Part four. Classification of the Purposes of Non-profit Institutions Serving Households (COPNI)

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Contents

COPNI: DIVISIONS

01 Housing
02 Health
03 Recreation and culture
04 Education
05 Social protection
06 Religion
07 Political parties, labour and professional organizations
08 Environmental protection
09 Services n.e.c.

COPNI: BREAKDOWN BY DIVISION AND GROUP

01 HOUSING
01.0 HOUSING

02 HEALTH
02.1 MEDICAL PRODUCTS, APPLIANCES AND EQUIPMENT
02.2 OUTPATIENT SERVICES
02.3 HOSPITAL SERVICES
02.4 PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES
02.5 R&D HEALTH
02.6 OTHER HEALTH SERVICES

03 RECREATION AND CULTURE
03.1 RECREATIONAL AND SPORTING SERVICES
03.2 CULTURAL SERVICES

04 EDUCATION
04.1 PRE-PRIMARY AND PRIMARY EDUCATION
04.2 SECONDARY EDUCATION
04.3 POST-SECONDARY NON-TERTIARY EDUCATION
04.4 TERTIARY EDUCATION
04.5 EDUCATION NOT DEFINABLE BY LEVEL
04.6 R&D EDUCATION
04.7 OTHER EDUCATIONAL SERVICES

05 SOCIAL PROTECTION
05.1 SOCIAL PROTECTION SERVICES
05.2 R&D SOCIAL PROTECTION

06 RELIGION
06.0 RELIGION

07 POLITICAL PARTIES, LABOUR AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
07.1 SERVICES OF POLITICAL PARTIES
07.2 SERVICES OF LABOUR ORGANIZATIONS
07.3 SERVICES OF PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

08 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
08.1 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SERVICES
08.2 R&D ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

09 SERVICES N.E.C.
09.1 SERVICES N.E.C.
09.2 R&D SERVICES N.E.C.

COPNI: DEFINITION BY CLASS

01 HOUSING
01.0 HOUSING
01.0.0 Housing

This class covers the following NPISHs:

Associations that undertake the development, construction, management, leasing, financing, renovation and rehabilitation of housing.

02 HEALTH

This division includes the following NPISHs:

General and specialized hospitals, nursing and convalescent homes, medical and maternity centres, hospices for terminally ill persons;
surgeries, clinics, vaccination centres and dispensaries;
rehabilitation centres where the objective is to treat patients rather than to provide long-term support;
volunteer organizations for ambulance crews and paramedical personnel that provide emergency medical services;
organizations that promote public health and health education;
organizations that provide medical services to persons who are victims of wars, famines and natural catastrophes whether in their own country or abroad;
organizations that undertake research and scientific studies on medical and health matters and trust funds or charitable organizations that finance such activities;
charitable foundations that provide financial support for hospitals, nursing homes, surgeries, etc. and charitable foundations that provide financial support for patients. Includes : hospitals, nursing homes, surgeries, etc. funded by religious organizations.

Excludes: residential homes for elderly or disabled persons (05.1.0); shelters for homeless persons (05.1.0).

02.1 MEDICAL PRODUCTS, APPLIANCES AND EQUIPMENT

This group covers medicaments, prostheses, medical appliances and equipment and other health-related products obtained by individuals or households, either with or without a prescription, usually from dispensing chemists, pharmacists or medical equipment suppliers. They are intended for consumption or use outside a health facility or institution. Such products supplied directly to outpatients by medical, dental and paramedical practitioners or to in-patients by hospitals and the like are included in outpatient services (02.2) or hospital services (02.3).

02.1.1 Pharmaceutical products

Provision of pharmaceutical products such as medicinal preparations, medicinal drugs,

patent medicines, serums and vaccines, vitamins and minerals, cod liver oil and halibut liver oil, oral contraceptives.

02.1.2 Other medical products

Provision of medical products such as clinical thermometers, adhesive and nonadhesive bandages, hypodermic syringes, first-aid kits, hot-water bottles and ice bags, medical hosiery items such as elasticated stockings and knee pads, pregnancy tests, condoms and other mechanical contraceptive devices.

02.1.3 Therapeutic appliances and equipment

Provision of therapeutic appliances and equipment such as corrective eyeglasses and contact lenses, hearing aids, glass eyes, artificial limbs and other prosthetic devices, orthopaedic braces and supports, orthopaedic footwear, surgical belts, trusses and supports, neck braces, medical massage equipment and health lamps, powered and unpowered wheelchairs and invalid carriages, “special” beds, crutches, electronic and other devices for monitoring blood pressure, etc.

