Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-7 - Maternity Units and Homes › Section 3701-7-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) "Administrator"
			 means the person responsible for the overall daily management of the maternity
			 unit, or newborn care nursery, or both.
(B) "Advanced practice
			 registered nurse" means an individual who holds a
			 valid certificate of authority under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code to
			 practice nursing as a certified registered nurse anesthetist, clinical
			 registered nurse specialist, certified
			 registered  nurse-midwife, or certified
			 registered nurse practitioner.
(C) "Anesthesiologist" means a physician who
			 has completed a residency training program in anesthesiology accredited by the
			 accreditation council for graduate medical education or the American
			 osteopathic association.
(D)
			 "Anesthesiologist assistant" means an individual who holds a valid certificate
			 of registration under Chapter 4760. of the Revised Code to practice as a
			 anesthesiologist assistant.
(E) "Certified
			 registered nurse-midwife" means a registered
			 nurse who holds a valid certificate of authority issued under Chapter 4723. of
			 the Revised Code that authorizes the practice of nursing as a certified
			 registered nurse-midwife in accordance with
			 section 4723.43 of the Revised Code and
			 rules adopted by the board of nursing.
(F) "Certified
			 registered nurse practitioner" means a registered
			 nurse who holds a valid certificate of authority issued under Chapter 4723. of
			 the Revised Code that authorizes the practice of nursing as a certified
			 registered nurse practitioner in accordance with
			 section 4723.43 of the Revised Code and
			 rules adopted by the board of nursing.
(G)
								"Consultation"
			 means an individual is capable of rendering advice, opinions, recommendations,
			 suggestions, and counsel in evaluating a patient upon notice by the requesting
			 physician and in accordance with the medical needs of the patient. This may be
			 done by telemedicine or e-medicine in accordance with accepted professional
			 standards.
(H) "Department"
			 means the Ohio department of health.
(I) "Director" means the director of the
			 department of health or his duly authorized representative.
(J) "Donor human milk" means milk from a
			 lactating mother or lactating mothers, other than the milk of the mother of the
			 newborn, that has been screened pursuant to the guidelines issued by the "Human
			 milk bank association of North America."
(K) "Feeding preparation area" means a
			 designated clean area within the newborn care nursery that is specifically for
			 the storage and preparation of human milk, donor human milk, or commercial
			 infant formula.
(L) "Fetal death"
			 means death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a
			 product of conception, which after such expulsion or extraction, does not
			 breathe or show any other evidence of life such as beating of the heart,
			 pulsation of the umbilical cord, or definite movement of voluntary muscles.
(M) "Guidelines
			 for perinatal care" means the 
								eighth edition of the "Guidelines for perinatal
			 care" issued by the American academy of pediatrics and the American congress of
			 obstetricians and gynecologists.
(N) "Gynecologic patient" means a woman with
			 or suspected of having a disorder related to her reproductive organs.
(O) "Hospital" means an institution required
			 to be registered under section
			 3701.07 of the Revised
			 Code.
(P) "Human milk" means the
			 milk produced by a mother to feed her newborn.
(Q) "Lactation consultant" means an
			 individual who holds credentials as an "International board certified lactation
			 consultant."
(R) "Level
			 classification" means the level designation of the maternity unit and newborn
			 care nursery that determines the services that may be provided.
(S) "Licensee" or "license holder" means the
			 individual, corporation, partnership, board, association or entity licensed by
			 the director under Chapter 3711. of the Revised Code and rule
			 3701-7-03
			 of the Administrative Code to maintain a maternity unit, newborn care nursery,
			 or maternity home.
(T) "Licensed
			 capacity" means the maximum number of patients that the maternity unit, newborn
			 care nursery, or maternity home is authorized to accommodate under its
			 license.
(U) "Licensed dietitian"
			 means an individual licensed under Chapter 4759. of the Revised Code to
			 practice as a licensed dietitian.
(V) "Licensed practical nurse" means an
			 individual licensed under Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code to practice nursing
			 as a licensed practical nurse.
