6 Colo. Code Regs. § 1011-1 Chapter 08 Part 2

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 11, June 10, 2024

Part 2 - Definitions

2.1 "Administrator" means a person who is responsible for the overall operation and daily administration, management, and maintenance of the facility.

2.2 "Department" means the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment or its designee.

2.3 "Facility for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities" means a facility specially designed for the active treatment and habilitation of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities or a group home.

2.4 "Governing Body" means the individuals or service agency that has the ultimate authority and legal responsibility for the management and operation of the facility.

2.5 "Group Home" means a group living situation accommodating at least four (4), but no more than eight (8), persons which is licensed by the state and in which services and supports are provided to persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Group home means the same as "community residential home," as the term is used in Section 25.5-10-214, C.R.S.

2.6 "Intellectual and Developmental Disability" means a disability that manifests before the person reaches twenty-two years of age, that constitutes a substantial disability to the affected person, and that is attributable to an intellectual or developmental disability or related conditions, including Prader-Willi syndrome, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism, or other neurological conditions when the condition or conditions result in impairment of general intellectual functioning or adaptive behavior similar to that of a person with an intellectual and developmental disability.

2.7 "Intermediate Care Facility for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IID)" means a residential facility that is certified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide active treatment, and habilitative, therapeutic, and specialized support services to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

2.8 "Practitioner" means a physician, physician assistant, or advance practice nurse (i.e., nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist) who has a current, unrestricted license to practice and is acting within the scope of such authority.

2.9 "Resident" means an individual living in and receiving services from a facility for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

2.10 "Self-administer" means the ability of a resident to take medication independently without any assistance from another person.

2.11 "Service Plan" means a written document that specifies identified and needed services, regardless of funding source or provider, to assist a person to remain safely in the community. For the purposes of this chapter, the term service plan includes, but is not limited to: service plans, individualized plans, individual service and support plans, and person-centered support plans as used within 10 CCR 2505-10.

2.12 "Special diet" means a diet with specific requirements, provided in accordance with a practitioner's or registered dietitian's order.

2.13 "Staff" means individuals providing services on behalf of and/or under the control of the facility, either as an employee, through a contract between the facility and the individual, or through a staffing agency.

2.14 "Volunteer" means an unpaid individual providing services on behalf of and/or under the control of the facility.

6 CCR 1011-1 Chapter 08 Part 2