Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 409 - OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY, HEALTH POLICY AND ANALYTICS › Division 30 - HEALTH PROFESSION STUDENT CLINICAL TRAINING ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS › Section 409-030-0110 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
The following definitions apply to OAR 409-030-0100  to
				409-030-0250:
(1) "Administrative
			 requirements" means those requirements that must be documented and verified
			 before health professions program students may begin clinical placements, and
			 includes criminal background checks, drug testing for substance abuse, health
			 screenings, immunizations, and basic training standards.
(2) "Advanced practice nurse" means nursing
			 practice areas inclusive of nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, clinical nurse
			 specialists, and nurse anesthetists.
(3) "Authority" means the Oregon Health
			 Authority.
(4) "CDC" means the
			 federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
(5) "Clinical placement" means any clinical
			 rotations, internships, and any other clinical training experience that a
			 student undergoes as part of their health professions or health-related
			 professions program.
(6) "Clinical
			 setting" or "clinical site" means the clinical facility at which a student
			 undergoes training during a clinical placement.
(7) "Direct contact with patients" means
			 clinical or therapeutic interaction with a patient, in a one-on-one or group
			 setting at the clinical placement setting or an associated location, including
			 but not limited to meetings, examinations, or procedures.
(8) "Evidence of Immunization" means a
			 statement by a licensed practitioner who has within the scope of the
			 practitioner's license the authority to administer immunizations; or a
			 representative of the organization providing the immunization, or of the local
			 health department certifying the immunizations the student has
			 received.
(9) "For cause" means
			 that the behavior of a student or instructor gives the health profession
			 program or clinical site reason to believe that the individual is not complying
			 with established standards set forth in these rules.
(10) "Health profession program" means a
			 post-secondary course of study that concentrates on a health profession
			 discipline as described in OAR 409-030-0130  and offers students instruction and
			 training for becoming a health care professional.
(11) "Immunization" means receipt of any
			 vaccine licensed by the United States Food and Drug Administration or the
			 foreign equivalent for the prevention of a disease; proof of immunity to the
			 disease via titer; or confirmed history of the disease.
(12) "Individually identifiable health
			 information" has the meaning given that term in ORS 433.443.
(13) "Instructor" means a teacher, trainer,
			 or advisor who is overseeing a student onsite during clinical training on
			 behalf of the training program which the student attends. The degree of
			 involvement of instructors in a student's clinical training experience may vary
			 between programs, and may include but is not limited to observation,
			 demonstration of technique, modeling of behavior, and regular
			 feedback.
(14) "Licensed
			 independent practitioner" means an individual permitted by Oregon law to
			 independently provide care and services, without direction or supervision,
			 within the scope of the individual's license.
(15) "Matriculated" means to be enrolled or
			 registered for classes, as a student.
(16) "Patient" means an individual who is
			 seeking care, guidance or treatment options at a clinical or other service
			 location, or from a health professional or health-related professional as
			 defined in these rules, via telehealth.
(17) "School" or "educational institution"
			 means the post-secondary college, university or other training program in which
			 the student is matriculated for a health professions or health-related
			 professions program.
(18) "Student"
			 means an individual enrolled as a student or registered for a post-secondary
			 school or training programs required minimum credit hours in an accredited
			 health professions or health-related professions program of study.
(19) "Supervisor" means a staff member at a
			 clinical facility who is delegated to provide preceptorship and/or supervision,
			 to monitor student performance and to provide feedback to the student and the
			 clinical educator and other educational training program faculty.
(20) "Telehealth" means the provision of
			 health services where the patient and professional are not present in the same
			 location but interact via technology.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 413.435
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  413.435