The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have
the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Abuse--Any act, failure to act, or incitement to
act done willfully, knowingly, or recklessly through words or physical
action which causes or could cause mental or physical injury or harm
or death to a resident. This includes verbal, sexual, mental/psychological,
or physical abuse, including corporal punishment, involuntary seclusion,
or any other actions within this definition.
(A) "Involuntary seclusion"--Separation of a resident
from others or from his room against the resident's will or the will
of the resident's legal representative. Temporary monitored separation
from other residents will not be considered involuntary seclusion
and may be permitted if used as a therapeutic intervention as determined
by professional staff and consistent with the resident's plan of care.
(B) "Mental/psychological abuse"--Mistreatment within
the definition of "abuse" not resulting in physical harm, including,
but not limited to, humiliation, harassment, threats of punishment,
deprivation, or intimidation.
(C) "Physical abuse"--Physical action within the definition
of "abuse," including, but not limited to, hitting, slapping, pinching,
and kicking. It also includes controlling behavior through corporal
punishment.
(D) "Sexual abuse"--Any touching or exposure of the
anus, breast, or any part of the genitals of a resident without the
voluntary, informed consent of the resident and with the intent to
arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person and includes but
is not limited to sexual harassment, sexual coercion, or sexual assault.
(E) "Verbal abuse"--The use of any oral, written, or
gestured language that includes disparaging or derogatory terms to
a resident or within the resident's hearing distance, regardless of
the resident's age, ability to comprehend, or disability.
(2) Act--Chapter 242 of the Texas Health and Safety
Code.
(3) Activities assessment--See Comprehensive Assessment
and Comprehensive Care Plan.
(4) Activities director--The qualified individual appointed
by the facility to direct the activities program as described in §19.702
of this chapter (relating to Activities).
(5) Addition--The addition of floor space to an institution.
(6) Administrator--Licensed nursing facility administrator.
(7) Admission MDS assessment--An MDS assessment that
determines a recipient's initial determination of eligibility for
medical necessity for admission into the Texas Medicaid Nursing Facility
Program.
(8) Affiliate--With respect to a:
(A) partnership, each partner thereof;
(B) corporation, each officer, director, principal
stockholder, and subsidiary; and each person with a disclosable interest;
(C) natural person, which includes each:
(i) person's spouse;
(ii) partnership and each partner thereof of which
said person or any affiliate of said person is a partner; and
(iii) corporation in which said person is an officer,
director, principal stockholder, or person with a disclosable interest.
(9) Agent--An adult to whom authority to make health
care decisions is delegated under a durable power of attorney for
health care.
(10) Applicant--A person or governmental unit, as those
terms are defined in the Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 242,
applying for a license under that chapter.
(11) APA--The Administrative Procedure Act, Texas Government
Code, Chapter 2001.
(12) Attending physician--A physician, currently licensed
by the Texas Medical Board, who is designated by the resident or responsible
party as having primary responsibility for the treatment and care
of the resident.
(13) Authorized electronic monitoring--The placement
of an electronic monitoring device in a resident's room and using
the device to make tapes or recordings after making a request to the
facility to allow electronic monitoring.
(14) Barrier precautions--Precautions including the
use of gloves, masks, gowns, resuscitation equipment, eye protectors,
aprons, faceshields, and protective clothing for purposes of infection
control.
(15) Care and treatment--Services required to maximize
resident independence, personal choice, participation, health, self-care,
psychosocial functioning and reasonable safety, all consistent with
the preferences of the resident.
(16) Certification--The determination by DADS that
a nursing facility meets all the requirements of the Medicaid and/or
Medicare programs.
(17) CFR--Code of Federal Regulations.
(18) CMS--Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services,
formerly the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA).
(19) Complaint--Any allegation received by DADS other
than an incident reported by the facility. Such allegations include,
but are not limited to, abuse, neglect, exploitation, or violation
of state or federal standards.
(20) Completion date--The date an RN assessment coordinator
signs an MDS assessment as complete.
(21) Comprehensive assessment--An interdisciplinary
description of a resident's needs and capabilities including daily
life functions and significant impairments of functional capacity,
as described in §19.801(2) of this chapter (relating to Resident
Assessment).
(22) Comprehensive care plan--A plan of care prepared
by an interdisciplinary team that includes measurable short-term and
long-term objectives and timetables to meet the resident's needs developed
for each resident after admission. The plan addresses at least the
following needs: medical, nursing, rehabilitative, psychosocial, dietary,
activity, and resident's rights. The plan includes strategies developed
by the team, as described in §19.802(b)(2) of this chapter(relating
to Comprehensive Care Plans), consistent with the physician's prescribed
plan of care, to assist the resident in eliminating, managing, or
alleviating health or psychosocial problems identified through assessment.
Planning includes:
(A) goal setting;
(B) establishing priorities for management of care;
(C) making decisions about specific measures to be
used to resolve the resident's problems; and/or
(D) assisting in the development of appropriate coping
mechanisms.
