Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701 - Department of Health - Administration and Director › Chapter 3701-19 - Hospice Care Programs › Section 3701-19-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
As used in this chapter:
(A) "Advanced Practice Nurse" means a
			 registered nurse authorized to practice as a certified nurse specialist,
			 certified registered nurse anesthetist, certified nurse midwife or certified
			 nurse practitioner in accordance with section
			 4723.41 of the Revised
			 Code;
(B) "Applicant" means a
			 person or public agency that submits an application for a license to provide a
			 hospice care program under rule
			 3701-19-03
			 of the Administrative Code.
(C)
			 "Attending physician" means the physician identified by the hospice patient or
			 the hospice patient's family as having primary responsibility for the hospice
			 patient's medical care.
(D)
			 "Dietitian" means an individual licensed under Chapter 4759. of the Revised
			 Code to practice dietetics.
(E)
			 "Director" means the director of health or any official or employee of the
			 department of health designated by the director of health.
(F)
								For purposes of
			 this chapter, "follow-up inspection" means an inspection, which may include
			 on-site and off-site activities, conducted by the department to determine
			 whether the hospice care program has corrected a violation or violations cited
			 on a previous inspection.
(G) "Governing body"
			 means the entity that has ultimate responsibility and authority for the overall
			 operation of a hospice care program, as specified in rule
			 3701-19-06
			 of the Administrative Code.
(H) "Home health aide"
			 means an individual who, in accordance with rule
			 3701-19-16 of
			 the Administrative Code, provides home care services for hospice patients and
			 their families.
(I) "Hospice aide," for the purpose of this chapter,
			 means a home health aide who has successfully completed a training and
			 competency evaluation program approved by the director under division (A) of
			 section 3721.31 of the Revised Code and
			 Chapter 3701-18 of the Administrative Code, is currently listed in good
			 standing on the state nurse aide registry, and is employed by a hospice care
			 program.
(J) "Hospice care program" or "program" means a
			 coordinated program of home, outpatient, and inpatient care and services that
			 is operated by a person or public agency and that provides the following care
			 and services to hospice patients, including services as indicated below to
			 hospice patients' families, through a medically directed interdisciplinary
			 team, under interdisciplinary plans of care established pursuant to section
			 3712.06 of the Revised Code and
			 rule
			 3701-19-11
			 of the Administrative Code, in order to meet the physical, psychological,
			 social, spiritual, and other special needs that are experienced during the
			 final stages of illness, dying, and bereavement:
(1) Nursing care by or under the supervision
			 of a registered nurse;
(2)
			 Physical, occupational, or speech or language therapy, unless waived by the
			 department of health pursuant to paragraph (B) of rule
			 3701-19-19
			 of the Administrative Code;
(3)
			 Medical social services by a social worker under the direction of a
			 physician;
(4) Services of a home
			 health aide;
(5) Medical supplies,
			 including drugs and biologicals, and the use of medical appliances;
(6) Physician's services which include
			 medical services provided by a physician or an advanced practice nurse acting
			 within his or her scope of practice, as defined in section
			 4723.01 of the Revised Code, or
			 a physician assistant acting within his or her scope of practice under the
			 supervision, control, and direction of one or more physicians as defined in
			 section 4730.01 of the Revised
			 Code.
(7) Short-term inpatient
			 care, including both palliative and respite care and procedures;
(8) Counseling for hospice patients and
			 hospice patients' families;
(9)
			 Services of volunteers under the direction of the provider of the hospice care
			 program;
(10) Bereavement services
			 for hospice patients' families.