R590-200-3. Definitions

Terms used in this rule are defined in Section 31A-1-301. Additional terms are defined as follows: (1)(a) "Diabetes" means diabetes mellitus, a common chronic, serious systemic disorder of energy metabolism including a heterogeneous group of metabolic disorders characterized by an elevated blood glucose level. (b) The terms "diabetes" and "diabetes mellitus" are synonymous and defined to include: (i) a person using insulin; (ii) a person not using insulin; (iii) an individual with an elevated blood glucose level induced by pregnancy; and (iv) a person with another medical condition or medical therapy that wholly or partially consists of an elevated blood glucose level. (c) Diabetes includes an individual with: (i) complete insulin deficiency, or type 1 diabetes; (ii) insulin resistance with partial insulin deficiency, or type 2 diabetes; and (iii) an elevated blood glucose level induced by pregnancy, or gestational diabetes. (2)(a) "Diabetes self-management training" means a program designed to help an individual learn to manage their diabetes in an outpatient setting. (b) Self-management training topics include: (i) making lifestyle changes to effectively manage diabetes; (ii) avoiding or delaying the complications, hospitalizations, and emergency room visits associated with diabetes; and (iii) medical nutrition therapy. (3) "Medical equipment" means non-disposable or durable equipment used to treat diabetes. (4) "Medical nutrition therapy" means the assessment and therapy of a patient's nutritional status including diet modification, planning, and counseling services furnished by a registered licensed dietitian. (5) "Medical supplies" means a generally accepted single-use item used to manage, monitor, and treat diabetes, and to administer diabetic specific medication.