Florida Administrative Code › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › 65H - Domestic Violence › Chapter 65H-1 - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE › Section 65H-1.011 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
For the purposes of this rule chapter, the following
				  definitions apply:
(1) "Administrator"
				means the full-time employee who is responsible for the overall operation and
				day-to-day management of a certified domestic violence center.
(2) "Advisory Board" means a group of
				individuals whose purpose is to make recommendations to the board of directors
				regarding the operation of the domestic violence center, if the board of
				directors does not directly oversee that operation.
(3) "Board of Directors" means a legally
				constituted group of individuals whose function is to oversee operations of a
				certified domestic violence center either directly or through an advisory
				board.
(4) "Certification" means
				the Department's formal recognition that a domestic violence center meets the
				minimum standards set forth in section
				 39.905, F.S., and these
				rules.
(5) "Competency-based Core"
				means specialized knowledge and skills for the effective performance of
				domestic violence advocacy activities.
(6) "Dating Violence" as defined in Section
				 784.046, F.S.
(7) "Department" means the Florida Department
				of Children and Families, an employee of the Department, or a designated agent
				of the Department.
(8) "Domestic
				Violence" as defined in Section
				 741.28, F.S.
(9) "Domestic violence advocate" means an
				employee or volunteer of a certified domestic violence center who: provides
				direct services to individuals victimized by domestic violence; has received 30
				hours of domestic violence core competency training; and, has been identified
				by the domestic violence center as an individual who may assert a claim to
				privileged communications with domestic violence victims under Section
				 39.905, F.S.
(10) "Domestic violence center" means an
				agency that provides services to victims of domestic violence as its primary
				mission and is certified under these rules.
(11) "Evaluation" means a process of
				reviewing the administrative and programmatic components of a certified
				domestic violence center to ensure compliance with minimum standards as set
				forth in this rule chapter and Section
				 39.905, F.S., and, if
				applicable, as stipulated in contract.
(12) "Participant" means a person who
				receives services from a certified domestic violence center.
(13) "Privilege" means confidential
				communications, including any related records, made between a person seeking or
				receiving services from a certified domestic violence center and the domestic
				violence advocate.
(14) "Provider"
				means an agency that provides services to victims of domestic violence and is
				an applicant for certification or certified under Section
				 39.905, F.S., and these
				rules.
(15) "Shelter" means a
				facility that provides temporary emergency housing to victims of domestic
				violence and their dependents.
(16)
				"Victim" means the spouse, ex-spouse, co-habitant in an intimate relationship,
				or individual who shares a child in common with a batterer who has perpetrated
				an act, alleged act, or attempted act of violence against them for the purpose
				of exercising power and control. The victim may also be an individual who has
				or had a dating relationship with the batterer.
(17) "Volunteer" means unpaid staff members
				trained in the dynamics of domestic violence who provide direct and indirect
				services to those seeking and receiving services from a domestic violence
				center.
Rulemaking Authority
					 39.903 FS. Law Implemented
					 39.905
					 FS.
New 11-30-09, Amended
					 5-4-20.