(W)
			 "Maternity home" means a facility for pregnant  women where accommodations, medical care, and social services are
			 provided during the prenatal and postpartal periods. Maternity home does not
			 include a private residence where obstetric or newborn services are received by
			 a resident of the home.
(X)
			 "Maternity unit" means a distinct portion of a hospital in which inpatient care
			 is provided to women during all or part of the maternity cycle.
(Y) "Medical director" means the physician
			 who is responsible for managing and directing the provision of medical services
			 at the maternity unit or newborn care nursery.
(Z) "Neonatal resuscitation program" means
			 the neonatal resuscitation program developed by the American heart association
			 and American academy of pediatrics, or an equivalent program approved by the
			 director.
(AA) "Newborn care
			 nursery" means a distinct portion of a hospital in which inpatient care is
			 provided to infants. Newborn care nursery includes a distinct portion of a
			 hospital in which intensive care is provided to infants.
(BB) "Nurse" means either a licensed
			 practical nurse or a registered nurse.
(CC) "Nursing staff" means registered nurses,
			 licensed practical nurses, and other staff that render care under the
			 supervision of a registered nurse.
(DD) "Obstetric and newborn care service"
			 means the staff, equipment, physical space, and support services required to
			 care for pregnant women, fetuses, women who have recently delivered a child,
			 and newborns.
(EE) "On-call" means
			 an individual is capable of being reached by telephone or other electronic
			 device and able to return to the maternity unit or newborn care nursery in
			 accordance with facility policies.
(FF) "On-duty" means in the maternity unit,
			 newborn care nursery, or maternity home, alert and responsive to patient
			 needs.
(GG) "On-site" means in the
			 building in which the maternity unit or newborn care nursery is located, or in
			 the case of campus settings, in a nearby building and able to immediately
			 respond to the maternity unit or newborn care nursery.
(HH) "On-staff" means a member of the formal
			 organization of physicians and other health professionals approved by the
			 governing body with the delegated responsibility to provide for the quality of
			 all medical care, and other health care as appropriate, provided to
			 patients.
(II) "Patient" means any
			 individual who receives health care services.
(JJ) "Pharmacist" means an individual
			 registered under Chapter 4729. of the Revised Code to practice
			 pharmacy.
(KK) "Physician" means an
			 individual who is licensed under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice
			 medicine and surgery, or osteopathic medicine and surgery.
(LL) "Physician assistant" means a individual
			 who holds a valid certificate to practice issued under Chapter 4730. of the
			 Revised Code to provide services to patients as a physician assistant under the
			 supervision, control, and direction of one or more physicians who are
			 responsible for the physician assistant's performance.
(MM) "Registered nurse" means an individual
			 who is licensed under section
			 4723.09 of the Revised Code to
			 practice as a licensed registered nurse.
(NN) "Resident" means a woman or a newborn to
			 whom the maternity home provides accommodations, medical care, or social
			 services.
(OO) "Resident
			 representative" means either a person acting on behalf of a resident with the
			 consent of the resident or the resident's legal guardian.
(PP) "Social worker" means an individual
			 licensed to practice social work under Chapter 4757. of the Revised
			 Code.
(QQ) "Special delivery
			 services" means services provided by a freestanding children's hospital that
			 does not offer typical obstetric services as a level I obstetric service, level
			 II obstetric service, or level III obstetric service, but is licensed as a
			 level III or level IV neonatal care service, and
			 is designed and equipped to provide delivery services to pregnant women as part
			 of a comprehensive multidisciplinary program of fetal and neonatal care when it
			 is determined that the fetus, once delivered, will require immediate highly
			 subspecialty neonatal intensive care or neonatal surgery typically provided by
			 a level 
								III or level 
								IV neonatal care service.
(RR) "Staff member" or "staff" means the
			 administrator and individuals providing direct care to patients on a full-time,
			 part-time, temporary, contract, or voluntary basis. Staff member or staff does
			 not include volunteers who are family members of a patient.