Includes: dentures but not fitting costs; repair of therapeutic appliances and equipment.

Excludes: hire of therapeutic equipment (02.2.3).

02.2 OUTPATIENT SERVICES

This group covers medical, dental and paramedical services delivered to outpatients by medical, dental and paramedical practitioners and auxiliaries. The services may be delivered at home, in individual or group consulting facilities, dispensaries or the outpatient clinics of hospitals and the like.

Outpatient services include the medicaments, prostheses, medical appliances and equipment and other health-related products supplied directly to outpatients by medical, dental and paramedical practitioners and auxiliaries.

Medical, dental and paramedical services provided to in-patients by hospitals and the like are included in hospital services (02.3).

02.2.1 Medical services

Provision of medical services by general medical practitioners and specialist medical practitioners.

Includes: services of orthodontic specialists.

Excludes: services of medical analysis laboratories and x-ray centres (02.2.3); services of practitioners of traditional medicine (02.2.3).

02.2.2 Dental services

Provision of dental services by dentists, oral hygienists and other dental auxiliaries.

Includes: fitting costs of dentures.

Excludes: dentures (02.1.3); services of orthodontic specialists (02.2.1); services of medical analysis laboratories and x-ray centres (02.2.3).

02.2.3 Paramedical services

Provision of paramedical services such as:
- services of medical analysis laboratories and x-ray centres;
- services of nurses and midwives;
- services of acupuncturists, chiropractors, optometrists, physiotherapists, speech therapists, etc.;
- medically prescribed corrective-gymnastic therapy;
- outpatient thermal bath or sea-water treatments;
- ambulance services other than hospital ambulance services;
- hire of therapeutic equipment.

Includes: services of practitioners of traditional medicine.

Excludes: public health service laboratories (02.4.0); laboratories engaged in determining the causes of disease (02.5.0).

02.3 HOSPITAL SERVICES

Hospitalization is defined as occurring when a patient is accommodated for the duration of the treatment. Hospital day-care and home-based hospital treatment are included, as are hospices for terminally ill persons.

This group covers the services of general and specialist hospitals, the services of medical centres, maternity centres, nursing homes and convalescent homes which chiefly provide in-patient services, the services of institutions serving old people in which medical monitoring is an essential component and the services of rehabilitation centres providing in-patient health care and rehabilitative therapy where the objective is to treat the patient rather than to provide long-term support.

Hospitals are defined as institutions which offer in-patient care under direct supervision of qualified medical doctors. Medical centres, maternity centres, nursing homes and convalescent homes also provide in-patient care but their services are supervised and frequently delivered by staff of lower qualification than medical doctors.

This group does not cover facilities, such as surgeries, clinics and dispensaries, devoted exclusively to outpatient care (02.2). Nor does it include retirement homes for elderly persons, institutions for disabled persons and rehabilitation centres providing primarily long-term support (05.1).

02.3.0 Hospital services

Provision of the following services to hospital patients:
- basic services: administration; accommodation; food and drink; supervision and care by nonspecialist staff (nursing auxiliaries); first aid and resuscitation; ambulance transport; provision of medicines and other pharmaceutical products; provision of therapeutic appliances and equipment;
- medical services: services of physicians in general or specialist practice, of surgeons and of dentists; medical analysis and x-rays; paramedical services such as those of nurses, midwives, chiropractors, optometrists, physiotherapists, speech therapists, etc.

02.4 PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES

02.4.0 Public health services

Provision of public health services such as preparation and dissemination of information on public health matters, family planning services, blood-bank operation (collecting, processing, storing, shipping), disease detection (cancer, tuberculosis, venereal disease), prevention (immunization, inoculation), monitoring (infant nutrition, child health), epidemiological data collection and so forth.

Includes: public health services delivered by special teams to groups of clients, most of whom are in good health, at workplaces, schools or other non-medical settings; public health services not connected with a hospital, clinic or practitioner; public health services not delivered by medically qualified doctors; public health service laboratories.

Excludes: medical analysis laboratories (02.2.3); laboratories engaged in determining the causes of disease (02.5.0).

02.5 R&D HEALTH
02.5.0 R&D Health

Applied research and experimental development on subjects related to health.

02.6 OTHER HEALTH SERVICES
02.6.0 Other health services

Health services provided by NPISHs and not classified under (02.1.1) to (02.5.0).

