OAR 333-028-0210: School-Based Health Center Program: Definitions

(1) “Behavioral health” includes mental health, integrated behavioral health, substance use treatment and other services designed to support mental or emotional wellness. (2) “Behavioral health sponsor” is an entity that provides, or subcontracts with a separate entity to provide, behavioral health care and related services at a school-based health center (SBHC). (3) “Behavioral health sponsor transfer” means the permanent transfer of the SBHC behavioral health sponsor role and responsibilities from one behavioral health sponsor to another. (4) “Certification year” means a one-year period beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30. (5) “Electronic health record (EHR)” means an electronic record of an individual’s health-related information that conforms to nationally recognized interoperability standards and that can be created, managed and consulted by authorized clinicians and staff across more than one health care provider. (6) “Electronic medical record (EMR)” means a digital version of a paper chart that contains all of the patient’s medical history from one practice, used mostly by providers for diagnosis and treatment. (7) “Medical sponsor” is an entity that provides, or subcontracts with a separate entity to provide, medical care and related services at a SBHC. (8) “Medical sponsor transfer” means the permanent transfer of the SBHC medical sponsor role and responsibilities from one medical sponsor to another. (9) “Permanent SBHC location change” means permanently moving the physical location of a SBHC to a different location within the existing grounds of the school. (10) “Permanent SBHC location transfer” means permanently moving the certification of a SBHC to the grounds of a new school. (11) “Program” means the Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Division, SBHC Program. (12) “School-based health center” (SBHC) has the meaning given the term in ORS 413.225. (13) “SBHC system” is one or more SBHCs that operate under the same sponsoring agency. (14) “Sponsoring agency” is an entity that provides, or subcontracts with another entity to provide, services for a SBHC on an ongoing basis. (15) “These rules” means OAR 333-028-0200 to 333-028-0260.