEW
				CONSTRUCTION.
Changes to the structure of a facility or part of a
				facility which is enlarged, altered or built from the ground up. New
				construction does not include remodeling.
002.27
NEW FACILITY OR
				SERVICE.
A facility or service not currently licensed or a new
				service to be provided by the licensee at an already licensed facility or
				service.
002.28
PALLIATIVE CARE.
Care provided to a consumer that
				optimizes quality of life by anticipating, preventing, and treating suffering.
				Palliative care throughout the continuum of illness involves addressing
				physical, intellectual, emotional, social and spiritual needs and to facilitate
				consumer autonomy, access to information and choice.
002.29
PARENT.
The
				legal parent or step parent who is legally responsible for a consumer under the
				age of 19 years.
002.30
PREMISES.
The structure which houses the facility or
				service, the grounds and each building where care and treatment is provided to
				the consumer.
002.31
RANGE OF MOTION.
The degree of motion a joint can be
				moved.
002.32
QUALIFIED
				DIETICIAN.
A registered dietician or a licensed medical nutrition
				therapist.
002.33
QUALIFIED INSPECTOR.
A Nebraska licensed architect or
				engineer, an official or employee of a local jurisdiction or a person
				authorized by a local jurisdiction to make inspections of a building, part of a
				building, equipment or systems.
002.34
REMODELING.
The repair or replacement of existing items which does not affect the physical
				structure of the building and does not require moving electrical wiring,
				plumbing, gas, heating or cooling systems.
002.35
RESTRAINT.
(A)
CHEMICAL
				RESTRAINT.
A drug that is used to manage behavior of a consumer,
				which restricts freedom of movement and is not a standard treatment for the
				consumer's medical or psychiatric condition.
(B)
MECHANICAL OR PHYSICAL
				RESTRAINT.
A device attached or adjacent to the consumer's body
				which the consumer cannot remove that restricts freedom of movement or normal
				access to the body.
(C)
PERSONAL RESTRAINT.
The use of physical force for the
				purpose of restraining free movement of a consumer which does not include
				briefly holding the consumer in order to calm or comfort them, or holding the
				hand of the consumer to escort them from one area to another.