Or. Admin. Code § 333-020-0125

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 12, December 1, 2024

Section 333-020-0125 - Definitions

As used in these rules:

(1) "Advisory committee" means the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Advisory Committee.

(2) "Authority" means the Oregon Health Authority.

(3) "Birthing center" has the same meaning as "freestanding birthing center" in ORS 442.015.

(4) "Birthing facility" means the location of a child's birth, including hospital or birthing center.

(5) "Child" means any individual who is under 36 months of age.

(6) "Congenital" means present at birth.

(7) "Diagnostic facility" means any facility that conducts pediatric diagnostic hearing evaluations.

(8) "Diagnostic testing" means physiologic and behavioral testing on children to determine the presence or absence, type and degree of a hearing loss, using procedures specified by the Authority, for the purposes of establishing a diagnosis and serving as a basis for initiating intervention.

(9) "Director" means the Director of the Public Health Division within the Oregon Health Authority.

(10) "Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program" or "EHDI" means the program, within the Public Health Division of the Oregon Health Authority, responsible for the implementation of ORS 433.321-433.327.

(11) "Early intervention services" or "EI" means services for children with disabilities from birth until three years of age that are designed to meet the developmental needs of children with disabilities and the needs of the family related to enhancing the child's development, and that are selected in collaboration with the parents and caregivers.

(12) "Early intervention facility" is any public or private educational institution providing early intervention services.

(13) "EI" (or, alternately, "EI/ECSE") means the Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education Program of the Office of Student Services of the Oregon Department of Education. EI/ECSE provides early intervention services under public supervision by personnel qualified in accordance with criteria established by rules of the State Board of Education and in conformity with an individualized family service plan, as defined in ORS 343.035.

(14) "Hearing screening" means a physiologically-based test procedure performed on both ears using technologies approved by the Authority, as described in the Hearing Screening Protocol.

(15) "Hearing Screening Protocol" means an Oregon specific protocol based on evidence and best practice for newborn hearing screening, to be implemented by all hearing screening facilities, and available from the Oregon Health Authority.

(16) "Hearing screening registry" (or, alternately, "EHDI Information System") means a database of newborn children and information related to their hearing status, including but not limited to results of hearing screenings, diagnostic testing, and early intervention referrals, designed for the purpose of contacting families and health care providers.

(17) "Hospital" means any health care facility licensed by the State of Oregon and meeting the definition of "hospital" in ORS 442.015.

(18) "Mandated facility" means any hospital or birthing center with more than 200 live births per calendar year.

(19) "Newborn" means a child less than one month of age.

(20) "Pass" means a hearing screening result that indicates that a child's hearing meets the pass criteria identified in the Hearing Screening Protocol, provided by the Oregon Health Authority EHDI program, or as determined by national best practice guidelines.

(21) "Private educational institution" means any private institution providing early intervention services as defined in ORS 343.035 or the equivalent and which have been accepted for the Office of Student Services of the Oregon Department of Education's "Approved Private Schools" list.

(22) "Public educational institution" means any public educational institution providing early intervention services, as defined in ORS 343.035.

(23) "Refer" means a child did not meet the pass criteria defined in these rules and needs more testing to determine the presence or absence of a hearing loss.

(24) "Risk factor" means any one of the risk indicators determined by the Joint Committee for Infant Hearing as being associated with either congenital or delayed-onset hearing loss.

(25) "Screening facility" means any facility that conducts hearing screenings, as defined in these rules.

(26) "Tracking and recall system" (or, alternately, "EHDI Information System") means a database of children and information related to their hearing status designed to identify and contact the parent or guardian of a child for the purposes of assisting in testing and in enrollment of the child in early intervention services.

Or. Admin. Code § 333-020-0125

OHD 8-2000, f. & cert. ef. 7-20-00, PH 21-2003, f. & cert. ef. 12-16-03; PH 5-2011(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 7-1-11 thru 12-27-11; PH 11-2011, f. & cert. ef. 10-27-11; PH 26-2017, amend filed 12/21/2017, effective 1/1/2018

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 433.323

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 433.321-433.327