Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.03.14.010

Current through September 2, 2024

Section 16.03.14.010 - DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS - A THROUGH M

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms and definitions apply.

01.Anesthesiologist. A physician who meets the requirements for certification by the American Board of Anesthesiology or the American Osteopathic Board of Anesthesiology.

02.Anesthetist. A person who is:

a. A dentist who has successfully completed a three (3) year residency in anesthesiology approved by the American Medical Association.

b. A physician whose competence in the practice of anesthesiology is approved by the medical staff, of the hospital in which he works.

c. A licensed registered nurse who meets the requirements for certification (CRNA) by the Council on Certification of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists.

03.Approved Drugs and Biologicals. Only such drugs and biologicals as are:

a. Included (or approved for inclusion) in the United States Pharmacopoeia, National Formulary, or United States Homoeopathic Pharmacopoeia.

b. Approved by the pharmacy and therapeutics committee (or equivalent) of the hospital that approves such drugs and biologicals for use in the hospital.

c. Those drugs approved by the State Title XIX Agency.

04.Board. The Idaho State Board of Health and Welfare.

05.Chief Executive Officer or Administrator. The person appointed by the governing body to act in its behalf in the overall management of the hospital.

06.Clinical Privileges. Permission to render patient care, granted by the hospital governing body on recommendation of the medical staff, within well defined limits based upon the applicant's professional license, experience, competence, and judgment.

07.Dentist. A person currently licensed by the state of Idaho to practice dentistry.

08.Department. The Department of Health and Welfare of the state of Idaho.

09.Dietetic Service Supervisor. A person who:

a. Is a licensed dietitian; or

b. Is a graduate of a dietetic technician or dietetic assistant educational program class or correspondence school accredited by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, formerly the American Dietetic Association; or

c. Is a graduate of a state-approved education program that provides ninety (90) or more hours of classroom instruction in food service management and has at least three (3) months supervisory experience in a health care institution with consultation from a dietitian; or

d. Has training and experience in food service management in a military program equivalent in content to the requirements in Subsections 010.09.b. or 010.09.c. of this rule; or

e. Has training and experience in food service management equivalent to requirements in Subsections 010.09.b. or 010.09.c. of this rule; or

10.Dietitian. A person who meets the requirements of Title 54, Chapter 35, Idaho Code, and is licensed by the Board of Medicine as a licensed dietitian (LD).

11.Director of Nursing Service. A licensed registered nurse who is licensed by the state of Idaho, and has been so designated by the facility.

12.Director of Psychiatric Nursing Service. A licensed registered nurse licensed by the state of Idaho who has training and experience in psychiatric nursing and has been so designated by the facility.

13.Drug Administration. An act in which a single dose of a prescribed drug or biological is given to a patient by an authorized person in accordance with laws and regulations governing such acts. The complete act of administration entails the removal of an individual dose from a previously dispensed, properly labeled container (including a unit dose container), verifying the drug and dosage with the practitioner's orders, administering dose to the proper patient, and immediately recording the time and amount given.

14.Governmental Unit. The state, any county, municipality, or other subdivision, department, division, board, or agency thereof.

15.Grievance. A grievance is a formal or informal, written or verbal complaint that is made to the hospital by a patient, or the patient's representative, regarding the patient's care, alleged abuse or neglect, or issues related to the hospital's compliance with Idaho state licensure rules.

16.Hospital. A facility that:

a. Is primarily engaged in providing, by or under the daily supervision of physicians;

i. Concentrated medical and nursing care on a twenty-four (24) hour basis to inpatients experiencing acute illness; or

ii. Diagnostic and therapeutic services for medical diagnosis and treatment, psychiatric diagnosis and treatment, and care of injured, disabled, or sick persons; or

iii. Rehabilitation services for injured, disabled, or sick persons; or

iv. Obstetrical care.

b. Provides for care of two (2) or more individuals for twenty-four (24) or more consecutive hours.

c. Is staffed to provide professional nursing care on a twenty-four (24) hour basis.

d. Any hospital licensed under the provisions of these rules must be deemed a "facility" as defined at and for the purposes of Section 66-317(7), Idaho Code.

17.Hospital Licensing Act. The law referred to in Sections 39-1301 through 39-1314, Idaho Code, as amended.

18.Hospital for the Treatment of Alcohol and Drug Abuse. A facility for the diagnosis, care, and treatment of patients suffering from chronic alcoholism.

19.Infectious Wastes. Infectious wastes are defined as set out in Subsections 010.19.a. through 010.19.f. of this rule. Infectious wastes must be handled within specific rules as prescribed in Section 550 of these rules. Except as otherwise provided in these rules, infectious wastes must be handled and disposed of in accordance with the most current guidelines and recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control.

a. Cultures and stocks of infectious agents and associated biologicals including:

i. Specimens from medical and pathology laboratories.

ii. Wastes from production of biologicals (by-products from the production of vaccines, reagents in the laboratory, etc.).

iii. Cultures and stocks from clinical, research and industrial laboratories, such as disposable culture dishes and devices used to transfer, inoculate and mix cultures.

b. Human blood and blood products (fluid form) and their containers, and liquid body wastes (fluid form) and their containers.

c. Pathologic waste including tissue, organs, body parts, autopsy and biopsy materials, unless such waste has been treated with formaldehyde or other preservative agents.

d. "Sharps" including needles, syringes, scalpel blades, pipettes, lancets or glass tubes that could be broken during handling.

e. Animal carcasses that have been exposed to pathogens, their bedding and other waste from such animals.

f. Items contaminated with blood or body fluids from patients known to be infected with diseases transmitted by body fluid contact.

20.Licensed Independent Practitioner (L.I.P.). A person who is:

a. A licensed physician or physician assistant under Section 54-1803, Idaho Code; or

b. A licensed advance practice registered nurse under Section 54-1402, Idaho Code.

21.Licensed Practical Nurse (L.P.N.). A person currently licensed by the Idaho State Board of Nursing to practice as a licensed practical nurse.

22.Licensee. The person or entity to whom a license is issued.

23.Licensing Agency. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare.

24.Maternity Hospital. A facility, the primary purpose of which is to provide services and facilities for obstetrical care.

24.Medical Record Practitioner (Qualified Consultant). A person who:

a. Meets the requirements for certification as a registered record administrator (RRA) or as an accredited record technician (ART) by the American Medical Record Association; or

b. Is a graduate of a school of medical record science that is accredited jointly by the Council on Medical Education of the American Medical Association and the American Medical Record Association.

25.Medical Staff Members. Those licensed physicians, dentists, podiatrists and other professionals granted the privilege to practice in the hospital by the governing authority of a hospital.

Idaho Admin. Code r. 16.03.14.010

Effective March 17, 2022