03 RECREATION AND CULTURE
03.1 RECREATIONAL AND SPORTING SERVICES
03.1.0 Recreational and sporting services

This class includes the following NPISHs:

Clubs for playing indoor or outdoor sports, including fitness clubs, sailing, rowing and canoeing clubs;
supporters’ clubs for indoor or outdoor sports;
clubs for games of skill or chance;
youth clubs and organizations such as guides, scouts, young pioneers, YMCA and YWCA;
clubs for outdoor activities such as rambling, hiking, caving and mountain climbing, parachuting, scuba diving, hang gliding, etc.;
social clubs such as veteran associations, Lions and Rotary Club;
associations for birdwatchers, butterfly hunters, model builders, stamp collectors, train-spotters, vintage car enthusiasts, antique collectors, etc.;
animal shelters, animal hospitals and veterinary services for pets;
organizations that seek finance for, or otherwise support, participation of sportspersons and game players in international competitions.

Excludes: organizations whose objective is to protect wild animals (08.1.0).

03.2 CULTURAL SERVICES
03.2.0 Cultural services

This class includes the following NPISHs:

Libraries, museums and art galleries;
historical, literary, humanistic and philosophical societies;
theatre and dance groups, orchestras, choral and musical ensembles, etc. that produce live performances of plays, operas, ballets and other spectacles;
photography, cinema and art clubs;
associations for the maintenance and visiting of historical monuments, war cemeteries, zoological and botanical gardens and aquaria;
fan clubs for actors, singers, film stars and other performing artists;
television and radio broadcasting.

Excludes : associations that promote alternative lifestyles (07.1.0).

04 EDUCATION

This division includes the following NPISHs:

Pre-primary and primary schools;
secondary schools providing general, vocational or technical education;
institutions providing post-secondary non-tertiary education;
universities, colleges and the like providing tertiary education;
organizations providing educational programmes not definable by level;
parent-teacher associations;
organizations that undertake research or other scientific studies on educational matters and trust funds and charitable foundations set up to finance such activities;
charitable foundations that provide support for schools, colleges, universities, etc. and charitable foundations that provide bursaries and financial support for students.

Includes: schools for disabled persons where the main aim is to provide students with a general education rather than to help them to overcome their disability; night schools and educational institutes managed by trade unions and labour federations; seminaries and colleges for training priests, clerics, rabbis and other offices of religious organizations; education by radio or television broadcasting.

Excludes: crèches, play schools and other child minding facilities (05.1.0); schools for disabled persons where the main aim is to help students overcome their disability rather than to provide a general education (05.1.0).

The breakdown of educational services is based upon the level categories of the 1997 International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED-97) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

04.1 PRE-PRIMARY AND PRIMARY EDUCATION
04.1.0 Pre-primary and primary education

Levels 0 and 1 of ISCED-97: pre-primary and primary education.

Includes: literacy programmes for students too old for primary school.

04.2 SECONDARY EDUCATION
04.2.0 Secondary education

Levels 2 and 3 of ISCED-97: lower-secondary and upper-secondary education.

Includes: out-of-school secondary education for adults and young people.

04.3 POST-SECONDARY NON-TERTIARY EDUCATION
04.3.0 Post-secondary non-tertiary education

Level 4 of ISCED-97: post-secondary non-tertiary education.

Includes : out-of-school post-secondary non-tertiary education for adults and young people.

04.4 TERTIARY EDUCATION
04.4.0 Tertiary education

Levels 5 and 6 of ISCED-97: first stage and second stage of tertiary education.

04.5 EDUCATION NOT DEFINABLE BY LEVEL
04.5.0 Education not definable by level

Educational programmes, generally for adults, which do not require any special prior instruction, in particular vocational training and cultural development.

04.6 R&D EDUCATION 04.6.0 R&D Education

Applied research and experimental development on subjects related to education.

04.7 OTHER EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
04.7.0 Other educational services

Educational services provided by NPISHs and not classified under (04.1.1) to (04.6.0).

05 SOCIAL PROTECTION

Social protection as defined here covers assistance and support services provided to persons who are: elderly, disabled, having occupational injuries and diseases, survivors, unemployed, destitute, homeless, low-income earners, indigenous people, immigrants, refugees, alcohol and substance abusers, etc. It also covers assistance and support services provided to families and children.

