Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 80 - REGULATIONS FOR ADMINISTRATION OF THE VIRGINIA HEARING IMPAIRMENT IDENTIFICATION AND MONITORING SYSTEM › Section 12VAC5-80-10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms when used in this chapter shall
				  have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
				  otherwise:
"ABR" means an objective, electrophysiologic measurement of
				  the brainstem's response to acoustic stimulation of the ear.
"At risk" means considered to be in a status with a
				  significant probability of having or developing hearing loss as a result of the
				  presence of one or more factors identified or manifested at birth.
"Audiological evaluation" means those physiologic and
				  behavioral procedures required to evaluate and diagnose hearing status.
"Audiologist" means an audiologist as defined in §
									54.1-2600 of the Code
				  of Virginia.
"Board" means the State Board of Health.
"CDC" means the Centers for Disease Control and
				  Prevention.
"CMV" means cytomegalovirus infection.
"Chief medical officer" means the highest position of
				  authority on the medical staff of the hospital or other birthing place or
				  center as defined in the organization's bylaws or applicable governance
				  structure.
"Child" means any person from birth to 18 years of
				  age.
"Commissioner" means the State Health Commissioner, his duly
				  designated officer, or agent.
"Congenital cytomegalovirus" or "cCMV" means when an infant
				  is born with cytomegalovirus infection.
"Department" means the Virginia Department of Health.
"Discharge" means release from the hospital after birth to
				  the care of the parent or guardian.
"EHDI" means early hearing detection and intervention.
"Failed newborn hearing screening" means the final newborn
				  hearing screening that resulted in a refer or fail in one or both ears prior to
				  discharge from hospital or other birthing place or center.
"Family-to-family support" means the provision of information
				  and peer support among families having experience with family members having
				  hearing loss.
"Guardian" means a parent-appointed, court-appointed, or
				  clerk-appointed guardian of the person.
"Hearing screening" means an objective physiological measure
				  to be completed in order to determine the likelihood of hearing loss.
"Hospital" means any facility as defined in §
									32.1-123 of the Code
				  of Virginia.
"Infant" means a child under the age of one year.
"Neonatal intensive care services" means those services
				  provided by a hospital's newborn services that are designated as either
				  specialty level or subspecialty level as defined in 12VAC5-410-443 B 3 and B 4
				  of the Regulations for the Licensure of Hospitals in Virginia.
"Newborn" means an infant who is 28 days old or less.
"Newborn services" means care for infants in one or more of
				  the service levels designated in 12VAC5-410-443 B of the Regulations for the
				  Licensure of Hospitals in Virginia.
"OAE" means an objective, physiologic response from the
				  cochlea. This term may include transient evoked otoacoustic emissions and
				  distortion product otoacoustic emissions.
"Other birthing place or center" means a place or facility
				  outside of a hospital that provides maternity services.
"Parent" means a biological parent, adoptive parent, or a
				  stepparent.
"Part C" means the state early intervention services program
				  that provides medically necessary speech and language therapy, occupational
				  therapy, physical therapy, and assistive technology services and devices for
				  children from birth to age three who are eligible for services under Part C of
				  the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ( 20 USC §§ 1431-1444
				  ) and Virginia law.
"Primary health care provider" means the person to whom the
				  infant will go for primary health care following hospital discharge.
"Resident" means an individual who resides within the
				  geographical boundaries of the Commonwealth.
"Risk indicator" means a factor known to place an infant at
				  increased risk for being born with or developing a hearing loss.
"Title V" means the U.S. Department of Health and Human
				  Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child
				  Health Services Block Grant (Title V (
				  42 USC
				  701 et seq.) of the Social Security
				  Act).
"Virginia Hearing Impairment Identification and Monitoring
				  System" means a coordinated and comprehensive group of services including
				  education; screening; follow-up; diagnosis; appropriate early intervention
				  including treatment, therapy, training, and education; and program evaluation
				  managed by the department's Virginia Early Hearing Detection and Intervention
				  Program for safeguarding the health of children born in
				  Virginia.
Statutory Authority: §
											32.1-64.1
					 of the Code of Virginia.