Section 182-554-200. Enteral nutrition—Definitions.

The following terms and definitions and those found in WAC 388-500-0005 apply to this chapter:

"BMI" see "body mass index."

"Body mass index (BMI)" - A number that shows body weight relative to height, and is calculated using inches and pounds or meters and kilograms.

"Department" - The department of social and health services (DSHS).

"Enteral nutrition" - The use of medically necessary nutritional products alone, or in combination with traditional food, when a client is unable to consume enough traditional food to meet nutritional requirements. Enteral nutritional solutions can be given orally or via feeding tubes.

"Enteral nutrition equipment" - Durable medical feeding pumps and intravenous (IV) poles used in conjunction with nutrition supplies to dispense formula to a client.

"Enteral nutrition product" - Enteral nutrition formulas and/or products.

"Enteral nutrition supplies" - The supplies, such as nasogastric, gastrostomy and jejunostomy tubes, necessary to allow nutritional support via the alimentary canal or any route connected to the gastrointestinal system.

"Growth chart" - A series of percentile curves that illustrate the distribution of select body measurements (i.e., height, weight, and age) in children published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. CDC growth charts: United States. http://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts/

"Nonfunctioning digestive tract" - Caused by a condition that affects the body's alimentary organs and their ability to break down, digest, and absorb nutrients.

"Orally administered enteral nutrition products" - Enteral nutrition solutions and products that a client consumes orally for nutritional support.

"Tube-delivery" - The provision of nutritional requirements through a tube into the stomach or small intestine.

"Women, infants and children (WIC) program" (Also known as WIC program) - A special supplemental nutrition program managed by the department of health (DOH) that serves to safeguard the health of children up to age five and low-income pregnant and breastfeeding women who are at nutritional risk, by providing them with healthy, nutritious foods to supplement diets, information on healthy eating, and referral to health care.

[WSR 11-14-075, recodified as § 182-554-200, filed 6/30/11, effective 7/1/11. Statutory Authority: 2009 c 564 § 1109, RCW 74.04.050, and 74.08.090. WSR 10-01-138, § 388-554-200, filed 12/21/09, effective 1/21/10. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.530 and chapter 74.09 RCW. WSR 05-04-059, § 388-554-200, filed 1/28/05, effective 3/1/05.]

WSR 11-14-075, recodified as § 182-554-200, filed 6/30/11, effective 7/1/11. Statutory Authority: 2009 c 564 § 1109, RCW 74.04.050, and 74.08.090. WSR 10-01-138, § 388-554-200, filed 12/21/09, effective 1/21/10. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.530 and chapter 74.09 RCW. WSR 05-04-059, § 388-554-200, filed 1/28/05, effective 3/1/05.

Rules

388-500-0005,