Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 333 - OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY, PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION › Division 6 - UNIVERSALLY OFFERED NEWBORN NURSE HOME VISITING PROGRAM › Section 333-006-0010 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) "Authority"
			 means the Oregon Health Authority
(2) "Carrier" has the meaning given to that
			 term under ORS
			 743B.005.
(3) "Community" means a geographic region,
			 county, tribe or other group of individuals living in proximity.
(4) "Community lead" means a local public
			 health authority, early learning hub, or tribe that is designated by the
			 Authority to provide community coordination and quality assurance services in
			 accordance with OAR 333-006-0050  for the newborn nurse home visiting program in
			 a specified community.
(5)
			 "Comprehensive newborn nurse home visit" means a home visit where a
			 comprehensive, defined set of assessments and activities must be completed as
			 described in OAR 333-006-0120.
(6)
			 "Early learning hub" means any entity designated by regional partners to
			 coordinate early learning services, as determined by rules adopted by the Early
			 Learning Council under ORS
			 417.827.
(7) "Families with newborns" or "families"
			 means all families caring for newborns up to the age of six months, including
			 foster and adoptive newborns.
(8)
			 "Health benefit plan" has the meaning given to that term under ORS
			 743B.005.
(9) "Newborn nurse home visiting provider" or
			 "certified provider" means a person or LPHA certified by the Authority to
			 provide newborn nurse home visits in accordance with OAR 333-006-0070  and OAR
			 333-006-0120.
(10) "Home visitor"
			 means an individual who provides newborn nurse home visits on behalf of a
			 newborn nurse home visiting provider.
(11) "Identified community" means the
			 community that the community lead is designated to coordinate the newborn nurse
			 home visiting services for.
(12)
			 "Local public health authority" or "LPHA" has the meaning given that term in
			 ORS
			 431.003.
(13) "Newborn nurse home visiting services"
			 means the services required by the Newborn Nurse Home Visiting Program. These
			 services include but are not limited to requirements of the community lead and
			 newborn nurse home visiting providers as described in these rules.
(14) "Other home visiting provider" means a
			 provider of any home visiting services serving pregnant women and families with
			 young children and may include newborn nurse home visiting providers.
(15) "Newborn Nurse Home Visiting Program" or
			 "program" means the statewide program that families with newborns may
			 voluntarily participate in to receive newborn nurse home visiting services.
			 Newborn nurse home visiting providers provide home visiting services through
			 the program and community leads provide community coordination and quality
			 assurance services in the identified community.
(16) "Support newborn home visit" means a
			 home visit to complete defined set of assessments and activities or address a
			 specific nurse or family-identified need.
(17) "These rules" means OAR 333-006-0000  to
			 333-006-0160.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  413.042 & ORS
				  433.301
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  433.301