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MDT Home Health Care Agency, Inc. (18) "Home infusion therapy" means the administration of intravenous pharmacological or nutritional products to a patient in his or her home. (19) "Organization" means a corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, partnership or association, or any other legal or commercial entity, any of which involve more than one health care professional discipline; a health care professional and a home health aide or certified nursing assistant; more than one home health aide; more than one certified nursing assistant; or a home health aide and a certified nursing assistant. The term does not include an entity that provides services using only volunteers or only individuals related by blood or marriage to the patient or client. (20) "Patient" means any person who receives home health services in his or her home or place of residence. (21) "Personal care" means assistance to a patient in the activities of daily living, such as dressing, bathing, eating, or personal hygiene, and assistance in physical transfer, ambulation, and in administering medications as permitted by rule. (22) "Physician" means a person licensed under State Statutes. (23) "Physician assistant" means a person who is a graduate of an approved program or its equivalent, or meets standards approved by the boards, and is licensed to perform medical services delegated by the supervising physician, as defined in State Statutes. (24) "Skilled care" means nursing services or therapeutic services required by law to be delivered by a health care professional who is licensed under State Statutes and who is employed by or under contract with a licensed home health agency or is referred by a licensed nurse registry. (25) "Staffing services" means services provided to a health care facility or other business entity on a temporary basis by licensed health care personnel and by certified nursing assistants and home heath aides who are employed by, or work under the auspices of, a licensed home health agency or who are registered with a licensed nurse registry. Staffing services may be provided anywhere within the state. (26) “Accrediting organization” means the Community Health Accreditation Program (CHAP) or the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.(JCAHO), or Accreditation Commission of Health Care (ACHC) (27) “Assistance with activities of daily living” means a certified nursing assistant or a home health aide provides to the patient individual assistance with activities of daily living, including the following: (a) Ambulation. Providing physical support to enable the patient to move about within or outside of the patient’s place of residence. Physical support includes holding the patient’s hand, elbow, under the arm, or holding on to a support belt worn by the patient to assist in providing stability or direction while the patient ambulates. (b) Bathing. Helping the patient in and out of the bathtub or shower being available while the patient is bathing. Can also include washing and drying the patient. (c) Dressing. Helping patients, who require assistance in dressing themselves, put on and remove clothing. (d) Eating. Helping with feeding patients who require assistance in feeding themselves. Home Health Agency - - Introduction 5