(23) Controlled substance--A drug, substance, or immediate
precursor as defined in the Texas Controlled Substance Act, Texas
Health and Safety Code, Chapter 481, and/or the Federal Controlled
Substance Act of 1970, Public Law 91-513.
(24) Controlling person--A person with the ability,
acting alone or in concert with others, to directly or indirectly,
influence, direct, or cause the direction of the management, expenditure
of money, or policies of a nursing facility or other person. A controlling
person does not include a person, such as an employee, lender, secured
creditor, or landlord, who does not exercise any influence or control,
whether formal or actual, over the operation of a facility. A controlling
person includes:
(A) a management company, landlord, or other business
entity that operates or contracts with others for the operation of
a nursing facility;
(B) any person who is a controlling person of a management
company or other business entity that operates a nursing facility
or that contracts with another person for the operation of a nursing
facility;
(C) an officer or director of a publicly traded corporation
that is, or that controls, a facility, management company, or other
business entity described in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph but
does not include a shareholder or lender of the publicly traded corporation;
and
(D) any other individual who, because of a personal,
familial, or other relationship with the owner, manager, landlord,
tenant, or provider of a nursing facility, is in a position of actual
control or authority with respect to the nursing facility, without
regard to whether the individual is formally named as an owner, manager,
director, officer, provider, consultant, contractor, or employee of
the facility.
(25) Covert electronic monitoring--The placement and
use of an electronic monitoring device that is not open and obvious,
and the facility and DADS have not been informed about the device
by the resident, by a person who placed the device in the room, or
by a person who uses the device.
(26) DADS--The Department of Aging and Disability Services.
(27) Dangerous drugs--Any drug as defined in the Texas
Health and Safety Code, Chapter 483.
(28) Dentist--A practitioner licensed by the Texas
State Board of Dental Examiners.
(29) Department--Department of Aging and Disability
Services.
(30) DHS--Formerly, this term referred to the Texas
Department of Human Services; it now refers to DADS, unless the context
concerns an administrative hearing. Administrative hearings were formerly
the responsibility of DHS; they now are the responsibility of the
Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC).
(31) Dietitian--A qualified dietitian is one who is
qualified based upon either:
(A) registration by the Commission on Dietetic Registration
of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics; or
(B) licensure, or provisional licensure, by the Texas
State Board of Examiners of Dietitians. These individuals must have
one year of supervisory experience in dietetic service of a health
care facility.
(32) Direct care by licensed nurses--Direct care consonant
with the physician's planned regimen of total resident care includes:
(A) assessment of the resident's health care status;
(B) planning for the resident's care;
(C) assignment of duties to achieve the resident's
care;
(D) nursing intervention; and
(E) evaluation and change of approaches as necessary.
(33) Distinct part--That portion of a facility certified
to participate in the Medicaid Nursing Facility program.
(34) Drug (also referred to as medication)--Any of
the following:
(A) any substance recognized as a drug in the official
United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of
the United States, or official National Formulary, or any supplement
to any of them;
(B) any substance intended for use in the diagnosis,
cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man;
(C) any substance (other than food) intended to affect
the structure or any function of the body of man; and
(D) any substance intended for use as a component of
any substance specified in subparagraphs (A) - (C) of this paragraph.
It does not include devices or their components, parts, or accessories.
(35) Electronic monitoring device--Video surveillance
cameras and audio devices installed in a resident's room, designed
to acquire communications or other sounds that occur in the room.
An electronic, mechanical, or other device used specifically for the
nonconsensual interception of wire or electronic communication is
excluded from this definition.
(36) Emergency--A sudden change in a resident's condition
requiring immediate medical intervention.
(37) Exploitation--The illegal or improper act or process
of a caretaker using the resources of an elderly or disabled person
for monetary or personal benefit, profit, or gain.
(38) Exposure (infections)--The direct contact of blood
or other potentially infectious materials of one person with the skin
or mucous membranes of another person. Other potentially infectious
materials include the following human body fluids: semen, vaginal
secretions, cerebrospinal fluid, peritoneal fluid, amniotic fluid,
saliva in dental procedures, and body fluid that is visibly contaminated
with blood, and all body fluids when it is difficult or impossible
to differentiate between body fluids.
(39) Facility--Unless otherwise indicated, a facility
is an institution that provides organized and structured nursing care
and service and is subject to licensure under Texas Health and Safety
Code, Chapter 242.
(A) For Medicaid, a facility is a nursing facility
which meets the requirements of §1919(a) - (d) of the Social
Security Act. A facility may not include any institution that is for
the care and treatment of mental diseases except for services furnished
to individuals age 65 and over and who are eligible as defined in §19.2500
of this chapter (relating to Preadmission Screening and Resident Review
(PASARR)).
(B) For Medicare and Medicaid purposes (including eligibility,
coverage, certification, and payment), the "facility" is always the
entity which participates in the program, whether that entity is comprised
of all of, or a distinct part of, a larger institution.
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