West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 64 - Health › Title 64 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES › Series 64-94 - West Virginia Alzheimers Disease Registry › Section 64-94-2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
2.1. Adult Day Care
				Facility - Any facility licensed as a medical adult day care center under WV
				Division of Health Legislative Rule, Medical Adult Day Care Center licensure,
				64 CSR 2 or any day care program maintained and operated by a nursing home,
				hospital or other licensed health care facility.
2.2. Alzheimer's Disease - A progressive,
				neurodegenerative disease leading to loss of mental functions such as memory
				and learning characterized by a loss of function and death of nerve cells in
				several areas of the brain. This disease is considered to be one of the most
				common forms of dementia.
2.3.
				Alzheimer's Disease/Dementia Special Care Units and Programs - Any facility
				licensed as an Alzheimer's Disease/Dementia special care unit or program under
				WV Division of Health Legislative Rule, Medical Adult Day Care Center
				licensure, 64 CSR 85 or any Alzheimer's Disease/Dementia special care unit or
				program maintained and operated by a nursing home, hospital or other licensed
				health care facility.
2.4. Assisted
				Living Residence - Any facility licensed as an assisted living residence under
				WV Division of Health Legislative Rule, Assisted Living Residence licensure, 64
				CSR 14.
2.5. Behavioral Health
				Centers - Any facility licensed as a behavioral health center under WV Division
				of Health Legislative Rule, Behavioral Health Center licensure, 64 CSR
				11.
2.6. Dementia - A deterioration
				of intellectual function and other cognitive skills, leading to a decline in
				the ability to perform activities of daily living.
2.7. Director - The Director of the West
				Virginia Alzheimer's Disease Registry or his or her designee.
2.8. Health care facility - Any hospital,
				nursing home, clinic, behavioral health center, adult medical day care
				facility, or other facility that provides health care or diagnostic services to
				individuals whether public or private.
2.9. Health care provider - Any physician,
				nurse, or other individual who provides medical, psychiatric, nursing, or other
				health care services of any kind to individuals.
2.10. Hospital - A facility licensed as a
				hospital under WV Division of Health Legislative Rule, Hospital Licensure, 64
				CSR 12.
2.11. Medical Information -
				Data or other information regarding the history, examination, radiological or
				laboratory findings, diagnosis, treatment, or other clinical care for a person
				examined or treated for a suspected or actual illness.
2.12. Nursing Home - Any facility licensed as
				a nursing home under WV Legislative Rule, Nursing Home Licensure, 64 CSR 13, or
				any extended care facility operated in conjunction with a hospital.
2.13. Related Disorders - Dementias
				associated with vascular disease, mixed dementia and other medical conditions
				such as Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease. These dementias also
				include senile dementia, presenile dementia, multi-infarct dementia, vascular
				dementia, alcoholic dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies, Creutzfeldt-Jakob
				disease, frontotemporal dementia, and medical diagnoses with
				dementia.
2.14. Residential Care
				Community - Any facility licensed as a residential care community under WV
				Division of Health Legislative Rule, Residential Care Community licensure, 64
				CSR 75.
2.15. Registry - West
				Virginia Alzheimer's Disease Registry is a central information database
				concerning Alzheimer's disease and related disorders maintained by West
				Virginia University.
2.16. Board of
				Governors - West Virginia University Board of Governors.