New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter V - Medical Facilities › Subchapter A - Medical Facilities-minimum Standards › Article 1 - General › Part 404 - INTEGRATED OUTPATIENT SERVICES › Section 404.4 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
For the purposes of this Part:
(a) "Behavioral health care" means care and
					 treatment of mental illness and/or substance use disorders.
(b) "Diagnostic and treatment center" means a
					 medical facility as defined in 10 NYCRR section
					 751.1 or an extension clinic as
					 defined in 10 NYCRR 401.1(g).
(c)
					 "Governing authority" means the entity that substantially controls the operator
					 or provider of services to which a state licensing agency has issued an
					 operating certificate. The governing authority is the body possessing the right
					 to appoint and remove directors or officers, to approve bylaws or other
					 organizational documents, to approve strategic or financial plans for a
					 provider of services, or to approve operating or capital budgets for a provider
					 of services.
(d) "General hospital
					 outpatient program" means a distinct part or unit within a general hospital as
					 defined by section
					 2801
					 (10) of the Public Health Law through which
					 outpatient services, other than hospital-based ambulatory surgery services, are
					 provided.
(e) "Host site" means a
					 single outpatient site at which a provider who is licensed or certified by the
					 Department of Health, the Office of Mental Health or the Office of Alcoholism
					 and Substance Abuse Services is approved to provide integrated care services
					 pursuant to this Part.
(f)
					 "Integrated care services" means the systematic coordination of evidence-based
					 physical and behavioral health care in clinics licensed by one or more state
					 licensing agencies in order to promote health and better outcomes, particularly
					 for populations at risk.
(g)
					 "Integrated services provider" means a provider holding multiple operating
					 certificates or licenses to provide outpatient services, who has also been
					 authorized by a commissioner of a state licensing agency to deliver identified
					 integrated care services at a specific site in accordance with the provisions
					 of this Part.
(h) "Medical
					 director" is a physician who is responsible for the medical services provided
					 by the integrated services provider, for the overall direction of the medical
					 procedures provided and the direct supervision of medical staff in the
					 performance of medical services.
(i) "Outpatient services" means clinic
					 services provided by a diagnostic and treatment center or general hospital
					 outpatient program pursuant to PHL Article 28, a mental health clinic licensed
					 pursuant to MHL Article 31, or a substance use disorder clinic certified
					 pursuant to MHL Article 32.
(j)
					 "Primary care services" means services provided by a physician, nurse
					 practitioner, or midwife acting within his or her lawful scope of practice
					 under Title VIII of the Education Law and who is practicing in a primary care
					 specialty.
(k) "State licensing
					 agency" means the state agency with statutory authority to license or certify a
					 provider of outpatient services and designated in accordance with the
					 provisions of this Part with responsibility to monitor compliance by an
					 integrated services provider with the provisions of this Part. State licensing
					 agency is limited to the Department of Health, the Office of Mental Health, or
					 the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, as
					 applicable.