Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-4-350 - Definitions
The following words and terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(a) "Center" means a detention center or a
secure care center. It may be owned and operated by public or private entities
and includes the staff and services as well as the buildings and grounds.
(b) "Corporal punishment" means
any method of physical discipline which inflicts pain.
(c) "Detention" means the temporary care of
alleged or adjudicated children in need of care or alleged or adjudicated
juvenile offenders who require secure custody pursuant to the Kansas code for
the care of children, K.S.A. 38-1501 et seq. and amendments thereto, or the
Kansas juvenile offender code, K.S.A. 38-1601 et seq. and amendments thereto.
(d) "Detention center" means a
juvenile detention facility as defined in K.S.A. 38-1502(i) and K.S.A 38-1602(f) and which requires a license pursuant to
K.S.A. 65-501 et seq. Detention centers shall meet
the requirements for licensure included in K.A.R. 28-4-351 through 360, unless
specifically exempted.
(e)
"Director" means the person responsible for the overall planning, organization,
operation and fiscal management of the center. This person is directly
responsible to the governing body.
(f) "Direct supervision" means physical
presence of youth care staff in close proximity to allow for interaction and
direct eye contact with juveniles.
(g) "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.
(h) "Facility manager" means the person
responsible for overseeing the daily operation of the center, including staff
scheduling, food service, purchasing, housekeeping and maintenance.
(i) "Governing body" means the governing
board of a private corporation or the designated policy-making committee of a
public agency.
(j) "Intervention"
means the use of certain skills or techniques for problem or conflict
resolution or diffusion of anger.
(k) "Isolation" means removal of a juvenile
from other juveniles to a separate locked room or quarters.
(l) "Juvenile" means a child or youth who is
accepted for care in a detention or secure care center.
(m) "License" means a document issued by the
Kansas department of health and environment which authorizes a public agency,
person, corporation, firm, association or other organization to operate and
maintain a detention center or a secure care center.
(n) "Non-secure facility" means a facility
not characterized by the use of physically restricting construction, hardware
and procedures and which provides the juveniles access to the surrounding
community with minimal supervision.
(o) "Placing agent" means the person, social
agency or court possessing the legal right to place a child.
(p) "Program" means the comprehensive and
coordinated set of activities and social services providing for care,
protection and development of juveniles while in the care of the center.
(q) "Program manager" means the
person who is responsible for the overall development and implementation of the
program and staff development.
(r)
"Program personnel" means all persons directly involved with the development
and implementation of the program.
(s) "Residential care" means 24 hour care.
(t) "Secure care center" means a
secure youth residential facility, other than a juvenile detention center, used
to provide care and treatment for alleged or adjudicated children in need of
care pursuant to the Kansas code for the care of children. Secure care centers
shall meet the requirements for licensure included in K.A.R. 28-4-351 through
360, unless specifically exempted.
(u) "Secure facility" means a facility which
is operated or structured to ensure that all entrances and exits from such
facility are under the exclusive control of the staff, whether or not the
juveniles have freedom of movement within the perimeters of the facility, or
which relies on locked rooms and buildings, fences or physical restraint in
order to control the behavior of the residents. No secure facility, other than
a juvenile detention center, shall be attached to or on the grounds of an adult
jail or lockup.
(v) "Staffing"
means a special client-centered meeting regarding specific issues.
(w) "Temporary care" means residential care
not to exceed 90 days.
(x)
"Volunteer" means a person or community group that has an interest in providing
supportive services to juveniles and offers to provide specific services
without remuneration.
(y) "Youth
care staff" means the program personnel whose primary responsibility is to
implement the program on a daily basis, including direct supervision,
interaction and protection of the juveniles.
Notes
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