"Administrator," when used for matters
related to a certificate of approval or a certificate of license, means the
administrator of the division of adult, children and family services.
"Authorized prescriber" means those persons
identified in Iowa Code section
147.107
and Iowa Code chapter 154.
"Chemical restraint" means the use of
chemical agents including psychotropic drugs as a form of restraint. The
therapeutic use of psychotropic medications as a component of a service plan
for a particular child is not considered chemical restraint.
"Child care worker" shall mean an individual
employed by a facility whose primary responsibility is the direct care of the
children in the facility.
"Coed facility" shall mean a facility which
has both sexes in residence.
"Control room" shall mean a locked room in a
juvenile detention home, used for the purpose of isolation or seclusion of a
child. A control room shall not be allowed in a juvenile shelter care
home.
"County or multicounty" shall mean that the
governing body is a county board of supervisors or a combination of
representatives from county boards of supervisors.
"Facility" shall mean a county or
multicounty "juvenile detention home" or county or multicounty "juvenile
shelter care home" as defined in Iowa Code section
232.2, and private
juvenile detention and shelter care homes as defined in Iowa Code section
232.2 which do not
meet the requirements of being "county or multicounty."
"Immediate family" for the purposes of this
chapter, means persons who have a blood or legal relationship with the
child.
"Mechanical restraint" means restriction by
the use of a mechanical device of a child's mobility or ability to use the
hands, arms or legs.
"Medication management and administration"
means to properly tend to prescription and nonprescription medications,
including, but not limited to: properly obtaining and storing medication;
removing medication from its storage place; ensuring to the extent possible
that the child ingests, applies, or uses the appropriate dosage at the
appropriate time of day; and documenting the dosage and the time and date that
the child ingested, applied, or used the medication.
"Nonprescription medication" means any drug
or device that is not a prescription medication as defined in this
chapter.
"Physical restraint" means direct physical
contact required on the part of a staff person to prevent a child from hurting
self, others, or property.
"Prescription medication" means a
prescription drug as defined in Iowa Code section
155A.3(30).
"Prone restraint" means a physical restraint
in which a child is held face down on the floor.
"Schedule II medications" means those
controlled substances identified in Iowa Code chapter 124.
"Staff" means any person providing care or
services to or on behalf of the residents whether the person is an employee of
the facility, an independent contractor or any other person who contracts with
the facility, an employee of an independent contractor or any other person who
contracts with the facility, or a volunteer.
"Time out" applies only to shelter care
homes and means the temporary and short-term restriction of a resident for a
period of time to a designated area from which the resident is not physically
prevented from leaving, for the purpose of providing the resident an
opportunity to regain self-control. Staff physically preventing the resident
from leaving the time out area would be considered seclusion in control room
conditions.
