Unless otherwise indicated, the following definitions shall
apply to the specific terms used in these rules:
"Assessment" means the ongoing process of
identifying a diagnosis, ruling out other diagnoses, and determining the level
of care needed by the client.
"Course for drinking drivers " means an
approved course designed to inform the offender about drinking and driving and
to encourage the offender to assess the offender's own drinking and driving
behavior in order to select practical alternatives. Enrollment in the course is
not limited to persons ordered to enroll, attend, and successfully complete the
course required under Iowa Code sections
321J.1 and
321J.17.
However, any person under the age of 18 who is required to attend the course
for violation of Iowa Code section 32IJ.2 or
321J.17
must attend a course offered by a substance abuse treatment program licensed
under Iowa Code chapter 125. Any instructional course for drinking drivers
shall be approved by the department of education in consultation with the
community colleges and substance abuse treatment programs licensed under Iowa
Code chapter 125 and using the course of instruction detailed in
281-21.31 (321J).
"Department" means the Iowa department of
public health.
"Evaluation " means the process to evaluate
the client's strengths, weaknesses, problems, and needs for the purpose of
defining a course of treatment. This includes use of a standardized placement
screening and any additional patient/client profile information, and
recommendation to an appropriate level of care.
"HIPAA " means the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
"Licensed" means issuance of a license by the
department and the state board of health, which validates the licensee's
compliance with substance abuse program standards and authorizes the licensee
to operate a substance abuse program in the state of Iowa.
"Posttreatment" means continuing care after
primary treatment has been completed.
"Primary treatment" means substance abuse
treatment modality including inpatient, primary residential treatment, extended
residential treatment, medically monitored residential, extended outpatient,
intensive outpatient, and partial hospitalization.
"Program " means any individual, partnership,
corporation, association, governmental subdivision or public or private
organization.
"Qualifying program " means a program which
has a contract with the state of Iowa or the state's contracted managed care
entity to provide substance abuse treatment using a sliding fee scale.
"Satisfactory completion of the drinking drivers
course" means receiving at the completion of the course a grade from
the course instructor of "C" or "2.0," or better.
"Screening" means the process by which a
client/patient is determined at risk and in need of further evaluation. The
focus is on the minimum criteria necessary for
appropriateness/eligibility.
"Substance abuser " means a person who lacks
self-control as to the use of chemical substances or uses chemical substances
to the extent that the person's health is substantially impaired or endangered
or that the person's social or economic function is substantially
disrupted.
"Treatment" means the broad range of planned
and continuing, inpatient, outpatient, residential care services, including
diagnostic evaluation, counseling, medical, psychiatric, psychological, and
social service care, which may be extended to substance abusers, concerned
persons, concerned family members, or significant others, and which is geared
toward influencing the behavior of such individuals to achieve a state of
rehabilitation.
