S.D. Admin. R. 67:42:07:01 - Definitions

Terms used in this chapter mean:

(1) "After-care services," supportive social services, as specified in the treatment plan, for the family after the child has returned home;

(2) "Alternative services," an array of services that may be provided by the group care center to a child and the child's family that are designed to enable the child to remain at home or to remain in or return to a placement in the nearest possible proximity to the child's home or placement resource;

(3) "Family services," social rehabilitative services to family members to alleviate problems specified in the treatment plan that keep a child from returning to the child's own home;

(4) "Group care center," a facility licensed by the department to care for children who are experiencing family problems and interpersonal conflicts, are unable to remain in a family setting, and require ongoing group and individual counseling or alternative services in a structured treatment program using facility-based services;

(5) "Personal restraint" or "restraint," the application of physical force without the use of any device for the purpose of restraining the free movement of a resident's body. The term does not include briefly holding a resident without undue force in order to calm or comfort the resident or holding a resident's hand for purposes of safely escorting the resident from one area to another;

(6) "Program director," the individual responsible for developing, implementing, supervising, and monitoring the services provided;

(7) "Seclusion," the involuntary confinement of a resident alone in a room or an area from which the resident is physically prevented from leaving;

(8) "Shelter care facility," a group care center that provides short-term, full-time care for children often placed under emergency conditions. This includes the placement of a child into a shelter care facility for purposes of providing short-term assessment services;

(9) "Short-term assessment services," planned or emergency diagnostic services that include a time-limited assessment or diagnostic process used to evaluate the child's and family's needs and determine the most appropriate level of care and services needed; and

(10) "Treatment plan," a plan that explains the child's social, psychological, or medical problems, contains solutions to the problems, and describes the necessary steps and schedules to resolve the problems.

Notes

S.D. Admin. R. 67:42:07:01

SL 1975, ch 16; 47 SDR 024, effective 9/10/2020

General Authority: SDCL 26-6-16.

Law Implemented: SDCL 26-6-14(1), 26-6-16.