Arizona Administrative Code › Title 21 - CHILD SAFETY › Chapter 1 - DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SAFETY - ADMINISTRATION › Article 3 - APPEALS AND HEARING PROCEDURES › Section R21-1-301 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
The following definitions apply in this Article.
1. "Administration" means the Department's
				organizational unit responsible for licensing or providing benefits or services
				that are the subject of an adverse action. The administrations covered by this
				Article are: OLR, CMDP, ILP, TILP, adoption subsidy and guardianship
				subsidy.
2. "Administrative appeal"
				means a written request to the Department to contest an adverse action at an
				administrative hearing.
3.
				"Administrative Law Judge" or "ALJ" means the same as A.R.S. §
									41-1092(1).
4. "Adoption agency" means the same as
				"agency" in A.R.S. §
									8-101(2).
5. "Adoption subsidy" means the same as
				A.R.S. §
									8-141(A)(1)
				 and includes the non-recurring adoption
				expense program under A.R.S. §
									8-161 et
				seq.
6. "Adverse action" means the
				denial, suspension, or revocation of a foster home license, Child Welfare
				Agency license, and adoption agency license, or a denial or reduction of
				guardianship subsidy, adoption subsidy, or CMDP, ILP, or TILP
				services.
7. "Appealable agency
				action" means the same as A.R.S. §
									41-1092(3).
8. "Appellant" means the party who requests a
				hearing with the Department to challenge an adverse action under
				R21-1-303.
9. "Applicant" means a
				person who has applied for a license issued by the Department or for benefits
				or services provided by the Department. Benefits and services under this
				Article include CMDP, ILP, TILP, guardianship subsidy, and adoption
				subsidy.
10. "Child Welfare Agency"
				means a person licensed by the Department to engage in the activities defined
				in A.R.S. §
									8-501(A)(1).
11. "CMDP" means the Comprehensive Medical
				and Dental Program described in A.R.S. §
									8-512.
12. "Client" means a person who is licensed
				or receiving benefits or services from one or more of the Administrations
				covered by this Article.
13.
				"Corrective action plan" means a written proposal specified by OLR for a foster
				parent, or a Child Welfare Agency to remedy the violation of a licensing
				requirement within a specified time-frame.
14. "Department" or "DCS" means the Arizona
				Department of Child Safety.
15.
				"Foster Home" means the same as A.R.S. §
									8-501(A)(5)
				 and includes a "Group Foster Home" defined
				in A.R.S. §
									8-501(A)(7).
16. "Foster parent" means the same as A.R.S.
				§
									8-501,
				and includes anyone licensed for any type of foster home including a group
				home.
17. "Guardianship subsidy"
				means the program described in A.R.S. §
									8-814.
18. "Independent Living Program" or "ILP"
				means an array of assistance and support services that DCS provides, contracts,
				refers, or otherwise arranges to help a person eligible under A.R.S. §
									8-521,
				to transition to adulthood by building the skills and resources necessary to
				ensure personal safety, well-being, and permanency into adulthood.
19. "Licensee" means a person currently
				licensed as a foster parent, Child Welfare Agency, or adoption
				agency.
20. "Noncompliance Status"
				means the Department has received and substantiated a complaint or a Department
				representative has observed a violation of an adoption agency's license that
				does not endanger the health, safety, or well-being of a client.
21. "Office of Administrative Hearings" or
				"OAH" means the State's independent, quasi-judicial, administrative hearing
				body defined in A.R.S. §
									41-1092.01.
22. "Office of Licensing and Regulation" or
				"OLR" means the administration in the Department responsible for licensing a
				foster home, Child Welfare Agency and adoption agency.
23. "Person" means an individual,
				partnership, joint venture, company, corporation, firm, association, society,
				or institution.
24. "Transitional
				Independent Living Program" or "TILP" means a program of services that provides
				assistance and support in counseling, education, vocation and employment, and
				the attainment or maintenance of housing to a person who qualifies under A.R.S.
				§ 8-521.01.