Pediatric respite care patient definition

Pediatric respite care patient means a patient, other than a hospice patient, who is less than twenty-seven years of age and to whom all of the following conditions apply:
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Pediatric respite care patient s family" means a pediatric respite care patient's family members, including a spouse, brother, sister, child, or parent, and any other relative or individual who has significant personal ties to the patient and who is designated as a member of the patient's family by mutual agreement of the patient, the relative or individual, and the patient's interdisciplinary team.
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Pediatric respite care patient or "patient" means a patient, other than a hospice patient, who is less than twenty-seven years of age who has been diagnosed with a disease or condition prior to the age of eighteen that is life threatening and is expected to shorten the life expectancy that would have applied to the patient absent the patient's diagnosis, regardless of whether the patient is terminally ill, who has voluntarily requested and is receiving care from a licensed pediatric respite care program.
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More Definitions of Pediatric respite care patient

Pediatric respite care patient means a patient, other than a hospice patient or palliative care patient, who is
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Related to Pediatric respite care patient

  • Hospice patient s family" means a hospice patient's immediate family members, including a spouse, brother, sister, child, or parent, and any other relative or individual who has significant personal ties to the patient and who is designated as a member of the patient's family by mutual agreement of the patient, the relative or individual, and the patient's interdisciplinary team.

  • Palliative care means medical service rendered to reduce or moderate temporarily the intensity of an otherwise stable medical condition, but does not include those medical services ren- dered to diagnose, heal or permanently alleviate or eliminate a medical condition.

  • Licensed health care professional means a person who possesses a professional medical license that is valid in Oregon. Examples include, but are not limited to, a registered nurse (RN), nurse practitioner (NP), licensed practical nurse (LPN), medical doctor (MD), osteopathic physician (DO), respiratory therapist (RT), physical therapist (PT), physician assistant (PA), or occupational therapist (OT).

  • Participating Hospice Care Program Provider means a Hospice Care Program Provider that either: (i) has a written agreement with the Claim Administrator or another Blue Cross and/or Blue Shield to provide services to participants in this benefits program, or; (ii) a Hospice Care Program Provider which has been designated by a Blue Cross and/or Blue Shield Plan as a Participating Provider Option program.

  • Respiratory care means the practice of the allied health profession responsible for the direct and

  • Managed care plan means a health benefit plan that either requires a covered person to use, or

  • In-patient means a person admitted to a hospital as a resident or bed- patient and who is provided at least one day's room and board by the hospital.

  • Psychiatric nurse means a registered nurse who has