Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-17 - Nursing Homes › Section 3701-17-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
As used in rules 3701-17-01 to
				3701-17-26 of the
				Administrative Code:
(A)
			 "Accommodations" means housing, meals, laundry, housekeeping, transportation,
			 social or recreational activities, maintenance, security, or similar services
			 that are not personal care services or skilled nursing care.
(B) "Activities of daily living" means bed
			 mobility, locomotion and transfer, bathing, grooming, toileting, dressing, and
			 eating.
(C) "Administrator" means
			 the individual, licensed as a nursing home administrator under Chapter 4751. of
			 the Revised Code, who is responsible for planning, organizing, directing and
			 managing the operation of the nursing home.
(D) "Adult care facility" has the same
			 meaning as in section
			 5119.70 of the Revised Code.
(E) "Chemical restraint" means any medication bearing
			 the American hospital formulary service therapeutic class 4.00, 28:16:08,
			 28:24:08, or 28:24:92 that alters the functioning of the central nervous system
			 in a manner that limits physical and cognitive functioning to the degree that
			 the resident cannot attain his highest practicable physical, mental, and
			 psycho-social well-being.
(F) "Complex
			 therapeutic diet" 
								has the
			 same meaning as "therapeutic diet" as that term is defined in paragraph (LL) of
			 this rule.:
(G)
			 "Department" means the department of health of the state of Ohio.
(H)
			 "Dietitian" means an individual licensed under Chapter 4759. of the Revised
			 Code to practice dietetics.
(I) "Director" means
			 the director of the department of health of the state of Ohio or the director's
			 duly authorized representative.
(J) "Habitable floor
			 area" means the clear floor area of a room and the floor area occupied by the
			 usual bedroom furniture, such as beds, chairs, dressers, and tables and does
			 not include the floor area occupied by wardrobes unless the wardrobe is of the
			 resident's own choice and it is in addition to the individual closet space in
			 the resident's room, and areas partitioned off in the room such as closets and
			 toilet rooms.
(K) "Home" has the same meaning as in division (A)(1)
			 of section 3721.01 of the Revised
			 Code.
(L) "Hospice care program" or "hospice" means an
			 entity licensed under Chapter 3712. of the Revised Code.
(M)
			 "Lot" means a plot or parcel of land considered as a unit, devoted to a certain
			 use, or occupied by a building or group of buildings that are united by a
			 common interest and use, and the customary accessories and open spaces
			 belonging to the same.
(N) "Licensed
			 practical nurse" means a person licensed under Chapter 4723. of the Revised
			 Code to practice nursing as a licensed practical nurse.
(O)
			 "Maximum licensed capacity" means the authorized type and number of residents
			 in a nursing home as determined in rule
			 3701-17-04
			 of the Administrative Code.
(P)
								"Mechanically altered food" means that the texture of
			 food is altered altered by chopping, grinding, mashing, or pureeing so that it
			 can be successfully chewed and safely swallowed.
(Q) "Mental impairment" does not mean mental
			 illness as defined in section
			 5122.01 of the Revised Code or
			 mental retardation as used in Chapter 5123. of the Revised Code.
(R) "Nurse" means a registered nurse or a
			 licensed practical nurse.
(S)
			 "Nurse aide" means an individual as defined in paragraph (A)(3) of rule
			 3701-17-07.1 of the Administrative Code.
(T) "Nursing home" has the same meaning as in
			 section 3721.01 of the Revised
			 Code.
(U) "Ohio building code"
			 means the building requirements as adopted by the board of building standards
			 pursuant to section 3781.10 of the Revised
			 Code.
(V) "On duty" means being in
			 the nursing home, awake, and immediately available.
(W) "Operator" means the person, firm,
			 partnership, association, or corporation which is required by section
			 3721.05 of the Revised Code to
			 obtain a license in order to open, maintain, or operate a home.
(X) "Personal care services" means services
			 including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) Assisting residents with activities of
			 daily living;
(2) Assisting
			 residents with self-administration of medication, in accordance with rules
			 adopted under section
			 3721.04 of the Revised
			 Code;
(3) Preparing special diets,
			 other than  therapeutic diets, for
			 residents pursuant to the instructions of a physician or a licensed dietitian,
			 in accordance with rules adopted under section
			 3721.04 of the Revised Code.
"Personal care services" does not include "skilled nursing
				care" as defined in paragraph 
										(HH)of this rule.