64F-2.001. Definitions

For the purpose of this rule chapter, the following definitions will apply:

(1) “Coalition's Service Area” means the geographical area represented by the coalition. This area shall consist of one or more counties and may include one or more services delivery catchment areas.

(2) “Comprehensive Prenatal and Infant Health Care” means those maternal and infant health care activities which are provided in the community to enable pregnant women to maintain good health and have positive birth outcomes and their infants to experience normal growth and development in the first year of life.

(3) “Core Services Package” means the minimum services which must be included in a community prenatal, newborn and infant health care service delivery plan and should include prenatal and postnatal care, outreach, prenatal risk assessment, home visiting, nutrition, case management, comprehensive infant health services, family planning, substance abuse treatment, and childbirth and parenting education and referrals to other programs for additional services as needed.

(4) “Direct Services” means the professional and paraprofessional activities, including those provided by resource mothers and fathers, that entail a cost in time and effort spent in personal contact with consumers of prenatal and infant health care services. Such activities include, but are not limited to, routine prenatal care, health and social services, case management of clients, and outreach to specific individuals.

(5) “Infant” means a newborn child through 12 months of age.

(6) “Priority Target Group” means the population of pregnant women or infants whom the coalition identifies as most in need of prenatal and infant care services because these groups are unable to access such services or have high rates of infant mortality, maternal death, low and very low birth weight or neonatal mortality or other factors that contribute to adverse outcomes.

(7) “Prospective Coalition” means a group of individuals or organizations who have demonstrated their interest in forming a coalition by submitting a letter of intent to form a coalition.

(8) “Provider” means a county health department, a private practitioner, a hospital, a community health center, a birthing center or any other entity which provides prenatal or infant health care services.

(9) “Quality Assurance System” means a continuous process for internal and external evaluation to obtain and report information about the structure, process and outcome of the prenatal and infant care delivery networks. The process evaluates the extent to which administration, staff and public health services are in compliance with pre-established standards, and meets the needs of the women and infants served.

(10) “Services Delivery Catchment Area” means a geographical area which includes a logical network of prenatal, labor and delivery, postpartum and infant health care providers which can be reasonably accessed by clients.

Rulemaking Authority 383.216(10) FS. Law Implemented 383.216 FS. History–New 11-11-91, Amended 4-21-96, Formerly 10D-113.002.