68-1-2503 - Part definitions.
68-1-2503. Part definitions.
As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) Department means the department of health;
(2) Entity means any nonprofit, not-for-profit, or for-profit corporation, religious or charitable organization, institution of higher education, visiting nurse association, existing visiting nurse program, local health department, county department of social services, political subdivision of the state, or other governmental agency or any combination thereof;
(3) Health care and services facility means a health care entity or facility identified pursuant to § 68-1-2505 to assist the department in administering the program;
(4) Low-income means an annual income that does not exceed two hundred percent (200%) of the federal poverty level;
(5) Nurse means a person licensed as a professional nurse pursuant to title 63, chapter 7; and
(6) Program means the nurse home visitor program established in this part.
[Acts 2007, ch. 530, § 1.]