Medical assistant means an unlicensed person who meets the
Dependent care assistance program means a benefit plan
Nursing assistant means a nursing assistant as defined under RCW 18.88A.020 or successor laws.
Occupational therapy assistant means an individual who has met the requirements of the Board for
Physician assistant means a person licensed as a physician
Radiologist assistant means an individual who has met the requirements of the Board for licensure
Housing assistance means appropriate referrals by the
Health care facility or "facility" means hospices licensed
Cash assistance means cash benefits provided under the family independence program, the refugee assistance program, or state disability assistance.
Medical care facility as used in this title, means any institution, place, building or agency, whether
Health care facilities means buildings, structures, or equipment suitable and intended for, or incidental or ancillary to, use in providing health services, including, but not limited to, hospitals; hospital long-term care units; infirmaries; sanatoria; nursing homes; medical care facilities; outpatient clinics; ambulatory care facilities; surgical and diagnostic facilities; hospices; clinical laboratories; shared service facilities; laundries; meeting rooms; classrooms and other educational facilities; students', nurses', interns', or physicians' residences; administration buildings; facilities for use as or by health maintenance organizations; facilities for ambulance operations, advanced mobile emergency care services, and limited advanced mobile emergency care services; research facilities; facilities for the care of dependent children; maintenance, storage, and utility facilities; parking lots and structures; garages; office facilities not less than 80% of the net leasable space of which is intended for lease to or other use by direct providers of health care; facilities for the temporary lodging of outpatients or families of patients; residential facilities for use by the aged or disabled; and all necessary, useful, or related equipment, furnishings, and appurtenances and all lands necessary or convenient as sites for the health care facilities described in this subdivision.
Residential child care facility means a twenty-four-hour residential facility where children live together with or are supervised by adults who are not their parents or relatives;
Physician assistant supervision agreement means a written agreement, jointly
Managed care plan means a health benefit plan that either requires a covered person to use, or creates incentives, including financial incentives, for a covered person to use health care providers managed, owned, under contract with or employed by the health carrier.
Managed Care Plans means all health maintenance organizations, preferred provider organizations, individual practice associations, competitive medical plans and similar arrangements.
Dental assistant means any person who, under the supervision of a dentist, performs any extraoral services including infection control or the use of hazardous materials or performs any intraoral services on patients. The term “dental assistant” does not include persons otherwise actively licensed in Iowa to practice dental hygiene or nursing who are engaged in the practice of said profession.
Child care facility or “facility” means a child care center, a preschool, or a registered child development home.
Medicare Advantage plan means a plan of coverage for health benefits under Medicare Part C as defined in 42 U.S.C. 1395w-28(b)(1), and includes:
Medical assistance means medical assistance as established under title XIX of the social security act, 42 USC 1396 to 1396w-5.
Physical therapist assistant means an individual who is licensed/certified by a state and who assists the physical therapist in selected components of physical therapy.
Energy assistance means benefits to assist low-income households with their home heating and
Directory assistance means an ancillary service of providing:
Home Health Care Agency means an agency or organization which provides a program of home health care and which:
Directory Assistance Lists shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.6.1.1.
Health care worker means a person other than a health care professional who provides medical, dental, or other health-related care or treatment under the direction of a health care professional with the authority to direct that individual's activities, including medical technicians, medical assistants, dental assistants, orderlies, aides, and individuals acting in similar capacities.
Approved abuse education training program means a training program using a curriculum approved by the abuse education review panel of the department of public health or a training program offered by a hospital, a professional organization for physicians, or the department of human services, the department of education, an area education agency, a school district, the Iowa law enforcement academy, an Iowa college or university, or a similar state agency.