Section 216-RICR-40-10-10.2 - DefinitionsA. Wherever used in these rules and regulations the following terms shall be construed as follows: 1. "Accreditation agency" means an entity, approved by the Director, that grants accreditation to nursing service agencies.2. "Act" means R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 23-17.7.1 entitled, "Licensing of Nursing Service Agencies."3. "Branch office" means a location from which a licensed nursing service agency provides services within a portion of the total geographic area served by the licensed central office.4. "Client" means the facility or agency to which the registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, or nursing assistant is assigned on a temporary basis.5. "Director" means the Director of the Rhode Island Department of Health.6. "Employees" means those individuals (registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, or nursing assistants) which a nursing service agency supplies on a temporary basis.7. "Employers" means nursing service agencies as defined herein.8. "Licensing agency" means the Rhode Island Department of Health.9. "Nursing assistant" means a nurse's aide, or orderly, or home health aide who is a paraprofessional, trained to give personal care and related health care and assistance based on his/her level of preparation to individuals who are sick, disabled, dependent or infirm, as defined in R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 23-17.9.10. "Nursing service agency" means any person, firm, partnership or corporation doing business within the state of Rhode Island that supplies, on a temporary basis, registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, or nursing assistants, to a hospital, nursing home, or other facility requiring the services of such persons, with the exception of hospitals, home nursing care providers, home care providers, and hospices licensed in this state. For all purposes, a nursing service agency shall be considered an employer and those persons that it supplies on a temporary basis shall be considered employees and not independent contractors. Nursing services agencies shall be subject to all state and federal laws which govern employer-employee relations.11. "Person" means any individual, trust or estate, partnership, corporation (including association, joint stock companies) state or political subdivision or instrumentality of a state.12. "Service record" means the written entries documenting services rendered by the nursing service agency.216 R.I. Code R. § 216-RICR-40-10-10.2