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As used in 12 AAC 44.800 - 12 AAC 44.895,
(1) repealed 11/10/2002;
(2) "clinical" means based on actual observation and treatment of clients;
(3) "contact hour" means a minimum of 50 minutes of actual organized instruction; academic credit converts to contact hours as follows:
(A) one quarter academic credit equals 10 contact hours;
(B) one semester academic credit equals 15 contact hours;
(4) "continuing education" means a systematic educational experience that contributes directly to the skills and knowledge needed to satisfactorily perform the duties of a certified nurse aide, and that is obtained in a program that offers academic credit or contact hours beyond the basic nurse aide training program;
(5) "department" means the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development;
(6) repealed 11/10/2002;
(7) "exploiting a client for financial gain" means the illegal or improper use of a client's resources for the profit or gain of a person other than the client; "exploiting a client for financial gain" includes borrowing a client's money, spending a client's money without the client's consent, or, if the client is unable to consent, spending a client's money for items or services which the client cannot appreciate or from which the client cannot benefit;
(8) "facility-based" means a training program offered both in and by a nursing facility;
(9) "home health agency" means a facility that the Department of Health and Social Services has licensed as a home health agency under 7 AAC 12;
(10) "nursing facility" includes a nursing home licensed under AS 18.20; a Medicare- or Medicaid-certified skilled, intermediate, or long term care facility; and an assisted living home licensed under AS 47.33;
(11) "physical and mental health care providers" include registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, pharmacists, dieticians, social workers, sanitarians, fire safety experts, nursing home administrators, gerontologists, psychologists, physical and occupational therapists, activities specialists, speech therapists, hearing therapists, and experts in client rights;
(12) "practitioner of the healing arts" has the meaning given in AS 47.17.290 , as amended as of October 9, 1998, adopted by reference;
(13) "primary instructor" means the individual who will provide the majority of the required hours of instruction to the students;
(14) repealed 11/10/2002;
(15) "state survey and certification agency" means the division of medical assistance, Department of Health and Social Services;
(16) "supplemental personnel" includes physical and mental health care providers and experts in areas directly related to the safety, comfort, and quality of life of the elderly and chronically ill;
(17) "supervised practical training" means training in which the student demonstrates knowledge while performing tasks on an individual under the direct supervision of a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse;
(18) "unencumbered" means, with reference to a license, certification, or registration,
(A) not suspended, revoked, on probation, or otherwise restricted by the issuing authority; and
(B) for which the holder of the license, certification, or registration is not presently under investigation by the issuing authority for disciplinary violations;
(19) "certification" means a credential
(A) issued by the board to an individual who meets the requirements of 12 AAC 44.800, 12 AAC 44.805, or 12 AAC 44.814; and
(B) authorizing the individual to use the title "certified nurse aide" of the abbreviation "C.N.A."
History: Eff. 2/14/99, Register 149; am 11/10/2002, Register 164; am 7/22/2004, Register 171
Authority: AS 08.68.100
Editor's note: As of Register 164 (January 2003), the definitions formerly located in 12 AAC 44.895 for "client", "drug", and "sexual misconduct" can be found at 12 AAC 44.990.
As of Register 171 (October 2004), the regulations attorney made technical revisions under AS 44.62.125 (b)(6) to reflect the name change of the Department of Community and Economic Development to the Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development made by ch. 47, SLA 2004 and the corresponding title change of the commissioner of community and economic development.
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