Section 216-RICR-40-05-18.2 - DefinitionsA. Wherever used in this Part the following terms shall be construed as follows:1. "Act" means R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 23-17.4, entitled "An Act Relating to Assisted Living."2. "Administrator" means any person who has responsibility for day to day administration or operation of an assisted living residence.3. "Assisted living residence" means a publicly or privately operated residence that provides directly or indirectly by means of contracts or arrangements personal assistance to meet the resident's changing needs and preferences, lodging, and meals to two (2) or more adults who are unrelated to the licensee or administrator, excluding however, any privately operated establishment or facility licensed pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 23-17, and those facilities licensed by or under the jurisdiction of the Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities and Hospitals, the Department of Children, Youth, and Families, or any other state agency. The Department shall develop levels of licensure for assisted living residences within this definition as provided in R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-17.4-6. Assisted living residences include sheltered care homes, and board and care residences or any other entity by any other name providing the services listed in this subdivision which meet the definition of assisted living residences.4. "Board" means the Assisted Living Residence Administrator Certification Board established pursuant to the provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-17.4-21.1.5. "Certification" means the same meaning as "licensure."6. "Contact hours" means hours acquired through attendance or participation at programs that provide for direct interaction between faculty and participants and may include lectures, symposia, live teleconferences or workshops.7. "Department" means the Rhode Island Department of Health.8. "Director" means the Director of the Rhode Island Department of Health.9. "Disqualifying information" means information produced by a criminal records review pertaining to conviction, for the following crimes will result in a letter to the employee and employer disqualifying the applicant from said employment: murder, voluntary manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter, first degree sexual assault, second degree sexual assault, third degree sexual assault, assault on persons sixty (60) years of age or older, child abuse, assault with intent to commit specified felonies (murder, robbery, rape, burglary, or the abominable and detestable crime against nature), felony assault, patient abuse, neglect or mistreatment of patients, burglary, first degree arson, robbery, felony drug offenses, larceny or felony banking law violations.10. "Licensing agency" means the Rhode Island Department of Health.11. "Non-contact hours" means internet courses, correspondence courses, tapes, or other continuing education programs that do not provide for direct interaction between faculty and the participant.216 R.I. Code R. § 216-RICR-40-05-18.2