Iowa Administrative Code
Agency 641 - Public Health Department
Chapter 9 - Outpatient Diabetes Education Programs
Rule 641-9.2 - Definitions
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 6, September 18, 2024
For the purpose of these rules, the following terms shall have the meaning set forth below.
"AADE" means the American Association of Diabetes Educators.
"Accredited" means that a program is currently accredited by the Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists (ADCES)/American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE).
"ADA" means the American Diabetes Association.
"ADCES" means the Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists.
"Certification" means the review and approval and assignment of a program site number of an outpatient diabetes education program which meets minimum standards.
"Certified diabetes care and education specialist" means a person currently certified by the Certification Board for Diabetes Care and Education.
"Certified diabetes educator" means a person currently certified by the National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators.
"Department" means the Iowa department of public health.
"Diabetes mellitus" includes the following:
1. "Type I diabetes" means insulin-dependent diabetes (IDDM) requiring lifelong treatment with insulin.
2. "Type II diabetes" means noninsulin-dependent diabetes often managed by food plan, exercise, weight control, and in some instances, oral medications or insulin.
3. "Gestational diabetes" means diabetes diagnosed during pregnancy.
4. "Impaired glucose tolerance" means a condition in which blood glucose levels are higher than normal, diagnosed by a physician or physician assistant, and treated with food plan, exercise or weight control.
5. "Secondary diabetes" means diabetes induced by drugs or chemicals as well as by pancreatic or endocrine disease and treated appropriately.
"Director" means the director of the Iowa department of public health.
"Licensed dietitian" means a person currently licensed to practice dietetics under Iowa Code chapter 152A.
"Participant" means a patient who is referred to, is active in, or has completed the educational diabetes program.
"Pharmacist" means a person currently licensed to practice pharmacy under Iowa Code chapter 155A.
"Physician" means a person currently licensed to practice medicine and surgery, osteopathic medicine and surgery, or osteopathy under Iowa Code chapter 148.
"Physician assistant" means a person currently licensed under Iowa Code chapter 148C.
"Primary instructor" means an instructor with major or broad teaching responsibility.
"Professional health educator" means a person having successfully completed a degree designated "health education" from an accredited college or university.
"Program" means an outpatient diabetes self-management education program in which instruction shall be provided which shall enable people with diabetes and their families to understand the diabetes disease process and the daily management of diabetes.
"Program coordinator" means the person responsible for the direction and supervision of a program including, but not limited to, planning, arranging implementation, and assuring quality.
"Program staff" means the program coordinator, program physician, primary and supporting instructors, and advisory committee members.
"Recognized" means that a program is currently recognized by the American Diabetes Association.
"Registered nurse" means a person currently licensed to practice professional nursing under Iowa Code chapter 152.
"Standards" means the outpatient diabetes education program standards developed by the department.
"Supporting instructor" means an instructor who teaches only one or two specific topics of the program, on a voluntary or paid basis.
