N.Y. Public Health Law § 2994-ii: Definitions

§ 2994-ii. Definitions. When used in this article, the following words

or phrases shall have the following meanings:

1. "Hospital" shall mean any "general hospital" as defined in section

twenty-eight hundred one of this chapter.

2. "After-care" shall mean any assistance provided by a caregiver to a

patient under this article after the patient's discharge from a hospital

that is related to the patient's condition at the time of discharge.

Such assistance shall include, but is not limited to, assisting with

basic activities of daily living (ADLs), instrumental activities of

daily living (IADLs), and other tasks as determined to be appropriate by

the discharging physician.

3. "Caregiver" shall mean any individual duly identified as a

caregiver by a patient under this article who provides after-care

assistance to a patient living in his or her residence. An identified

caregiver shall include, but is not limited to, a relative, partner,

friend or neighbor who has a significant relationship with the patient.

4. "Discharge" shall mean a patient's exit or release from a hospital

to the patient's residence following an inpatient admission.

5. "Entry" shall mean a patient's admission into a hospital for the

purposes of receiving inpatient care.

6. "Patient" shall mean a patient eighteen years of age or older.

7. "Residence" shall mean a dwelling that the patient considers to be

his or her home. A "residence" for the purposes of this article shall

not include any rehabilitation facility, hospital, nursing home,

assisted living facility, group home or other residential health care

facility as defined in section twenty-eight hundred one of this chapter

or any inpatient facility regulated by the office of mental health.