216-40-10 R.I. Code R. § 18.3

Current through June 12, 2024
Section 216-RICR-40-10-18.3 - Definitions
A. Wherever used in these Rules and Regulations, the following terms shall be construed as follows:
1. "Certified nurse-teacher" means those personnel certified by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and employed pursuant to the provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 16-21-7 and 16-21-8.
2. "Department" means the Rhode Island Department of Health.
3. "Director" means the Director of the Rhode Island Department of Health.
4. "Health care facility" means a facility as defined in R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-17 2.
5. "Limited function test" means those tests listed in the Federal Register under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) as waived tests.
6. "Person" means any individual, trust or estate, partnership, corporation (including associations, joint stock companies) State, or political subdivisions or instrumentally of the State.
7. "Premises" means a tract of land and the buildings thereon where direct patient care services are provided.
8. "School-based health center" means a facility located in an elementary or secondary school licensed as a school-based health center that delivers primary and/or preventive health care services to individuals.

216 R.I. Code R. § 216-RICR-40-10-18.3

Amended effective 12/19/2021