Continuing Treatment In Health And Social Care Essay

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Regimen of Continuing Treatment: Includes a course of prescribed medication (e.g. antibiotic) or therapy requiring special equipment to resolve or alleviate the health condition. A regimen of continuing treatment that includes the taking of over-the-counter medications such as aspirin, antihistamines, or salves; or bed rest, drinking fluids, exercise, and other similar activities that can be initiated without a visit to a health care provider, is not, by itself, sufficient to constitute a regimen of continuing treatment.

Registered Domestic Partnership: A committed relationship between two persons who consider themselves to be a member of each other’s immediate family and have registered their partnership in accordance with the requirements established by section 4 of Palm Beach County Code 2-6. …show more content…

A serious health condition involving continuing treatment by a health care provider includes one or more of the following:

A period of incapacity of more than three (3) consecutive full calendar days of incapacity and any subsequent treatment or period of incapacity relating to the same condition that involves two or more in-person treatments by a health care provider, a nurse under direct supervision of a health care provider, or by a provider of health care services under orders of, or on referral by, a health care provider within 30 days of the first day of incapacity, with the first in-person treatment occurring within seven (7) days of the first day of incapacity, or

An illness or injury that causes more than three (3) consecutive calendar days of incapacity and involves at least one in-person treatment by a health care provider and results in a regimen of continuing treatment under a health care provider’s supervision,

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