Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-4-1200 - Definitions
For the purposes of K.A.R. 28-4-1200 through K.A.R. 28-4-1218, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) "Administrator" means a
person employed by a PRTF who is responsible for the overall administration of
the PRTF.
(b) "Applicant" means a
person who has applied for a license but who has not yet been granted a license
to operate a PRTF. This term shall include an applicant who has been granted a
temporary permit to operate a PRTF.
(c) "Basement" means each area in a building
with a floor level more than 30 inches below ground level on all
sides.
(d) "Department" means the
Kansas department of health and environment.
(e) "Direct care staff" means the staff
members employed by the PRTF to supervise the residents.
(f) "Exception" means a waiver of compliance
with a specific PRTF regulation or any portion of a specific PRTF regulation
that is granted by the secretary to an applicant or a licensee.
(g) "Individual plan of care" means a
written, goal-oriented treatment plan and therapeutic activities designed to
move the resident to a level of functioning consistent with living in a
community setting.
(h) "Licensee"
means a person who has been granted a license to operate a PRTF.
(i) "Program" means the comprehensive and
coordinated activities and services providing for the care and treatment of
residents.
(j) "Program director"
means the staff person responsible for the oversight and implementation of the
program.
(k) "Psychiatric
residential treatment facility" and "PRTF" mean a residential facility for
which the applicant or licensee meets the requirements of K.A.R.
28-4-1201.
(l) "Resident" means an
individual who is at least six years of age but not yet 22 years of age and who
is accepted for care and treatment in a PRTF.
(m) "Resident record" means any electronic or
written document concerning a resident admitted to a PRTF that is created or
obtained by an employee of the PRTF.
(n) "Restraint" means the application of
physical force or any mechanical devices or the administration of any drugs for
the purpose of restricting the free movement of a resident's body.
(o) "Seclusion" means the involuntary
confinement of a resident in a separate or locked room or an area from which
the resident is physically prevented from leaving.
(p) "Secretary" means the secretary of the
Kansas department of health and environment.
(q) "Treatment" means comprehensive,
individualized, goal-directed, therapeutic services provided to residents.
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