The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation
and enforcement of these rules. Where the context in which words are used in
these rules indicates that such is the intent, words in the singular number
shall include the plural and vice versa. Throughout these rules, gender
pronouns are used interchangeably. The drafters have attempted to utilize each
gender pronoun in equal numbers, in random distribution. Words in each gender
shall include individuals of the other gender.
For the purpose of these rules, the following shall
apply:
(a) "Adult" shall mean any
person who is eighteen (18) years of age or older.
(b) "Adult Foster Home" shall mean a home
where care is provided for up to five (5) adults who are not related to the
provider by blood, marriage or adoption in need of long term care in a home
like atmosphere. Resident clients in the home shall have private rooms which
may be shared with spouses and shall have individual handicapped accessible
bathrooms. "Adult foster homes" does not include any residential facility
otherwise licensed or funded by the state of Wyoming.
(c) "Aging Division" shall mean the Wyoming
Department of Health, Aging Division.
(d) "Department" shall mean the Wyoming
Department of Health.
(e) "License"
shall mean the authority granted by the Office of Healthcare Licensing and
Surveys to operate an adult foster home.
(f) "Licensee" shall mean any person or
persons to whom an adult foster care home license is issued.
(g) "Licensing Division" shall mean the
Wyoming Department of Health, Office of Healthcare Licensing and
Surveys.
(h) "Resident client"
shall mean a person eighteen (18) years of age or older, unrelated to the owner
by blood, marriage or adoption, who resides and receives services in the adult
foster care home.
(i) "Supervisory
care" shall mean general supervision of resident clients with responsibility
for awareness and assistance with resident client function and continuing
needs. This type of care presupposes the ability to intervene or assist
resident clients in the event of a crisis or an emergency, and assistance with
self-administration of prescribed medications, per the Nurse Practice
Act.
