Section 114.03. Definitions.

  In this chapter:

(1)  "Department" means the Wisconsin department of health services.

(2)  "Developmentally supportive and family-centered care" means all of the following:

(a) Caregiving that is individualized, flexible and responsive to each infant, based on continuous skillful monitoring of the infant's behavioral and physiologic responses.

(b) Modifications to the caregiving environment to minimize infant stress and promote optimal infant adjustment to his or her neonatal intensive care unit experience.

(c) Support of the developing parent or family and infant relationship throughout the infant's neonatal intensive care unit stay and after discharge, using strategies that focus on developing parental competence in infant care through parental education, support and guidance in the practice of appropriate care.

(3)  "Division" means the department's division of public health.

(4)  "High-risk infant" means a neonatal child who has or is at risk of having serious physical disorders, biological complications or developmental impairment.

(5)  "Hospital" has the meaning given in s. 50.33 (2) , Stats.

(6)  "Medical personnel" means neonatalogists, nurses, respiratory therapists, social workers, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, educators, pediatricians, psychiatrists, neurologists and other health care professionals responsible for the care of infants and their families in the NICU.

(7)  "Neonatal" means within 4 weeks after birth.

(8)  "NICU" or "neonatal intensive care unit" means a hospital unit on which are concentrated special equipment and skilled medical personnel for the care of high-risk infants requiring immediate or continuous attention.

(9)  "NIDCAP" means the Newborn Individualized Developmental Care and Assessment Program, an education and training program for health care professionals.

(10)  "Specialized training and on-site consultation and support" means the training requirements for the NIDCAP level I developmental care education and observational training program for individual professionals.

(11)  "State fiscal year" means the 12-month period beginning July 1 and ending June 30.

(12)  "Training center" means a NIDCAP-certified training center.

(13)  "Work plan" means an outline of the goals, objectives and implementation steps for a designated training center during one funding year and against which the department will monitor the center.

History: Cr. Register, July, 1999, No. 523 , eff. 8-1-99; correction in (1) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 6. , Stats., Register January 2009 No. 637 .

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