Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 048 - Health, Department of › Sub-Agency 0061 - Healthcare Licensing and Surveys › Chapter 20 - HEALTH CARE FACILITIES JURISDICTION AND DELEGATION › Section 20-3 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation
				  and enforcement of these rules. Where the context in which words are used in
				  these rules indicates that such is the intent, words in the singular number
				  shall include the plural and vice versa. Throughout these rules, gender
				  pronouns are used interchangeably, except where the context dictates otherwise.
				  The drafters have attempted to utilize each gender pronoun in equal numbers, in
				  random distribution. Words in each gender shall include individuals of the
				  other gender.
(a) "Approved" means
				acceptable to the Authority Having Jurisdiction.
(b)_ "Authority Having Jurisdiction" means
				the Director, Wyoming Department of Health.
(c) "Certified" means those individuals who
				have been recognized by the International Code Council or National Fire
				Protection Association as being qualified in their plan examiner and inspection
				practice specialties: Building Plans Examiner, International Code Council; Fire
				Plans Examiner, National Fire Protection Association; Mechanical Plans
				Examiner, International Code Council; Commercial Building Inspector,
				International Code Council; Fire Inspector I, National Fire Protection
				Association; Commercial Mechanical Inspector, International Code Council;
				Commercial Plumbing Inspector, International Code Council; and Fire Inspector
				I, International Code Council.
(d)
				"Certification" means those Health Care Facilities that meet the standards to
				participate in the federal Medicare and/or Medicaid programs.
(e) "Construction rules" means the Wyoming
				Department of Health's Chapter 3 Construction Rules and Regulations for Health
				Care Facilities.
(f) "Council"
				means the council on fire prevention and electrical safety in buildings per
				W.S.
				35-9-102(a)(iv).
(g) "Department" means the State of Wyoming
				Department of Health which is the Authority Having Jurisdiction.
(h) "Director" means the Director, Wyoming
				Department of Health.
(i) "Health
				Care Facilities" means any adult day care facility, ambulatory surgical center,
				assisted living facility, birthing center, boarding home, freestanding
				diagnostic testing center, home health agency, hospice, hospital, intermediate
				care facility for the mentally retarded, medical assistance facilities, nursing
				care facilities, rehabilitation facilities and renal dialysis center, or as
				defined by W.S. W.S.
				W.S.
				35-2-901
et
				seq
.
(j)
				"International Building Code" establishes the minimum requirements to safeguard
				the public health, safety and general welfare through structural strength,
				means of egress facilities, stability, sanitation, adequate light and
				ventilation, energy conservation, and safety to life and property from fire and
				other hazards attributed to the built environment.
(k) "International Mechanical Code" provides
				minimum standards to safeguard life or limb, health, property and public
				welfare by regulating and controlling the design, construction, installation,
				quality of materials, location, operation and maintenance or use of mechanical
				systems.
(l) "International
				Plumbing Code" provides comprehensive regulation of plumbing systems by setting
				minimum regulations for plumbing facilities in terms of both performance and
				prescriptive objectives.
(m) "
				International Fire Code" establishes the minimum requirements consistent with
				nationally recognized good practice for providing a reasonable level of life
				safety and property protection from hazards of fire, explosion or dangerous
				conditions in new and existing buildings, structures and premises.
(n) "Licensed" means those Health Care
				Facilities that meet the licensing standards cited in W.S.
35-2-901
et
				  seq
.
(o)
				"State Survey Agency" means the Office of Health Facilities which is a
				component within the Wyoming State government that has the primary
				responsibility for performing the functions under the agreements between the
				Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the State of
				Wyoming dated June 18, 1985.