Section R. 325.301 - DefinitionsRule 1.
(1) As used in these rules:(a) "Department" means the Michigan department of community health.(b) "External cause-of-injury codes" means the standard codes adopted by reference in R 325.302(1).(c) "Health facility" means any facility or agency licensed in Michigan under Article 17 of the public health code, MCL 333.20101 to 333.22260 that provides health care services. It includes an ambulance, aircraft transport, non-transport prehospital life support, or medical first response operation; clinical laboratory; county medical care facility; freestanding surgical outpatient facility; health maintenance organization; nursing home; home for the aged; hospital; nursing home; hospice; and hospice residence.(d) "Health professional" means a person licensed under article 15 of the public health code, MCL 333.16101 to 333.18838, in medicine, osteopathic medicine, as a physician's assistant, or nurse practitioner.(e) "Local health department" means a public health department established under article 24 of the public health code, MCL 333.2401 to 333.2498, to protect the public health and prevent disease within a specific geographic area.(f) "Nature-of-injury codes" means the standard codes adopted by reference in R 325.302(1).(g) "Patient" means any injured person who receives medical attention, care, or treatment for that injury.(h) "Protected health information" means any individually identified health information, whether oral or recorded in any form or medium that is created or received by a health care provider, health plan, public health authority, employer, life insurer, school or university, or health care clearinghouse; and, relates to the past, present, or future physical or mental health or condition of an individual; the provision of health care to an individual; or the past, present, or future payment for the provision of health care to an individual.(i) "Public health investigation" means the collection of medical, epidemiologic, exposure, and other information to determine the magnitude and causes of specific illnesses or injuries, which is used to determine appropriate actions to prevent or mitigate additional illness or injury.(j) "Traumatic injury" means bodily damage resulting from exposure to physical agents such as mechanical energy, thermal energy, ionizing radiation, or resulting from the deprivation of basic environmental requirements such as oxygen or heat. Mechanical energy injuries include acceleration and deceleration injuries, blunt trauma, and penetrating wound injuries.Mich. Admin. Code R. 325.301