Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 411 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, AGING AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES › Division 90 - NURSING FACILITIES/LICENSING - VENTILATOR ASSISTED PROGRAM (VAP) › Section 411-090-0110 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
Unless the context indicates otherwise, the following
				definitions and the definitions in OAR
				411-085-0005 apply to these
				rules:
(1) "Advertise" means to make
			 publicly and generally known, usually by printed notice, broadcast, verbal
			 marketing, website, or electronic communication.
(2) "Applicant" means the person, persons, or
			 entity, submitting a complete facility application for endorsement as a
			 Ventilator Assisted Program. Applicant includes a sole proprietor, each partner
			 in a partnership, and each member in a limited liability company, corporation,
			 or entity that owns a nursing facility. Applicant also includes the sole
			 proprietor, each partner in a partnership, and each member in a limited
			 liability company, corporation, or entity that operates a nursing facility on
			 behalf of the facility business owner.
(3) BiPAP/ST means bi-level positive airway
			 pressure/spontaneous timed.
(4)
			 CPAP means continuous positive airway pressure.
(5) "Department" means the Department of
			 Human Services, Aging and People with Disabilities Program (APD).
(6) "Emergency Situation" means a disruption
			 to normal care and services caused by an unforeseen occurrence, whether
			 natural, technological, or manmade, that is beyond the control of the licensee
			 and the staff that are trained to work in the Ventilator Assisted Program are
			 not available.
(7) "Endorsement"
			 means a nursing facility has received and maintained approval from the
			 Department to provide specialized services in a Ventilator Assisted Program
			 pursuant to these rules.
(8)
			 "Facility" means a nursing facility.
(9) "Invasive Mechanical Ventilation" means a
			 life support system designed to replace or support normal ventilation lung
			 function.
(10) "Licensee" means the
			 entity that owns the nursing facility business, and to whom a nursing facility
			 license has been issued.
(11)
			 "Management" or "Operator" means the entity possessing the right to exercise
			 operational or management control over, or directly or indirectly conducts, the
			 day-to-day operation of a facility.
(12) "Nursing Facility" means a nursing
			 facility as defined in OAR chapter 411, division 85.
(13) "Pre-Service Training" means training
			 that is completed before staff takes responsibility of their job
			 duties.
(14) "Resident" means any
			 individual dependent on invasive mechanical ventilation as a means of life
			 support, individuals who are dependent on BiPAP or CPAP due to acute
			 respiratory failure, and individuals who are transitioning from invasive
			 mechanical ventilation who live in a nursing facility.
(15) "Tracheostomy" means the surgical
			 creation of an opening into the trachea through the neck, with tracheal mucosa
			 being brought into continuity with the skin; also, the opening so created. The
			 term is also commonly used to refer to a tracheotomy done for insertion of a
			 tube.
(16) "These Rules" mean the
			 rules in OAR chapter 411, division 90.
(17) "Ventilator" means a device to provide
			 breathing assistance to individuals. This includes both positive and negative
			 pressure devices.
(18) "Ventilator
			 Assisted Program" means the program that provides services to residents who are
			 dependent on invasive mechanical ventilation as a means of life
			 support.
(19) "Ventilator Assisted
			 Program Unit" means a unit that meets the Ventilator Assisted Program criteria
			 described in these rules.
(20)
			 "Ventilator Assisted Program Unit Staff" means a facility employed or
			 contracted person who has the required training, and whose primary
			 responsibility is to provide services to residents' dependent on invasive
			 mechanical ventilation as a means of life support.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  409.050,
				  410.070,
				  441.055,
				  441.615
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  409.050,
				  410.070,
				  441.055,
				  441.615