Rule 3701-7-01 | Definitions.
(A) "Administrator" means the person responsible for the overall daily management of the maternity home.
(B) "Department" means the Ohio department of health.
(C) "Director" means the director of the department of health or their duly authorized representative.
(D) "Donor human milk" means milk from a lactating mother or lactating mothers, other than the milk of the mother of the newborn, that has been screened pursuant to the guidelines issued by the "Human milk bank association of North America."
(E) "Hospital" means an institution required to be licensed under section 3722. of the Revised Code.
(F) "Human milk" means the milk produced by a mother to feed her newborn.
(G) "Licensee" or "license holder" means the individual, corporation, partnership, board, association or entity licensed by the director under Chapter 3711. of the Revised Code and rule 3701-7-03 of the Administrative Code to maintain a maternity home.
(H) "Licensed capacity" means the maximum number of residents that the maternity home is authorized to accommodate under its license.
(I) "Maternity home" means a facility for pregnant women where accommodations, medical care, and social services are provided during the prenatal and postpartal periods. Maternity home does not include a private residence where obstetric or newborn services are received by a resident of the home.
(J) "Nurse" means either a licensed practical nurse or a registered nurse.
(K) "On-duty" means in a maternity home and alert and responsive to resident needs.
(L) "Physician" means an individual who is licensed under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery, or osteopathic medicine and surgery.
(M) "Registered nurse" means an individual who is licensed under section 4723.09 of the Revised Code to practice as a licensed registered nurse.
(N) "Resident" means a woman or a newborn to whom the maternity home provides accommodations, medical care, or social services.
(O) "Resident representative" means either a person acting on behalf of a resident with the consent of the resident or the resident's legal guardian.
(P) "Staff member" or "staff" means the administrator and individuals providing direct care to residents on a full-time, part-time, temporary, contract, or voluntary basis. Staff member or staff does not include volunteers who are family members of a resident.
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