Washington Administrative Code › Title 182 - Health Care Authority › WASHINGTON APPLE HEALTH › Chapter 182-537 - School-based health care services › Section 182-537-0200 - 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:
"Agency"
- See WAC
				  182-500-0010.
"Assessment"
- For the purposes of this chapter,
				  an assessment is made-up of medically necessary tests given to an individual
				  child by a licensed health care provider to evaluate whether a child with a
				  disability is in need of early intervention services or special education and
				  related services. Assessments are a part of the individualized education
				  program (IEP) and individualized family service plan (IFSP) evaluation and
				  reevaluation processes.
"Charter school"
- A public school governed by a
				  charter school board and operated according to the terms of the charter school
				  contract. Charter schools are open to all students, do not charge tuition, and
				  do not have special entrance requirements.
"Child with a disability"
- For purposes of this
				  chapter, a child with a disability is a child evaluated and determined to need
				  early intervention services or special education and related services because
				  of a disability in one or more of the following eligibility categories:
* Autism;
* Deaf-blindness;
* Developmental delay for children ages three through nine,
				  with an adverse educational impact, the results of which require special
				  education and related direct services;
* Hearing loss (including deafness);
* Intellectual disability;
* Multiple disabilities;
* Orthopedic impairment;
* Other health impairment;
* Serious emotional disturbance (emotional behavioral
				  disturbance);
* Specific learning disability;
* Speech or language impairment;
* Traumatic brain injury; and
* Visual impairment (including blindness).
"Core provider agreement"
- See WAC
				  182-500-0020.
"Early intervention services"
- Means
				  developmental services provided to children ages birth through two. For the
				  purposes of this chapter, early intervention services include:
* Audiology services;
* Health services;
* Nursing services;
* Occupational therapy;
* Physical therapy;
* Psychological services; and
* Speech-language pathology.
"Educational service district"
- A regional
				  agency which provides cooperative and informal services to local school
				  districts within defined regions of the state.
"Electronic signature"
- See WAC
				  182-500-0030.
"Evaluation"
- Procedures used to determine
				  whether a child has a disability, and the nature and extent of the early
				  intervention or special education and related services needed. (See WAC
				  392-172A-01070 and 34 C.F.R. Sec.
				  303.321.)
"Fee-for-service"
- See WAC
				  182-500-0035.
"Handwritten signature"
- A scripted name or
				  legal mark of an individual on a document to signify knowledge, approval,
				  acceptance, or responsibility of the document.
"Health care-related services"
- For the
				  purposes of this chapter, means developmental, corrective, and other supportive
				  services required to assist a student ages three through twenty eligible for
				  special education and include:
* Audiology;
* Counseling;
* School health services and school nurse services;
* Occupational therapy;
* Physical therapy;
* Psychological assessments and services; and
* Speech-language therapy.
"Individualized education program (IEP)"
- A
				  written educational program for a child who is age three through twenty-one and
				  eligible for special education. An IEP is developed, reviewed and revised
				  according to WAC
				  392-172A-03090 through
				  392-172A-03115.
"Individualized family service plan (IFSP)"
- A
				  plan for providing early intervention services to a child birth through age
				  two, with a disability or developmental delay and the child's family. The
				  IFSP:
* Is based on the evaluation and assessment described in 34
				  C.F.R. Sec. 303.321;
* Includes the content specified in 34 C.F.R. Sec. 303.344;
				  and
* Is developed under the IFSP procedures in 34 C.F.R. Secs.
				  303.342, 303.343, and 303.345.
"Medically necessary"
- See WAC
				  182-500-0070.
"National provider identifier (NPI)"
- See WAC
				  182-500-0075.
"Reevaluation"
- Procedures used to determine
				  whether a child continues to need early intervention services or special
				  education and related services. (See WAC
				  392-172A-03015 and 34 C.F.R.
				  Secs. 303.342 and 303.343.)
"Related services"
- See WAC
				  392-172A-01155.
"School-based health care services contract"
- A
				  contract that describes and defines the relationship between the agency, the
				  school based health care services program, and the school district, ESD,
				  charter, or tribal school.
"School-based health care services program"
or
"SBHS"
- Is an agency-administered program that pays contracted
				  school districts, educational service districts (ESDs), charter schools, and
				  tribal schools for providing early intervention services or special education
				  health-related services to children ages birth through twenty who have an IEP
				  or IFSP.
"School district"
- A group of schools
				  administered by a particular authority within defined geographical
				  division.
"Signature log"
- A typed list that verifies a
				  licensed provider's identity by associating each provider's signature with
				  their name, handwritten initials, credentials, license and national provider
				  identifier (NPI).
"Special education"
- See WAC
				  392-172A-01175.
"Supervision"
- Means supervision provided by a
				  licensed health care provider either directly or indirectly to assist the
				  supervisee in the administration of early intervention or health care-related
				  services outlined in the IEP or IFSP.
"Telemedicine"
- See WAC
				  182-501-0300.
Statutory
				  Authority:
				  RCW
				  41.05.021,
				  34 C.F.R.
				  300.154(d), and chapter
				  182-502 WAC. WSR 13-21-079, §
										182-537-0200, filed 10/17/13,
				  effective 11/17/13. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  41.05.021. WSR 13-05-017, §
										182-537-0200, filed 2/7/13,
				  effective 3/10/13. WSR 11-14-075, recodified as §
										182-537-0200, filed 6/30/11,
				  effective 7/1/11. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  74.08.090,
				  74.09.500, and
				  42 C.F.R.
				  440.110. WSR 09-07-004, § 388-537-0200,
				  filed 3/4/09, effective 4/4/09. WSR 13-21-003, §
										182-537-0200, filed 10/3/2013,
				  effective 11/3/2013