LAC 46:LIII.2401. Definitions

A. As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this Section. Durable Medical Equipment (DME)—technologically sophisticated medical devices that may be used in a residence, including the following: a. oxygen and oxygen delivery system; b. ventilators; c. respiratory disease management devices; d. continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) devices; e. electronic and computerized wheelchairs and seating systems; f. apnea monitors; g. transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator (TENS) units; h. low air loss cutaneous pressure management devices; i. sequential compression devices; j. feeding pumps; k. home phototherapy devices; l. infusion delivery devices; m. distribution of medical gases to end users for human consumption; n. hospital beds; o. nebulizers; and p. other similar equipment as determined by rule. Legend Device—an instrument, apparatus, implement, machine, contrivance, implant, or other similar or related article, including any component part or accessory, which is required under federal law to bear the label, “Caution: federal or state law requires dispensing by or on the order of a physician” and/or “Rx Only,” or any other designation required under federal law. Legend Drug— a. any substance recognized as a drug in the official compendium, or supplement thereto, designated by the board for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of diseases in humans or animals; b. any substance intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease in humans or other animals; or c. any substance other than food intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of humans or other animals. Medical Gas—compressed oxygen and liquid oxygen intended for human consumption.