The following definitions and those found in WAC
388-500-005, Medical definitions, apply to this chapter.
"Complication" -- A condition occurring subsequent to and directly arising from the family planning services received under the rules of this chapter.
"Comprehensive family planning preventive medicine visit"--For the purposes of this program, is a comprehensive, preventive, contraceptive visit which includes:
• An age and gender appropriate history and examination offered to female medicaid clients who are at-risk for unintended pregnancies;
• Education and counseling for risk reduction (ECRR) regarding the prevention of unintended pregnancy; and
• For family planning only and
TAKE CHARGE clients, routine gonorrhea and chlamydia testing for women thirteen through twenty-five years of age only.
This preventive visit may be billed only once every twelve months, per client, by a department-contracted
TAKE CHARGE provider and only for female clients needing contraception.
"Contraception" -- Preventing pregnancy through the use of contraceptives.
"Contraceptive" -- A device, drug, product, method, or surgical intervention used to prevent pregnancy.
"Delayed pelvic protocol"--The practice of allowing a woman to postpone a pelvic exam during a contraceptive visit to facilitate initiation or continuation of a hormonal contraceptive method.
"Department" -- The department of social and health services.
"Department-approved family planning provider" -- A physician, advanced registered nurse practitioner (ARNP), or clinic that has:
• Agreed to the requirements of WAC
388-532-110;
• Signed a core provider agreement with the department;
• Been assigned a unique family planning provider number by the department; and
• Agreed to bill for family planning laboratory services provided to clients enrolled in a department-managed care plan through an independent laboratory certified through the Clinical Laboratory Improvements Act (CLIA).
"Family planning services" -- Medically safe and effective medical care, educational services, and/or contraceptives that enable individuals to plan and space the number of children and avoid unintended pregnancies.
"Medical identification card" -- The document the department uses to identify a client's eligibility for a medical program.
"Natural family planning" -- (Also known as fertility awareness method) means methods such as observing, recording, and interpreting the natural signs and symptoms associated with the menstrual cycle to identify the fertile days of the menstrual cycle and avoid unintended pregnancies.
"Over-the-counter (OTC)" -- See WAC
388-530-1050 for definition.
"Sexually transmitted disease infection (STD-I)" -- A disease or infection acquired as a result of sexual contact.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090 and 74.09.800. 08-11-031, § 388-532-050, filed 5/13/08, effective 6/13/08. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520, and 74.09.800. 05-24-032, § 388-532-050, filed 11/30/05, effective 12/31/05; 04-05-011, § 388-532-050, filed 2/6/04, effective 3/8/04. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520, 74.09.800, and SSB 5968, 1999 c 392 § 2(12). 02-21-021, § 388-532-050, filed 10/8/02, effective 11/8/02. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.520, 74.09.800. 00-14-066, § 388-532-050, filed 7/5/00, effective 8/5/00.]