Section 52-2-402 - Part definitionsAs used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Abuse" means the knowing infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or punishment with resulting physical harm, pain, or mental anguish;(2) "Consumer direction" means a model of service delivery for certain medicaid home and community-based services in which the person receiving the services, family member, or other representative employs and supervises the individual who provides the services;(3) "Facility" means a treatment resource, group residence, boarding home, sheltered workshop, activity center, rehabilitation center, community mental health center, counseling center, clinic, group home, halfway house, or any other entity that provides an intellectual or developmental disability service;(4) "Licensee" means a person, proprietorship, partnership, association, governmental agency, or corporation, which operates a facility or a service and has obtained a license under this part;(5) "Misappropriation of property" means the deliberate misplacement; exploitation; or wrongful, temporary, or permanent use of belongings or money of another person without consent;(6) "Neglect" means failure to provide goods or services necessary to avoid physical harm, mental anguish, or mental illness, which results in injury or probable risk of serious harm;(7) "Personal support services" means nursing consultation, education services, and other personal assistance services as defined by rule, which are provided to individuals with substantial limitation in two (2) or more major life activities in either their regular or temporary residences, but does not mean direct nursing services provided in connection with an acute episode of illness or injury;(8) "Reputable and responsible character" means that the applicant or licensee can be trusted with responsibility for persons who are particularly vulnerable to abuse, neglect, and financial or sexual exploitation; and(9) "Service" includes any activity to prevent, treat, or ameliorate an intellectual or developmental disability, which includes diagnosis, evaluation, residential assistance, training, habilitation, rehabilitation, prevention, treatment, counseling, case coordination, or supervision of persons with an intellectual or developmental disability.Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 688,s 2, eff. 7/1/2024.