                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 32.1-162.7)

As used in this article:
		&#8220;Health care professional&#8221; means any professional who is licensed,
certified or registered to practice by a board within the Department of Health
Professions under Title 54.1 or is licensed, certified or registered by a
nationally recognized professional organization specified in Board regulations.
		&#8220;Home care organization&#8221; means a public or private organization,
whether operated for profit or not for profit, that provides, at the residence
of a patient or individual in the Commonwealth of Virginia, one or more of the
following services:

1. Home health services, including services provided by or under the direct
supervision of any health care professional under a medical plan of care in a
patient&#8217;s residence on a visit or hourly basis to patients who have or are
at risk of injury, illness, or a disabling condition and require short-term or
long-term interventions;

2. Personal care services, including assistance in personal care to include
activities of daily living provided in an individual&#8217;s residence on a
visit or hourly basis to individuals who have or are at risk of an illness,
injury or disabling condition; or

3. Pharmaceutical services, including services provided in a patient&#8217;s
residence, which include the dispensing and administration of a drug or drugs,
and parenteral nutritional support, associated patient instruction, and such
other services as identified by the Board of Health by regulation.
			&#8220;Person&#8221; includes any partnership, corporation, association or
other legal entity, public or private.
			&#8220;Residence&#8221; means the place where the individual or patient makes
his home such as his own apartment or house, a relative&#8217;s home or an
assisted living facility, but shall not include a hospital, nursing facility or
nursing home or other extended care facility.

HISTORY: 1986, c. 633; 1991, c. 695; 1993, cc. 957, 993.