05.1 SOCIAL PROTECTION SERVICES
05.1.0 Social protection services

This class includes the following NPISHs:

Retirement homes for elderly persons, residences for disabled persons, rehabilitation centres providing long-term support for patients rather than health care and rehabilitative therapy, schools for disabled persons where the main aim is to help students overcome their disability;
organizations that provide home-cleaning services, meal programmes, day-care centres, day-care services, holiday-care and transport services for elderly and disabled persons;
orphanages, crèches, nurseries, play schools, day-care centres and other child-minding facilities;
organizations that provide counselling, guidance, arbitration, fostering and adoption services for families;
single-parent agencies and services, family violence shelters;
organizations that provide counselling to persons who are disaster victims, victims of assault and abuse and potential suicides;
organizations that provide temporary shelters or housing for homeless persons;
organizations that provide long-term support for persons who are gamblers, alcohol abusers and substance abusers;
organizations that provide cash assistance, food, clothing, shelter and other services to persons who are refugees, immigrants, destitute and low-income earners;
organizations that seek to improve conditions in prisons, including prison visitors and social rehabilitation;
organizations that seek to provide opportunities for economic or social development for deprived groups of persons, whether in their own country or abroad.

05.2 R&D SOCIAL PROTECTION
05.2.0 R&D Social protection

This class includes the following NPISHs:

Organizations that undertake applied research and experimental development on subjects related to social protection and trust funds and charitable foundations that finance such activities.

06 RELIGION 06.0 RELIGION
06.0.0 Religion

This class includes the following NPISHs:

Organizations that promote religious beliefs, administer religious services and rituals, maintain places of worship, provide retreats for meditation or religious instruction;
churches, convents, nunneries, monasteries, mosques, synagogues, temples, shrines, etc.

Includes: non-conventional cults and sects.

Excludes: hospitals, nursing homes, surgeries, etc. funded by religious organizations (02.2.1) to (02.4.0); maintenance of war cemeteries (03.2.0); schools, colleges, universities, etc. funded by religious organizations (04.1.0) to (04.5.0); seminaries and colleges for training priests, clerics, rabbis and other officers of religious organizations (04.1.0) to (04.5.0); orphanages and shelters for persons in distressed conditions funded by religious organizations (05.1.0).

07 POLITICAL PARTIES, LABOUR AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
07.1 SERVICES OF POLITICAL PARTIES
07.1.0 Services of political parties

This class covers the following NPISHs:

Political parties;
political action groups and organizations that seek to enhance respect for human rights, whether in their own country or abroad;
political action groups and groups formed to promote equal employment or political rights or to oppose discrimination on grounds of race, gender, age or sexual preference;
political parties and political action groups mainly concerned with single issues such as the environment, the abolition of blood sports, gun control, capital punishment or right to life;
research bodies directly linked to political parties and political action groups.

07.2 SERVICES OF LABOUR ORGANIZATIONS
07.2.0 Services of labour organizations

This class covers the following NPISHs:

Trade unions, labour federations and similar groups whose purpose is to improve or maintain the living conditions of members.

Excludes: night schools and educational institutes managed by trade unions and labour federations (04.1.0) to (04.5.0).

07.3 SERVICES OF PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
07.3.0 Services of professional organizations

This class covers the following NPISHs:

Associations of members of particular professions which promote the interests of members, exchange information among members or issue regular publications on topics relevant to the professions.

08 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
08.1 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SERVICES
08.1.0 Environmental protection services

This class covers the following NPISHs:

Organizations set up to prevent or remedy damage to the environment;
associations that seek to protect wild animals or preserve particular species of animals, birds, fish, insects etc.;
organizations that seek to preserve forests, wet-lands and areas of natural beauty. Excludes : political parties mainly concerned with environment issues (07.1.0); associations that seek to prevent cruelty to domesticated animals (09.1.0).

08.2 R&D ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
08.2.0 R&D Environmental protection

This class covers the following NPISHs:

Organizations that undertake applied research and experimental development on subjects related to environmental protection and trust funds and charitable organizations set up to finance such activities.

09 SERVICES N.E.C.
09.1 SERVICES N.E.C.
09.1.0 Services n.e.c.

This class covers the following NPISHs:

Community and neighbourhood organizations;
organizations that seek to prevent cruel treatment of domesticated animals;
organizations providing legal-aid services and related assistance;
organizations carrying out economic forecasting and analysis;
organizations providing services that cannot be assigned to Divisions 01 to 08.

09.2 R&D SERVICES N.E.C.
09.2.0 R&D Services n.e.c.

This class covers the following NPISHs:

Organizations that undertake basic research and applied research and experimental development on subjects not classified to Divisions 02, 04, 05 or 08 and trust funds and charitable organizations set up to finance such activities.