Direct patient contact definition

Direct patient contact means any routinely anticipated face-to-face interaction with patients in a health care facility.

Direct patient contact means direct contact with a patient or resident of a medical facility, facility for the dependent or facility which is otherwise required by regulations adopted by the Board pursuant to NRS 449.0303 to be licensed which is in person or using telephone, electronic mail, telehealth or other electronic means, except that the term does not include incidental contact.

Direct patient contact means any routinely anticipated face-to-face interaction with patients for whom an Emergency Medical Technician is attending or providing emergency medical care or is otherwise transporting.

Examples of Direct patient contact in a sentence

• Direct Patient Contact - Hands On • Provide generalist orthopaedic services at a level appropriate to the service required at Dunedin Hospital.

• Professional Income shall mean the total of all professional fees collected by or on behalf of Physician as the result of Direct Patient Contact and related services in connection with Physician’s private medical practice during each month specifically excluding reasonable and necessary office expenses as defined in Section 4.2.

• For the purposes of this Agreement, the term “disabled” shall mean that Physician is unable to provide Direct Patient Contact because of a disabling health condition for more than ninety (90) days.

• Physician shall be available not less than 40 hours per week to provide Direct Patient Contact in Physician’s practice recognizing that Physician shall be entitled to reasonable time off for vacations, seminars, etc.

• Nurses† 1.28 1.10, 1.52 .0020 Physicians .92 .52, 1.60 .7610 Other, Clinical Health†† 1.13 .82, 1.39 .2453 All Others 1.19 1.01, 1.40 .0386 Direct Patient Contact No Ref.

More Definitions of Direct patient contact

Direct patient contact means and include time spent on office, hospital and clinic visits, surgery, dictation of charts, telephone consultation and related patient service performed by the Physician. Physician shall be entitled to four (4) weeks of vacation which includes time off for Continuing Medical Education.

Direct patient contact means any routinely anticipated face­to­face interaction with patients for whom an Emergency Medical Technician is attending or providing emergency medical care or is otherwise transporting.