Section He-P 3012.02 - Definitions(a) "Birth condition" means "birth condition" as defined in RSA 141-J:2, I namely, "one or more of the birth conditions recommended by the National Birth Defects Prevention Network and/or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."(b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the New Hampshire department of health and human services, or his or her designee.(c) "Confirmed case" means confirmation by a medical record abstractor that an individual with a birth condition meets the criteria for case definition as defined by the National Birth Defects Prevention Network or Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or both.(d) "Department" means the New Hampshire department of health and human services.(e) "Facilities" means health care facilities, clinics, imaging centers, laboratories, medical records departments, and state offices, agencies, and departments, which have information relating to the occurrence of birth conditions in children, infants, or stillborn fetuses.(f) "Health care professional" means a:(2) Doctor of osteopathy;(3) Doctor of naturopathic medicine;(4) Advanced registered nurse practitioner;(6) Physician's assistant;(7) New Hampshire certified midwife;(8) Doctor of audiology or licensed audiologist; or(9) Optometrist or orthopist.(g) "Health information" means "health information" as defined in RSA 141-J:2, IV.(h) "Individually identifiable health information" means "individually identifiable health information" as defined in RSA 141-J:2, V.(i) "Medical records abstractor" means a staff person from the New Hampshire birth conditions program, its contractor, or designee who reviews medical information to confirm the presence of a birth condition.(j) "New Hampshire birth conditions program (NHBCP) " means the entity assigned the responsibility for managing the program pursuant to RSA 141-J under the supervision of the department.(k) "Opt-out" means the procedure an individual follows to elect not to participate in the NHBCP program, pursuant to RSA 141-J:5 and RSA 141-J:6.N.H. Admin. Code § He-P 3012.02
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