Mich. Admin. Code R. 400.10101 - Definitions
Rule 101. As used in these rules:
(a) "Behavior management" means techniques
employed to control behavior in accordance with written policy and procedures
related to program expectations, child safety, facility safety, and
security.
(b) "Chief administrator"
means the person designated as having the day-to-day responsibility for the
overall administration of a facility and for assuring the care, safety, and
protection of residents.
(c) "Child
placing agency" means an agency as defined in section 1 of Act No. 116 of the
Public Acts of 1973, as amended, being S722.111 of the Michigan Compiled
Laws.
(d) "Counseling" means
planned opportunities for residents to express their feelings verbally with the
goal of resolving individual problems.
Counseling may be in a one-to-one relationship or in a small or large group.
(e)
"Department" means the Michigan department of social services.
(f) "Detention" means the temporary
residential care of a juvenile who requires custody in a physically restricting
facility pending court action or other placement.
(g) "Direct care worker" means a person who
has assigned child care responsibilities and provides direct care and
supervision of children in a facility.
(h) "Discipline" means action taken for the
sake of training or correction and may include punishment.
(i) "Employee" means a staff person who is
under contract of hire on a full-time or a part-time basis at a juvenile
facility.
(j) "Human services
degree or field" means a major in a curriculum that is designed to give
students an understanding of human behavior and to teach them appropriate
intervention/problem-solving skills on behalf of selected
populations.
(k) "Inspection" means
the on-site review of a juvenile facility by the department to determine
compliance with these administrative rules for a juvenile facility.
(l) "Juvenile facility," hereinafter referred
to as "facility" means a program operated by a juvenile court and providing
residential care as provided in Act No. 280 of the Public Acts of 1939, as
amended, being S400.1 et seq. of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and known as the
social welfare act.
(m)
"Medication" means prescription and nonprescription medicines.
(n) "Parent" means a biological parent,
adoptive parent, or guardian.
(o)
"Physical examination" means a thorough evaluation of a patient's current
physical condition and a medical history conducted by, or under the supervision
of, a licensed medical professional.
(p) "Policy" means a definitive, stated
course or method of action that guides and determines present and future
decisions and activities. A policy is a written statement of principles that
guides the facility in the attainment of objectives. To comply with a rule that
requires a policy, there must be evidence that a line of action or principle
has been adopted and is being followed by the facility.
(q) "Protection" means the continual
responsibility of the facility to take reasonable action to insure the health,
safety, and well-being of a resident while under the supervision of the
facility or an agent or employee of the facility and includes protection from
physical harm, humiliation, intimidation, and social, moral, financial, and
personal exploitation while on the premises.
(r) "Rated capacity" means the actual number
of beds that are available and approved by the department for use. This does
not include hospital beds, segregation beds, or other spaces used only on a
temporary basis.
(s) "Resident"
means a child who is admitted to and resides in a facility.
(t) "Resident confinement room" means a
locked or unlocked room or area that is approved by the licensing authority for
the seclusion or retention of a resident.
(u) "Residential treatment facility" means a
facility that has established a goal-oriented intervention program to provide
post-dispositional residential care.
(v) "Resident record" means the individual
file kept by a facility concerning a child who has been placed at the
facility.
(w) "Resident restraint"
means the use of material, mechanical, medical, or physical techniques for
restricting a resident's behavior or movement.
(x) "Secure facility" means a facility, or
portion thereof, other than a resident confinement room, that is used to retain
residents in custody.
Outside doors usually have locks that prevent egress from the building.
(y) "Shelter
care facility" means a facility that provides care for residents pending court
action or other placement planning.
(z) "Social service supervisor" means a
person who supervises a social service worker.
(aa) "Social worker" means a person who works
directly with residents, their families, and other relevant individuals and who
is primarily responsible for the development, implementation, and review of
service plans for the resident. This definition shall not be interpreted to
prevent a team approach to service plan development and
implementation.
(bb) "Training"
means any of the following:
(i) Formal
classroom instruction.
(ii)
Recognized courses provided through other means.
(iii) On-the-job training under the direction
of an instructor.
(iv) Meetings or
conferences that include agendas and instruction by instructors.
(v) Other instructional programs that include
a trainer-trainee relationship.
(cc) "Volunteer" means a person who donates
his or her time in activities at a juvenile facility.
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