Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-4-268 - Definitions
(a) "Basement"
means each area with a floor level more than 30 inches below ground level on
all four sides.
(b) "Child" means
each individual under 16 years of age.
(c) "Corporal punishment" means each activity
directed toward modifying a child's behavior by means of adverse physical
contact such as spanking with the hand or an implement, slapping, swatting,
pulling hair, or any similar activity.
(d) "Developmental disability" means any
physical, emotional, or mental disability which constitutes a substantial
handicap to the individual as defined in public law 91-517.
(e) "Discipline" means the on-going process
of helping children develop inner control so that they can manage their own
behavior in a socially-approved manner.
(f) "Emergency care" means residential care
not to exceed 30 days.
(g)
"Emergency shelter" means residential care and protection not to exceed 30
days.
(h) "Facility" means a group
boarding home or residential center that provides residential care.
(i) "Group boarding home" means a non-secure
facility providing residential care for not less than five nor more than ten
persons unrelated to the caregivers, and includes emergency shelters and
maternity homes.
(j) "Isolation"
means removal of a resident from other residents to a separate locked room or
quarters.
(k) "License" means a
document issued by the Kansas department of health and environment which
authorizes a licensee to operate and maintain a group boarding home or
residential center.
(l) "Living
unit" means a group of residents living together as an established unit within
a residential center.
(m)
"Maternity care" means residential care which includes services to women during
pregnancy.
(n) "Maternity home"
means a facility whose primary function is to provide services to women during
pregnancy.
(o) "Non-secure
facility" means a facility which provides the resident access to the
surrounding community.
(p)
"Placing agent" means the person, social agency or court possessing the legal
right to place a child.
(q)
"Program" means the comprehensive and coordinated sets of activities and
services providing for the care, protection and development of the residents.
(r) "Resident" means any child,
youth or pregnant woman accepted for care in the residential facility.
(s) "Residential care" means
24-hour care.
(t) "Residential
center" means a non-secure facility which provides residential care for more
than 10 residents unrelated to the caregivers, and includes emergency shelters
and maternity homes.
(u)
"Temporary care" means residential care not to exceed 90 days.
Notes
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