Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health › Chapter 530 - Family Planning Centers › Section 310:530-1-2 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
The following words or terms, when used in this Chapter, shall
				have the following meaning, unless the context clearly indicates
				otherwise:
"Attributable analysis period"
means the most
				recently completed period for which cost and client encounter data is
				available.
"Client"
means a female or male of reproductive
				age who requests family planning services.
"Commissioner of Health"
and
"Commissioner"
mean the Oklahoma State Commissioner of Health, the
				chief executive officer of the Department. References in the subchapter to the
				Commissioner may include a designee of the Commissioner of Health. Designations
				shall be subject to such powers and limitations as are specified in
				writing.
"Contraceptive methods"
means any Federal Drug
				Administration (FDA) approved medication or method that prevents
				pregnancy.
"Delivered product"
means a contraceptive device
				or pharmacological substance administered or given to the client for use or
				consumption.
"Department"
means the Oklahoma State Department
				of Health.
"Examination service"
means a qualified family
				planning service described in the Family Planning Policies and Procedures
				Manual and incorporating a medical history and/or physical assessment
				element(s) as the central component of the service delivered to the
				client.
"Examination service component"
means the set of
				all examination services provided by the family planning program.
"Family planning"
means those services which will
				allow an individual to freely determine the number and spacing of their
				children, encompassing the spectrum from infertility to desired sterilization.
				Abortion is not a method of family planning.
"Family planning centers"
means county health
				departments providing family planning services.
"Federal poverty level (FPL) guidelines"
means the
				levels set forth in the most recent Poverty Guidelines issued pursuant to
				42
				U.S.C. §
									9902(2).
"Laboratory service"
means a qualified family
				planning service described in the Family Planning Policies and Procedures
				Manual and incorporating the performance of tests in a laboratory setting as
				the central component of the service delivered to the client.
"Laboratory service component"
means the set of
				all laboratory services provided by the family planning program.
"Medical cost center"
or
laboratory cost
				center"
means those cost centers used by the Department to allocate
				costs determined to be necessary for the delivery of family planning
				services.
"Recommended fee assessment for utilization of
				services"
or
"RFA"
means the maximum fee assessed to a
				client who receives a family planning service or product provided pursuant to
				this Chapter by the Department.
"Relative value"
means the value assigned to a
				service described in the relative value study that most closely matches or
				approximates the description of the service provided by the family planning
				program.
"Relative value study"
means an accredited study
				of a given set of medical services that establishes the relationship between
				the medical services studied indicating the proportionate value of each service
				to that of the others in the study.
"Schedule of fees"
means a listing of services
				offered and the corresponding fee, if any, assigned to those services.
"Sliding fee scale"
means a schedule of discounts
				for individuals based upon federal poverty level, family income, family size,
				and other program specified economic considerations.
Added at 19 Ok Reg 2077,
				eff 6-27-02; Amended at 21 Ok Reg 2751, eff
				7-12-04