Section 250.150  Definitions

The following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them when used in this Part.

            Abnormal Slide – a slide not having the characteristics of healthy tissue.

            Act – the Hospital Licensing Act [210 ILCS 85].

            Allied Health Personnel – persons other than medical staff members, licensed or registered by the State of Illinois or recognized by an organization acceptable to the Department and recognized to so function by the medical staff and the governing authority of the hospital.

            ASHRAE – the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers.

            ASTM – the American Society for Testing and Materials.

            CGA – the Compressed Gas Association.

            Control Materials – a sample in which the chemical composition and physical properties resemble the specimen to be analyzed on which sufficient analyses have been run to give a reasonably good approximation of the concentration of the constituent being assayed.  The control materials are routinely analyzed along with patient specimens in order to determine the precision and accuracy of the analytical process used.

            Demonstration of proficiency – a laboratory meeting the standards for acceptable proficiency testing as stated in Section 250.530 by means of on-site analysis of specimens sent to the laboratory by agencies approved by the Department for that purpose.

            Dentist – any person licensed to practice dentistry as provided in the Illinois Dental Practice Act [225 ILCS 25].

            Department – the Illinois Department of Public Health.

            Drugs – the term "drugs" means and includes:

-           articles recognized in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official National Formulary, or any supplement to any of them and being intended for and having for their main use the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease in man or other animals;

-           all other articles intended for and having for their main use the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease in man or other animals;

-           articles (other than food) having for their main use and intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of man or other animals; and

-           articles having for their main use and intended for use as a component or any articles specified above but does not include devices or their components, parts or accessories.

            Federally designated organ procurement agency – the organ procurement agency designated by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for the service area in which a hospital is located; except that in the case of a hospital located in a county adjacent to Wisconsin which currently contracts with an organ procurement agency located in Wisconsin that is not the organ procurement agency designated by the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services for the service area in which the hospital is located, if the hospital applies for a waiver pursuant to 42 USC 1320b-8(a), it may designate an organ procurement agency located in Wisconsin to be thereafter deemed its federally designated organ procurement agency for the purposes of this Act.  (Section 3(F) of the Act)

            Hospital – the term "hospital" shall have the meaning ascribed in Section 3 of the Act.

            Hospitalization – the reception and/or care of any person in any hospital either as an inpatient or as an outpatient.

            House Staff Member – an individual who is a graduate of a medical, dental, osteopathic, or podiatric school; who is licensed as appropriate; who is appointed to the hospital's medical, osteopathic, dental, or podiatric graduate training program, which is approved or recognized in accordance with the statutory requirements applicable to the practitioner; and who is participating in patient care under the direction of licensed practitioners who have clinical privileges in the hospital and are members of the hospital's medical staff.

            ICBO – the International Conference of Building Officials.

            Licensed Practical Nurse – a person with a valid Illinois license to practice as a practical nurse.

            Medical Staff – an organized body composed of the following individuals granted the privilege by the governing authority of the hospital to practice in the hospital:  persons who are graduates of a college or school approved or recognized by the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation, and who are currently licensed by the Department of Professional Regulation to practice medicine in all its branches; practice dental surgery; or, practice podiatric medicine in Illinois, regardless of the title of the degree awarded by the approving college or school.

            Medicines – drugs or chemicals or preparations thereof in suitable form intended for and having for their main use the prevention, treatment, relief, or cure of diseases in man or animals when used either internally or externally.

            NBS – the National Bureau of Standards.

            NCRP – the National Council on Radiation Protection.

            NFPA – the National Fire Protection Association.

            Normal Slide – a slide having the characteristics of healthy tissue.

            Nurse – a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse as defined in the Illinois Nursing Act of 1987 [225 ILCS 65].

            Nursing Staff – registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, nursing aides, orderlies, and others rendering patient care under the supervision of a registered professional nurse.

