16 Del. Admin. Code § 3305-I-3.0
The following terms found in these regulations shall have these specific meanings:
"Department" - The Department of Health and Social Services, the legal successor to the State Board of Health.
"Group Home" - Group home residence to provide mental health treatment, rehabilitation and housing, staffed substantially full-time when residents are present for between three (3) and ten (10) adults with primary diagnosis of psychiatric disabilities, licensed pursuant to 16 Del.C., Section 1101. Group home does not include supervised apartments or a residence licensed as an ICF/MR group home or neighborhood home under 16 Del.C., Ch. 11.
"Incident" - An occurrence or event, a record of which must be maintained in facility files, that results or might result in harm to a resident. Incident includes alleged abuse, neglect, mistreatment and financial exploitation; incidents of unknown source which might be attributable to abuse, neglect or mistreatment; all deaths; falls; and errors or omissions in medication/treatment.
"Program" - System of treatment and residential services developed by the service provider for use in a group home.
"Reportable Incident" - An occurrence or event which must be reported at once to the Division of Health Care Quality and for which there is reasonable cause to believe that a resident has been abused, neglected, mistreated or subjected to financial exploitation. Reportable incident also includes an incident of unknown source which might be attributable to abuse, neglect or mistreatment; all deaths; falls with injuries; and significant errors or omissions in medication/treatment which cause the resident discomfort or jeopardize the resident's health and safety.
"Residence Manager" - An individual meeting the requirements for a Clinician as contained in Section 5.3.1.1.2 and to whom the overall responsibility for the day to day operation of the group home has been delegated by those persons with the legal authority to manage the affairs of the entity.
"Resident" - An individual who lives in a group home. As the context may require, the term resident may also refer to the individual's legal representatives.
"Resident's Treatment Team" - A group consisting of a psychiatrist, residence manager, resident and other professionals with expertise or background relevant to the resident's needs and supports.
"Satisfactory Compliance History" - Any facility operated by the applicant in any state or other jurisdiction that has not had a license revoked, terminated or otherwise withdrawn by the issuing authority or voluntarily surrendered a license during a period of restriction or regulatory investigation of incidents involving serious harm, injury, impairment or death of a resident within the past five (5) years.
"Service Provider" - A legally recognized entity (e.g. corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship) required to be licensed under Section 2.0.
16 Del. Admin. Code § 3305-I-3.0