| (31) Mental health services--All services concerned
with research, prevention, and detection of mental disorders and disabilities
and all services necessary to treat, care for, supervise, and rehabilitate
persons who have a mental illness.
(32) Nurse--A registered, vocational, or advanced practice
registered nurse licensed by the Texas Board of Nursing or entitled
to practice in this state under Texas Occupations Code Title 3, Subtitle
E.
(33) Other potentially infectious materials--Any of
the following materials.
(A) The following human body fluids:
(i) semen;
(ii) vaginal secretions;
(iii) cerebrospinal fluid;
(iv) synovial fluid;
(v) pleural fluid;
(vi) pericardial fluid;
(vii) peritoneal fluid;
(viii) amniotic fluid;
(ix) saliva in dental procedures;
(x) any body fluid that is visibly contaminated with
blood; and
(xi) all body fluids in situations where it is difficult
or impossible to differentiate between body fluids;
(B) any unfixed tissue or organ (other than intact
skin) from a human (living or dead); or
(C) human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-containing cell
or tissue cultures, organ cultures, and HIV or hepatitis B virus (HBV)-containing
culture medium or other solutions; and blood, organs, or other tissues
from experimental animals infected with HIV or HBV.
(34) Outpatient--An individual who presents for diagnostic
or treatment services for an intended length of stay of less than
24 hours. An individual who requires continued observation may be
considered as an outpatient for up to 48 hours.
(35) Outpatient services--Services provided to patients
whose medical needs can be met in less than 24 hours and are provided
within the LSRH. Services that require continued observation may be
considered as outpatient services for up to 48 hours.
(36) Owner--One of the following persons or governmental
unit which will hold or does hold a license issued under the statute
in the person's name or the person's assumed name:
(A) a corporation;
(B) a governmental unit;
(C) a limited liability company;
(D) an individual;
(E) a partnership if a partnership name is stated in
a written partnership agreement or an assumed name certificate;
(F) all partners in a partnership if a partnership
name is not stated in a written partnership agreement or an assumed
name certificate; or
(G) all co-owners under any other business arrangement.
(37) Patient--An individual who presents for diagnosis
or treatment.
(38) Person--An individual, firm, partnership, corporation,
association, or joint stock company, and includes a receiver, trustee,
assignee, or other similar representative of those entities.
(39) Physician--An individual licensed by the Texas
Medical Board and authorized to practice medicine in the state of
Texas.
(40) Physician assistant--A person licensed as a physician
assistant by the Texas Physician Assistant Board.
(41) Podiatrist--A podiatrist licensed by the Texas
Department of Licensing and Regulation.
(42) Practitioner--A health care professional licensed
in the state of Texas, other than a physician, podiatrist, or dentist.
(43) Prelicensure conference--A conference held with
HHSC staff and the applicant or the applicant's representative to
review licensure rules and survey documents and provide consultation
prior to the on-site licensure inspection.
(44) Premises--A building where patients receive LSRH
services.
(45) Prominent location--A size and font at least as
large as that of surrounding text, links, or buttons, distinct from
the background of the website, immediately viewable upon accessing
the home page of the hospital's publicly accessible website without
having to scroll.
(46) Prominently displayed--Refer to "prominent location."
(47) Public health emergency--A state of disaster or
local disaster declared under Texas Government Code Chapter 418 or
a public health disaster as defined by HSC §81.003.
(48) Qualified rural hospital--A general or special
hospital licensed under HSC Chapter 241 (relating to Hospitals) on
December 27, 2020, that meets the requirements to be designated as
a rural emergency hospital under 42 CFR §485.502 (relating to
Definitions), and §485.506 (relating to Designation and Certification
of REHs) and is:
(A) located in a rural area, as defined by 42 United
States Code §1395ww(d)(2)(D); or
(B) designated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services as a critical access hospital, rural referral center, or
sole community hospital.
(49) Qualifying official disaster order--An order,
proclamation, or other instrument issued by the Governor, another
official of this state, or the governing body or an official of a
political subdivision of this state declaring a disaster that has
infectious disease as the basis for the declared disaster.
(50) Qualifying period of disaster--The period of time
the area in which a LSRH is located is declared to be a disaster area
by a qualifying official disaster order.
(51) Quality improvement--A method of evaluating and
improving processes of patient care that emphasizes a multidisciplinary
approach to problem solving, and focuses not on individuals, but systems
of patient care which might be the cause of variations.
(52) Quality improvement organization--An organization
that has a contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services,
under Title XI Part B of the Social Security Act, to perform utilization
and quality control review of the health care furnished, or to be
furnished, to Medicare beneficiaries.
(53) Religious counselor--An individual acting substantially
in a pastoral or religious capacity to provide spiritual counsel to
other individuals.
(54) Registered nurse (RN)--A person who is currently
licensed by the Texas Board of Nursing as a registered nurse or who
holds a valid registered nursing license with multi-state licensure
privilege from another compact state.
(55) Restraint--A restraint is:
(A) any manual method, physical or mechanical device,
material, or equipment that immobilizes or reduces the ability of
a patient to move their arms, legs, body, or head freely; or
(B) a drug or medication when it is used as a restriction
to manage the patient's behavior or restrict the patient's freedom
of movement and is not a standard treatment or dosage for the patient's
condition and does not include:
(i) devices such as orthopedically prescribed devices,
surgical dressings or bandages, protective helmets, or other methods
that involve the physical holding of a patient for the purpose of
conducting routine physical examinations or tests; or
(ii) devices to protect the patient from falling out
of bed, off of a stretcher, or out of a chair, or to permit the patient
to participate in activities without the risk of physical harm (this
does not include a physical escort).
(56) Seclusion--The involuntary confinement of a patient
alone in a room or area from which the patient is physically prevented
from leaving.
(57) Special hospital--An establishment that:
(A) offers services, facilities, and beds for use for
more than 24 hours for two or more unrelated individuals who are regularly
admitted, treated, and discharged and who require services more intensive
than room, board, personal services, and general nursing care;
(B) has clinical laboratory facilities, diagnostic
X-ray facilities, treatment facilities, or other definitive medical
treatment;
(C) has a medical staff in regular attendance; and
(D) maintains records of the clinical work performed
for each patient.
(58) Stabilize--With respect to an emergency medical
condition, to provide such medical treatment of the condition necessary
to assure, within reasonable medical probability, that no material
deterioration of the condition is likely to result from or occur during
the transfer of the individual from a facility, or that the woman
has delivered the child and the placenta.
(59) Surgical technologist--A person who practices
surgical technology as defined in HSC Chapter 259.
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