§ 2997-H — Definitions

§ 2997-h. Definitions. For the purposes of this title:\n 1. "Health care facility" shall mean general hospitals, residential\nhealth care facilities, diagnostic and treatment centers, and clinics\nlicensed pursuant to article twenty-eight of this chapter, facilities\nwhich provide health care services and are licensed or operated pursuant\nto article eight of the education law, article nineteen-G of the\nexecutive law or the correction law, and hospitals and schools defined\nin section 1.03 of the mental hygiene law.\n 2. "Nurse" shall mean a registered professional nurse or a licensed\npractical nurse as defined by article one hundred thirty-nine of the\neducation law.\n 3. "Direct care worker" shall mean any employee of a health care\nfacility who is responsible for patient handling or patient assessment\nas a regular or incidental part of his or her employment, including any\nlicensed or unlicensed health care worker.\n 4. "Employee representative" shall mean the recognized or certified\ncollective bargaining agent for nurses or direct care workers of a\nhealth care facility.\n 5. "Safe patient handling" shall mean the use of engineering controls,\nlifting and transfer aids, or assistive devices by staff to perform the\nacts of lifting, transferring and repositioning health care patients and\nresidents.\n 6. "Musculoskeletal disorders" shall mean conditions that involve the\nnerves, tendons, muscles and supporting structures of the body.\n