Florida Administrative Code › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › 65G - Agency for Persons with Disabilities › Chapter 65G-8 - REACTIVE STRATEGIES › Section 65G-8.001 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) "Approved emergency procedure curriculum"
				means a course of instruction in procedures and techniques for intervening in
				behavioral emergency situations, approved by the Agency for Persons with
				Disabilities ("Agency"), and incorporated into a facility's or program's policy
				for utilizing reactive strategies.
(2) "Authorized staff person" means an
				employee of a facility or program that has completed training in the approved
				emergency procedure curriculum and is approved by the authorizing agent to use
				restraint and seclusion procedures.
(3) "Authorizing agent" means an individual
				authorized by the facility or program manager to approve use of a reactive
				strategy.
(4) "Behavioral
				protective device" means a device used as a means of interfering with or
				preventing specific results of a targeted behavior as part of a behavior
				program approved by the Local Review Committee.
(5) "Chemical restraint" means the use of
				medication to effect immediate control of an individual's behavior. It does not
				include the medication administered as treatment for a medical or psychiatric
				condition.
(6) "Client" means any
				person with a developmental disability receiving services in the State of
				Florida.
(7) "Containment" means
				immobilizing an individual with any technique for the purpose of behavioral
				control.
(8) "Facility" means a
				residential operation serving Agency clients funded or licensed under Chapter
				393, F.S., and includes separate and secure facilities serving forensics
				clients pursuant to Chapter. 916, Part III, F.S.
(9) "Implementation plan" means an
				individualized plan utilizing services to assist a client with developmental
				disabilities in acquiring skills that enable the client to improve his or her
				physical, mental, and social functioning.
(10) "Licensed medical professional" means a
				physician licensed under Chapter 458 or 459, F.S.; or registered nurse,
				licensed practical nurse, or Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner licensed
				under Chapter 464, F.S.
(11) "Local
				Review Committee" means the committee required by subsection
				 65G-4.008(3),
				F.A.C., to oversee and review all behavior analysis services provided to
				clients to ensure that the services are designed and approved in accordance
				with Florida Statutes and agency rules.
(12) "Manual restraint" means the use of
				hands or body to immobilize a person's freedom of movement or normal access to
				his or her body for more than fifteen continuous seconds. It does not include
				physically guiding a client during transport or skill training for up to two
				minutes. Repeated applications and releases of manual restraint in order to
				circumvent the fifteen-second and two-minute criteria are prohibited.
(13) "Mechanical restraint" means a physical
				device used to restrict an individual's movement or restrict the normal
				function of the individual's body. The definition does not include the
				following:
(a) Medical protective equipment as
				defined by this rule;
(b) Physical
				equipment or orthopedic appliances, surgical dressings or bandages, or
				supportive body bands or other restraints necessary for medical treatment,
				routine physical examinations, or medical tests;
(c) Devices used to support functional body
				position or proper balance, or to prevent a person from falling out of bed,
				falling out of a wheelchair, or
(d)
				Equipment used for safety during transportation, such as seatbelts or
				wheelchair tie-downs.