Section 220-RICR-80-05-1.4 - DefinitionsA. The following words and terms shall have the following meanings whenever used in these Regulations. 1. "Affirmative action plan" means a comprehensive plan of action set forth in writing that identifies specifically what the organization plans to do regarding recruiting, hiring, promoting, and training those members of the protected classes for employment purposes. It should also establish the methods in which the plan will be implemented and updated and evaluated for its effectiveness. A section of the plan must address the outreach and implementation methods to those members of the protected classes for servicing purposes.2. "Compliance" means in accordance to the standards set forth in these regulations and procedures, R.I. General Law, "Patient's Rights" and all applicable superseding federal laws. (The Civil Rights Act of 1964, The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, The Age Discrimination Act of 1975).3. "Health care facility" means any institutional health service provider, facility, or institution, place, building, or agency whether a partnership or corporation, used, operated, or engaged in providing health care services, including, but not limited to hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities, home health agencies, rehabilitation and convalescent home, health maintenance organizations, emergency care facilities, and facilities providing surgical treatment to patients not requiring hospitalization. (Exclusions are defined in R.I. Gen. Law §23-17-2)4. "Health care service" means tending to an individual's mental, physical, or psychological needs.5. "Knowledge of discrimination" means when the individual has become aware and has made the decision that he/she has been allegedly discriminated against.6. "Licensee/charter" means any private health care provider who has to obtain permission to operate its facility from a state regulatory agency.7. "Private" means any chartered profit or non-profit health care facility that is licensed to provide services.8. "Protected classes" means any person or group of persons who are protected by federal and state laws pertaining to discrimination.9. "SEOO" means the State Equal Opportunity Office.10. "State" means the State of Rhode Island.220 R.I. Code R. 220-RICR-80-05-1.4