Mich. Admin. Code R. 400.14102 - Definitions
Rule 102.
(1) As
used in these rules:
(a) "Act" means the adult
foster care facility licensing act, 1979 PA 218, MCL
400.701 to
400.737.
(b) "Administrator" means the individual that
is designated by the licensee to be responsible for the daily operation and
management of the adult foster care small group home. The administrator may be
the licensee.
(c) "Admission
policy" means a home's public statement of its purpose, eligibility
requirements for admission, and application procedures for admission.
(d) "Assessment plan" means a written
statement that is prepared in cooperation with a responsible agency or
individual that identifies the specific care and maintenance, services, and
resident activities appropriate for each individual resident's physical and
behavioral needs and well-being and the methods of providing the care and
services, taking into account the preferences and competency of the
individual.
(e) "Assistive device"
means the use of an item such as a pillow, pad, or medically supplied
therapeutic support that is intended to achieve or maintain the proper
position, posture, or balance of a resident. An assistive device may also be an
item that is intended to promote, achieve, or maintain the resident's
independence. Anything that is used with the intent to restrain a resident and
that does not permit the resident to remove the device by himself or herself is
a restraint and is not an assistive device.
(f) "Capacity" means the maximum number of
residents that a home is licensed for.
(g) "Department" means the department of
licensing and regulatory affairs.
(h) "Designated representative" means the
individual or agency that has been granted written authority, by a resident, to
act on behalf of the resident or that is the legal guardian of a
resident.
(i) "Direct care staff"
means the adult that is designated by the licensee to provide personal care,
protection, and supervision to residents.
(j) "Discharge policy" means a home's written
statement of the conditions and procedures that a resident is discharged from
the home by.
(k) "Elopement" means
a resident that has a service plan that requires notice or arranged supervision
to leave the facility and is absent without notice or supervision.
(l) "Health care appraisal" means a licensed
physician's, licensed physician's assistant's, or registered nurse's statement
that provides an assessment of the general physical condition of a
resident.
(m) "Home" means an adult
foster care small group home.
(n)
"House rules" means those rules that are established by the licensee and that
set expectations for resident conduct.
(o) "Incident" means an intentional or
unintentional event where a resident sustains physical or emotional harm,
unexpected or unnatural death, is displaced by a natural disaster, or elopes as
defined in these rules.
(p)
"Isolation" means the complete and unattended separation of a resident from
staff and other residents.
(q)
"Members of the household" means all individuals that live in the home,
exclusive of residents.
(r)
"Occupants" means all individuals that live in the home.
(s) "Physical restraint" means the bodily
holding of a resident with no more force than is necessary to limit the
resident's movement.
(t) "Premises"
means the home, grounds, and all other appurtenances.
(u) "Program statement" means a written
description of the home's program that must at a minimum, include the
following:
(i) The population to be
served.
(ii) Program goals,
services, in addition to those provided in the home, and community resources to
meet the residents' needs.
(iii)
Services to be provided in the home to the residents, including a description
of the types of staff competencies that are necessary to carry out these
services.
(iv) A description of any
contract agreement that services and programs are provided through.
(v) "Related" means any of the
following relationships by marriage, blood, or adoption:
(i) Spouse.
(ii) Child.
(iii) Parent.
(iv) Brother.
(v) Sister.
(vi) Grandparent.
(vii) Aunt.
(viii) Uncle.
(ix) Stepparent.
(x) Stepbrother.
(xi) Stepsister.
(xii) Cousin.
(w) "Resident" means an adult, as that term
is defined in section 3 of the act, MCL
400.703.
(x) "Resident funds" means any money,
securities, bonds, or stocks that are received by a licensee from, or on behalf
of, a resident. Resident funds includes all of the following:
(i) Payment for adult foster care
services.
(ii) Personal
allowance.
(iii) Money held as a
trust obligation.
(iv) Money in
accounts with financial institutions.
(y) "Responsible agency" means a public or
private organization that, after written agreement with a resident or the
resident's designated representative, provides either or both of the following:
(i) Assessment planning and the establishment
of an individual plan of service.
(ii) Maintenance of ongoing follow-up
services while the resident is in the home.
(z) "Street floor" means any story or floor
level that is accessible from the street or from outside the building at grade
and, at the main entrance, is not more than 21 inches above, nor more than 12
inches below, street or grade level at those points.
(aa) "Substantial risk" means that a
resident's behavior poses a serious imminent threat of bodily harm to himself
or herself or others or the threat of the destruction of property, and the
resident is capable of carrying out such harm or destruction.
(bb) "Transportation services" means vehicle
travel by public or private carrier and related cost to and from program
resources in the community, including consultation, medical, and other
services.
(cc) "Valuables" means
personal property of a resident, which includes jewelry, furniture, electronic
equipment, appliances, and clothing items that have a value of more than
$25.00.
(2) Terms defined
in the act have the same meanings when used in these
rules.
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