North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 13 - NC MEDICAL CARE COMMISSION › Subchapter C - LICENSING OF AMBULATORY SURGICAL FACILITIES › Section .0100 - GENERAL › Section 13C .0103 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
In addition to the terms defined in
					 G.S.
					 131E-214.13, the following terms shall apply
					 throughout this Subchapter, unless the context clearly requires
					 otherwise:
(1) "Adequate" means, when
				  applied to various areas of services, that the services are satisfactory in
				  meeting a referred to need when measured against professional standards of
				  practice.
(2) "AAAASF" means
				  American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery
				  Facilities.
(3) "AAAHC" means
				  Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.
(4) "Ancillary nursing personnel" means
				  persons employed to assist registered nurses or licensed practical nurses in
				  the care of patients.
(5)
				  "Anesthesiologist" means a physician whose specialized training and experience
				  qualify him or her to administer anesthetic agents and to monitor the patient
				  under the influence of these agents. For the purpose of this Subchapter, the
				  term "anesthesiologist" shall not include podiatrists.
(6) "Anesthetist" means a physician or
				  dentist qualified, as defined in Items (10) and (24) of this Rule, to
				  administer anesthetic agents or a registered nurse qualified, as defined in
				  Items (25) and (27) of this Rule, to administer anesthesia.
(7) "Authority having jurisdiction" means the
				  Division of Health Service Regulation.
(8) "Chief executive officer" or
				  "administrator" means a qualified person appointed by the governing authority
				  to act in its behalf in the overall management of the facility and whose office
				  is located in the facility.
(9)
				  "Current Procedural Terminology (CPT)" means a medical code set developed by
				  the American Medical Association.
(10) "Dentist" means a person who holds a
				  valid license issued by the North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners to
				  practice dentistry.
(11)
				  "Department" means the North Carolina Department of Health and Human
				  Services.
(12) "Director of
				  nursing" means a registered nurse who is responsible to the chief executive
				  officer or administrator and has the authority and direct responsibility for
				  all nursing services and nursing care for the entire facility at all
				  times.
(13) "Financial assistance"
				  means a policy, including charity care, describing how the organization will
				  provide assistance at its facility. Financial assistance includes free or
				  discounted health services provided to persons who meet the organization's
				  criteria for financial assistance and are unable to pay for all or a portion of
				  the services. Financial assistance does not include:
(a) bad debt;
(b) uncollectable charges that the
				  organization recorded as revenue but wrote off due to a patient's failure to
				  pay;
(c) the cost of providing such
				  care to the patients in Sub-Item (13)(b) of this Rule; or
(d) the difference between the cost of care
				  provided under Medicare or other government programs, and the revenue derived
				  therefrom.