            Patient Care Unit (Nursing Care Unit) – an organized unit in which nursing services are provided on a continuous basis.  This unit is a clearly defined administrative and geographic area to which specific nursing staff is assigned.

            Pharmacist – a person who holds a certificate of registration as a registered pharmacist under the Pharmacy Practice Act of 1987 [225 ILCS 85].

            Pharmacy – the term "Practice of Pharmacy" includes, but is not limited to:

-           the soliciting of prescriptions;

-           the compounding of prescriptions;

-           the dispensing of any drug or medicine on a prescription;

-           the transfer of any drug or medicine from one container into another container that is to be delivered to or for the ultimate patient, on a prescription, or to or for the ultimate consumer, without a prescription; and

-           the placing of directions for use or other required labeling information on a container of any drug or medicine which is to be delivered to or for the ultimate consumer, without a prescription.

            The term "pharmacy" or "a drug store" as referred to in Section 3 of the Pharmacy Practice Act of 1987, means and includes that area licensed by the Department of Professional Regulation in which the practice of pharmacy is conducted. Any room or designated area where drugs and medicines are dispensed (including the repackaging for distribution to a nursing station or storage area) shall be considered to be a pharmacy and be licensed by the Department of Professional Regulation.

            PHCC – the National Association of Plumbing, Heating and Cooling Contractors.

            Physical Rehabilitation Facility – a licensed specialty hospital or clearly defined special unit or program of an acute care hospital providing physical rehabilitation services as defined above either through the facility's own staff members or when appropriate, through the mechanism of formal affiliations and consultations.

            Physical Rehabilitation Services – a complete intensive multi-disciplinary process of individualized, time-limited, goal-oriented services, including evaluation, restoration, personal adjustment, and continuous medical care under the supervision and direction of a physician "qualified by training and/or experience in physical rehabilitation."  Physical rehabilitation is made up of two major components; inpatient and outpatient care.  Both components involve the patient and whenever possible, the family, in establishing treatment goals and discharge plans, and consists of the following scope of services available for inpatient care:  physician, rehabilitation nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, audiology, prosthetic and orthotic services, as well as rehabilitation counseling, social services, recreational therapy, psychology, pastoral care, and vocational counseling.  Basic scope of services for outpatient facilities should include at least a physician, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, vocational services, psychology and social service.  The purpose of such multi-faceted services is to reduce the disability and dependency in activities of daily living while promoting optimal personal adjustment in such dimensions as psychological, social, economic, spiritual and vocational.

            Physician – a person licensed to practice medicine in all its branches as provided in the Medical Practice Act of 1987 [225 ILCS 60].

            Physician's Assistant – a person authorized to practice under the Physician Assistant Practice Act of 1987 [225 ILCS 95].  A Physician's Assistant is only authorized to practice upon the patients of his or her supervising physician.

            Podiatrist – a person licensed to practice podiatry under the Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987 [225 ILCS 100].

            Reference Materials – a sample in which the chemical composition and physical properties resemble the specimen to be analyzed on which sufficient analyses have been run to give a reasonably good approximation of the concentration of the constituent being assayed.  The reference materials are routinely analyzed along with patient specimens in order to determine the precision and accuracy of the analytical process used.

            Registered Nurse – a person with a valid Illinois license to practice as a registered professional nurse under the Illinois Nursing Act of 1987.

            Standard Solution – a solution used for calibration in which the concentration is determined solely by dissolving a weighted amount of primary standard material in an appropriate amount of solvent.

            Tissue bank – any facility or program operating in Illinois that is certified by the American Association of Tissue Banks or the Eye Bank Association of America and is involved in procuring, furnishing, donating, or distributing corneas, bones, or other human tissue for the purpose of injecting, transfusing or transplanting any of them into the human body. "Tissue bank" does not include a licensed blood bank.  For the purposes of this Act, "tissue" does not include organs.  (Section 3(G) of the Act)

            UL – Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc.

(Source:  Amended at 20 Ill. Reg. 10009, effective July 15, 1996)