within a healthcare system; and analysis of data and corresponding system recommendations, revisions, developments, or informatics. An APRN may also perform delegated specified medical acts pursuant to a practice agreement as defined in item (45). (6) ‘Agreed to jointly’ means the agreement by the Board of Nursing and Board of Medical Examiners on delegated medical acts which that nurses perform and which that are promulgated by the Board of Nursing in regulation must be defined in a practice agreement pursuant to item (45). (7) ‘Ancillary services’ means services associated with the basic services provided to an individual in need of inhome care who needs one or more of the basic services and includes: (a) homemakertype services, including shopping, laundry, cleaning, and seasonal chores; (b) companiontype services, including transportation, letter writing, reading mail, and escorting; and (c) assistance with cognitive tasks, including managing finances, planning activities, and making decisions. (8) ‘Approval’ means the process by which the board evaluates nursing education programs, which must meet established uniform and reasonable standards. (9) ‘Approved written guidelines’ means specific statements developed by a certified registered nurse anesthetist and a supervising licensed physician or dentist or by the medical staff within the facility where practice privileges have been granted. (10) ‘Approved written protocols’ means specific statements developed collaboratively by a physician or the medical staff and a NP, CNM, or CNS that establishes physician delegation for medical aspects of care, including the prescription of medications. (11) ‘Attendant care services’ means those basic and ancillary services that enable an individual in need of inhome care to live in the individual’s home and community rather than in an institution and to carry out functions of daily living, selfcare, and mobility. (12)(11) ‘Authorized licensed provider’ means a provider of health care services who is authorized to practice by a licensing board in this State where the scope of practice includes authority to order and prescribe drugs in treating patients. (13)(12) ‘Basic services’ includes: (a) getting in and out of a bed, wheelchair, motor vehicle, or other device; (b) assistance with routine bodily functions including health maintenance activities, bathing and personal hygiene, dressing and grooming, and feeding, including preparation and cleanup.
Board of Medical Examiners shall review the application to determine if adequate supervision exists. (44) ‘Reinstatement’ means an action of the board in a disciplinary matter that authorizes the resumption of practice upon any terms or conditions ordered or agreed to by the board. (45) ‘Relinquish’ means to permanently cancel or invalidate an authorization instead of disciplinary proceedings or final decision by the board. A person whose authorization to practice has been relinquished to the board is permanently ineligible for a license or other authorization of any kind from the board. Relinquishment is irrevocable, an admission of any or all of the allegations of misconduct, and reported and treated as a permanent revocation. (46) ‘Respondent’ means a person charged with responding in a disciplinary or other administrative action. (47) ‘Revocation’ means the permanent cancellation or withdrawal of an authorization issued by the board. A person whose authorization has been permanently revoked by the board is permanently ineligible for an authorization of any kind from the board. (48) ‘Significant disciplinary action’ means a public decision in a disciplinary matter that involves substantial issues of professional or ethical competence or qualification to practice. The board may consider any actions taken by the original board or conduct considered relevant to the applicant’s fitness for licensure to practice in this State. (49) ‘State identification bureau’ means an authorized governmental agency responsible for receiving and screening the results of criminal history records checks in this State or another state. (50) ‘Supervision’ means the process of critically observing, directing, and evaluating another person’s performance, unless otherwise provided by law. (51) ‘Suspension’ means the temporary withdrawal of authorization to practice for either a definite or indefinite period of time ordered by the board. The holder of a suspended authorization to practice may petition the board for reinstatement to practice upon compliance with all terms and conditions imposed by the board. (52) ‘Telemedicine’ means the practice of medicine using electronic communications, information technology, or other means between a licensee in one location and a patient in another location with or without an intervening practitioner.