OAR 333-024-0375: Health Screen Testing: Definitions

Except as provided in this rule, definitions in OAR 333-024-0010 are applicable to OAR 333-024-0370 through 333-024-0400. Additionally: (1) "Clinician" means a nurse practitioner licensed and certified by the Oregon State Board of Nursing, or a physician associate licensed by the Oregon Medical Board. (2) "Health screen testing" means tests performed without a physician’s or clinician’s order for the purpose of identifying health risks, providing health information, and referring the person being tested to medical care. (3) "Health screen testing service" means a service providing health screen testing. (4) "Health screen testing site" means the permanent location, temporary site or mobile vehicle where health screen testing is performed. (5) "Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG)" means a hormone produced by the placenta which appears in serum and urine and may be an indication of pregnancy. (6) "Operator" means the person (including but not limited to individual, corporation, political subdivision) which operates the health screen testing service. (7) "Person" includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies. (8) "Pertinent laboratory experience" means the activity of performing laboratory testing or directing the performance of testing in human clinical chemistry. (9) "Site day" means the 24-hour period during which, either all or part of the time, testing is performed at a specific location.