North Carolina § 131E-154 - 2. Definitions.

§ 131E-154. 2. Definitions.

The following definitions apply in this Part: Commission. - The North Carolina Medical Care Commission. Department. - The Department of Health and Human Services. Health care facility. - A hospital; psychiatric facility; rehabilitation facility; long-term care facility; home health agency; intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual disabilities; chemical dependency treatment facility; and ambulatory surgical facility. Nursing pool. - Any person, firm, corporation, partnership, or association engaged for hire in the business of providing or procuring temporary employment in health care facilities for nursing personnel, including nurses, nursing assistants, nurses aides, and orderlies. "Nursing pool" does not include an individual who engages solely in providing the individual's own services on a temporary basis to health care facilities. Trauma. - Acute physical injury to the human body that is judged, by the use of standardized field triage criteria (anatomic, physiologic, or mechanism of injury), to create a significant risk of mortality or major morbidity. History (1989, c. 744, s. 1; 1993, c. 336, s. 2; 1997-443, s. 11A.118(a); 2019-76, s. 18.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2019-76, s. 33, provides: "Parts I and II of this act do not affect the coverage, eligibility, rights, responsibilities, or provision of State or federal services or benefits for individuals who have been diagnosed with mental retardation and whose diagnosis has not been changed to a diagnosis of intellectual disability." Session Laws 2019-76, s. 34, made the amendments by Session Laws 2019-76, s. 18 effective October 1, 2019, and applicable to proceedings commenced or services rendered on or after that date. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2019-76, s. 18, rewrote the section heading, which formerly read: "As used in this Part, unless the context clearly implies otherwise"; substituted "individuals with intellectual disabilities" for "the mentally retarded" in subdivision (3); and made stylistic changes. For effective date and applicability, see editor's note.