Policy Glossary
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Hazardous Atmosphere
Any atmosphere, either immediately or not immediately dangerous to life or health, which is oxygen deficient or which contains a toxic or disease-producing contaminant.
- 890.090 - Respirator Program
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Health Services Unified Leadership
A collective team of Health Services leadership at Prisons that ensure health services at their facility meet the needs of patients consistent with the strategic business plan. Members are comprised of the Facility Medical Director, Senior Health Serivices Manager, and RN4.
- 610.010 - Patient Rights and Consent for Healthcare
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Healthcare Practitioner
A physician, dentist, nurse, or other person duly authorized by law or rule in the State of Washington to prescribe drugs (RCW 18.64.011). Practitioner = prescriber.
- 610.010 - Patient Rights and Consent for Healthcare
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Healthcare Provider
A person who is licensed, certified, registered, or otherwise authorized by the law of this state to provide healthcare in the ordinary course of business or practice of a profession.
- 600.025 - Healthcare Copayment Program
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High Mileage Driver
Operates state vehicles 1,000 or more miles per month at least 6 months out of the year (need not be consecutive), regardless if the mileage is generated by local or long distance driving.
- 230.500 - Vehicle Use
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Homeless
An individual who, at time of intake or any time thereafter, lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence; and/or an individual who has a primary nighttime residence that is:
a) a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary living accommodations
b) a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular living place such as cars, parks, sidewalks, tents, or structures without heat and running water.
- 350.200 - Transition and Release
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Household Member
A person who resides with the employee in which the nature of their relationship, they have a reciprocal and natural and/or moral duty to and do provide support for one another. This does not apply to people sharing the same general house when the living style is primarily that of a dormitory or commune.
- 830.030 - Shared Leave
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
The virus that causes the destructive effect on the "T"-Lymphocytes of the body's cellular immune system.
- 890.600 - Bloodborne Pathogen Protection and Exposure Response
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