In addition to the definitions in A.R.S. §§
36-551
and 36-591.01, the following
definitions apply in this Chapter unless otherwise specified:
1. "Accreditation" means recognition as
having met the operating standards and criteria of a nationally recognized
accreditation organization.
2. "Administrative completeness
review time-frame" means the same as in A.R.S. § 41-1072 .
3.2. "Applicant" means an
individual or business organization requesting a license under
R9-33-104 to open a group home or
behavioral-supported group home.
4.3. "Application packet"
means the forms, documents, and additional information the Department requires
to be submitted by an applicant.
5.4. "Business
organization" means the same as "entity" in A.R.S. §
10-140.
6.5. "Controlling person"
means a person who, with respect to a business organization:
a. Through ownership, has the power to vote
at least 10% of the outstanding voting securities of the business
organization;
b. If the business
organization is a partnership, is a general partner, or is a limited partner
who holds at least 10% of the voting rights of the partnership;
c. If the business organization is a
corporation, association, or limited liability company, is the president, the
chief executive officer, the incorporator, an agent, or any person who owns or
controls at least 10% of the voting securities; or
d. Holds a beneficial interest in 10% or more
of the liabilities of the business organization.
7.6.
"Day" means a calendar day, not including the day of the act, event, or default
from which a designated period of time begins to run, but including the last
day of the period unless it is a Saturday, Sunday, or state holiday, in which
case the period runs until the end of the next day that is not a Saturday,
Sunday, or state holiday.
8.7. "Department" means
the Arizona Department of Health Services.
9.8. "Documentation" means
information in written, photographic, electronic, or other permanent
form.
10.9. "Facility" means the
building or buildings used for operating a group home or behavioral-supported
group home.
11.10. "Fire risk
prevention level" means a designation applied to a group home by the Division
based on a formula aggregating safety factors existing at the group home or
behavioral-supported group home.
12.11. "Hazard" means an
object, equipment, situation, or condition that may result in physical injury
or illness to an individual.
13.12. "Licensee" means
the individual or business organization to which the Department has issued a
license to operate a group home or behavioral-supported group home.
14.13.
"Modification" means the substantial improvement, enlargement, reduction,
alteration, or other substantial change in the facility or another structure on
the premises at a group home or behavioral-supported group home.
15. "Overall time-frame" means the
same as in A.R.S. § 41-1072 .
16.14. "Plumbing system"
means fixtures, pipes, and related parts, including a septic apparatus,
assembled to carry clean water into a structure and to carry sewage out of a
structure.
17.15. "Premises" means:
a. A facility; and
b. The grounds surrounding the facility that
are owned, leased, or controlled by the licensee, including other
structures.
18.16. "Private
residential swimming pool" means the same as in A.A.C.
R18-5-201.
19.17.
"Resident" means an individual who is accepted by a licensee under the terms of
a contract with the Division to live at the licensee's group home or
behavioral-supported group home.
20.18. "Safety-approved"
means tested and designated as meeting applicable safety standards by one or
more of the following organizations:
a.
Underwriters Laboratories,
b.
Canadian Standards Association, or
c. Factory Mutual Insurance Company
Global.
21.19. "Service provider
contract" means the entirety of an applicant's or licensee's qualified vendor
agreement with the Division.
22.20. "Spa" means the
same as in A.A.C.
R18-5-201.
23.21.
"Staff" means the employees or volunteers who provide habilitation to residents
at a group home or behavioral-supported group home.
24. "Substantive review
time-frame" means the same as in A.R.S. § 41-1072
.
