S.D. Admin. R. 67:42:15:01

Current through Register Vol. 51, page 54, October 28, 2024

Section 67:42:15:01 - Definitions

Terms used in this chapter mean:

(1) "Aftercare services," supportive social services specified in the treatment plan, provided to the child and the childs family after the child returns home, and designed to help the child adjust to the nontreatment center environment;

(2) "Emergency safety intervention," the use of restraint or seclusion as an immediate response to an emergency safety situation;

(3) "Family services," social rehabilitative services to family members to alleviate problems specified in the treatment plan to enable the child to return home;

(4) "Intensive residential treatment center," "IRTC," or "facility," a facility licensed by the department to care for not less than seven children that provides more intensive and frequent services and supervision of children and individualized treatment to prevent runaway behavior, rage and physical aggression, and the likelihood of children injuring themselves or others;

(5) "Licensed practitioner," a licensed physician's assistant, a certified nurse practitioner, a licensed psychologist, a licensed social worker, a licensed professional counselor, or a qualified mental health professional who meets the requirements of SDCL 27A-1-3;

(6) "Living unit," a grouping in an intensive residential treatment center of not more than 12 children. The grouping is created by the proximity of the children to each other as determined by their living arrangements within the facility or the physical design of the facility which allows services and treatment to be provided to the group as a unit;

(7) "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;

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

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

(10) "Transitional services," services provided to a child who will be moving from one placement to another to help prepare the child for the new placement;

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

(12) "Treatment team," a group of individuals that plans, provides, and monitors services to a child in care and the childs family.

S.D. Admin. R. 67:42:15:01

32 SDR 33, effective 8/31/2005; 33 SDR 227, effective 7/1/2007; 34 SDR 200, effective 1/30/2008.

General Authority: SDCL 26-6-16.

Law Implemented: SDCL 26-6-16.