Washington Administrative Code › Title 182 - Health Care Authority › WASHINGTON APPLE HEALTH › Chapter 182-532 - Reproductive health/family planning only programs › DEFINITIONS › Section 182-532-001 - Reproductive health services-Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
The following definitions and those found in chapter
					 182-500 WAC apply to this chapter.
340B dispensing fee -
The medicaid agency's
					 established fee paid to a registered and medicaid-participating 340B drug
					 program provider under the public health service (PHS) act for expenses
					 involved in acquiring, storing and dispensing prescription drugs or
					 drug-containing devices (see WAC
					 182-530-7900
					 ). A dispensing fee is not paid for non-drug items, devices, or supplies (see
					 WAC
					 182-530-7050
					 ).
"Complication" -
A condition occurring
					 subsequent to and directly arising from the family planning services received
					 under the rules of this chapter.
"Comprehensive preventive family planning visit"
					 -
For the purposes of this program, a comprehensive, preventive,
					 contraceptive visit that includes evaluation and management of an individual,
					 such as: Age appropriate history, examination, counseling/anticipatory
					 guidance, risk factor reduction interventions, and laboratory and diagnostic
					 procedures that are covered under the client's respective agency program.
"Contraception" -
Prevention of pregnancy
					 through the use of contraceptive methods.
"Contraceptive" -
Food and Drug Administration
					 (FDA)-approved prescription and nonprescription methods, including devices,
					 drugs, products, methods, or surgical interventions used to prevent pregnancy,
					 as described in WAC
					 182-530-2000.
"Family planning only - Pregnancy related
					 program"
- The program that covers family planning only services for
					 eligible clients for ten months following the sixty-day post pregnancy
					 period.
"Family planning only program" -
The program
					 that covers family planning only services for eligible clients for twelve
					 months from the date the agency determines eligibility. This program was
					 formerly referred to as TAKE CHARGE.
"Family planning services" -
Medically safe
					 and effective medical care, educational services, and contraceptives that
					 enable individuals to plan and space the number of their children and avoid
					 unintended pregnancies.
"Natural family planning" (also known as fertility
					 awareness method)
- Methods to identify the fertile days of the
					 menstrual cycle and avoid unintended pregnancies, such as observing, recording,
					 and interpreting the natural signs and symptoms associated with the menstrual
					 cycle.
"Over-the-counter (OTC)" -
Drugs, devices, and
					 products that do not require a prescription to be sold or dispensed. (See WAC
					 182-530-1050 )
"Reproductive health" -
The prevention and
					 treatment of illness, disease, and disability related to the function of
					 reproductive systems during all stages of life and includes:
(a) Related, appropriate, and medically necessary
					 care;
(b) Education of clients in medically safe and effective
					 methods of family planning; and
(c) Pregnancy and reproductive health care.
"Reproductive health care services" -
Any
					 medical services or treatments, including pharmaceutical and preventive care
					 service or treatments, directly involved in the reproductive system and its
					 processes, functions, and organs involved in reproduction, in all stages of
					 life. Reproductive health care services does not include infertility
					 treatment.
"Reproductive system" -
Includes, but is not
					 limited to: Genitals, gonads, the uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes, and
					 breasts.
"Sexually transmitted infection (STI)" -
A
					 disease or infection acquired as a result of sexual contact.
WSR 11-14-075, recodified as §
												182-532-001, filed 6/30/11,
						effective 7/1/11. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						74.08.090,
						74.09.520, and
						74.09.800. WSR 05-24-032, §
						388-532-001, filed 11/30/05, effective 12/31/05; WSR 04-05-011, §
						388-532-001, filed 2/6/04, effective
						3/8/04.