Section 760IAC2-20-4. "Activities of daily living" defined

   (a) As used in this rule, "activities of daily living" include each of the following items:

(1) Eating.

(2) Transferring.

(3) Dressing.

(4) Bathing.

(5) Toileting or continence.

  (b) The following definitions apply throughout this section:

(1) "Eating" means feeding oneself by getting food into the body from a receptacle, feeding tube, or intravenously.

(2) "Transferring" means moving into or out of a bed, chair, or wheelchair.

(3) "Dressing" means putting on and taking off all items of clothing and any necessary braces, fasteners, or artificial limbs.

(4) "Bathing" means washing oneself by sponge bath in a tub or shower, including the task of getting into or out of the tub or shower.

(5) "Toileting" means getting to and from the toilet, getting on and off the toilet, and performing associated personal hygiene.

(6) "Continence" means the ability to maintain control of bowel and bladder function or when unable to maintain control of bowel or bladder function the ability to perform associated personal hygiene, including care for catheter or colostomy bag.

(Department of Insurance; 760 IAC 2-20-4; filed Nov 20, 1992, 9:00 a.m.: 16 IR 1145; filed Feb 9, 1999, 5:02 p.m.: 22 IR 1989; readopted filed Sep 14, 2001, 12:22 p.m.: 25 IR 531; readopted filed Nov 27, 2007, 4:01 p.m.: 20071226-IR-760070717RFA; readopted filed Nov 26, 2013, 3:43 p.m.: 20131225-IR-760130479RFA)