Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 048 - Health, Department of › Sub-Agency 0026 - Land Commissioners, Board of › Chapter 16 - LICENSURE OF REHABILITATION FACILITIES › Section 16-4 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
"Acceptable plan of correction" means an Office of Health
				  Quality, Planning and Program Evaluation (Office of Health Quality) approved
				  plan to correct the deficiencies identified through a survey. The plan of
				  correction shall bea written document and shall contain who is responsible for
				  correction, what was done to correct the problem, who will monitor to ensure
				  that the situation does not develop again, and a timely date for completion of
				  the correction.
"Administrator" is the person in charge of the operation of
				  the facility twenty-four hours per day and is:
A physician, or
A Registered Nurse, or
A rehabilitation counselor, or
An occupational therapist, or
A physical therapist, or
A speech and language pathologist, or
A respiratory therapist, or
An individual with a bachelors degree and one years
				  experience in health service administration preferably in a comprehensive
				  outpatient rehabilitation facility; or
An individual with at least five years of management
				  experience in a comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facility.
"Central Registry" means the registry operated by the Wyoming
				  Department of Family Services pursuant to W.S. §
									
										14-3-213, which indexes perpetrators of child
				  abuse or neglect and abuse, neglect, exploitation or abandonment of disabled
				  adults.
"Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant" is a person who is
				  licensed to practice as a certified occupational therapy assistant by the
				  Wyoming Board of Occupational Therapy.
"Dietitian" means a person who is registered by the American
				  Dietetic Association and provides nutritional and dietary consultation
				  services.
"Facility" -- a "comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation
				  facility", CORF, or "facility" means a nonresidential facility that:
Is established and operated exclusively for the purpose
				  ofproviding diagnostic, therapeutic, and restorative services to outpatients
				  for the rehabilitation of injured, disabled, or sick persons, at a single fixed
				  location, by or under the supervision of a physician.
"Fidelity bond" means a contract of fidelity insurance. One
				  agrees to insure another against loss arising from the want of honesty,
				  integrity or fidelity of an employee of the rehabilitation facilities.
"Licensed Practical Nurse" is a graduate of an approved
				  school of practical or vocational nursing who is currently licensed to practice
				  as a licensed practical nurse by the Wyoming Board of Nursing.
"Occupational therapist" is a graduate of an approved school
				  of occupational therapy who is currently licensed to practice as a registered
				  occupational therapist by the Wyoming Board of Occupational Therapy.
"Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine in
				  Wyoming by the Wyoming Board of Medicine.
"Registered Nurse" is a graduate of an approved school of
				  professional nursing, who is currently licensed to practice as a registered
				  nurse by the Wyoming Board of Nursing.
"Rehabilitation Facility" means an outpatient facility which
				  is operated for the primary purpose of assisting the rehabilitation of disabled
				  persons by providing comprehensive medical evaluations and services,
				  psychological and social services, or vocation evaluations and training or any
				  combination of these services and in which the major portion of the services is
				  furnished within the facility.
"Social Worker" is a person who has graduated with a
				  bachelors degree from a school of social work accredited by the Council on
				  Social Work Education.