California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 7 - Health Planning and Facility Construction › Chapter 17 - Licensed Mental Health Service Provider Education Program › Section 97930 - Chapter Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The following definitions shall apply to the regulations in
				  this Chapter:
(a) "Contract" means a
				written agreement between the Office of Statewide Health Planning and
				Development (hereinafter "Office") and a recipient of a loan repayment that
				obligates the recipient, in exchange for financial assistance, to practice
				their profession for a specified period of time.
(b) "Cultural and linguistic competence"
				means the ability to understand and respond effectively to the cultural and
				linguistic needs brought by patients to mental health care
				encounters.
(c) "Direct patient
				care" means the provision of health care services directly to individuals being
				treated for, or suspected of having, physical or mental illness. Direct patient
				care includes preventative care. The first line supervision of direct patient
				care shall be considered "direct patient care."
(d) "Director" means the Director of the
				Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development.
(e) "Educational loan" means a loan of money
				by a commercial lender or government entity that requires payment, and was
				obtained by an individual for the purpose of defraying costs associated with
				their mental health service provider education.
(f) "Foundation" means the Health Professions
				Education Foundation.
(g) "Licensed
				mental health service provider" means a psychologist licensed by the Board of
				Psychology, registered psychologist, postdoctoral psychological assistant,
				postdoctoral psychology trainee employed in an exempt setting pursuant to
				Section
				2910
				of the Business and Professions Code, or employed pursuant to a Department of
				Mental Health waiver pursuant to Section
				5751.2
				of the Welfare and Institutions Code, marriage and family therapist, marriage
				and family therapist intern, licensed clinical social worker, and associate
				clinical social worker.
(h) "Mental
				Health Practitioner Education Fund" means the fund established pursuant to
				section
				128458
				of the Health and Safety Code.
(i)
				"Mental Health Professional Shortage Area" means an area designated as such by
				the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Service
				Administration, Bureau of Health Professions' Shortage Designation
				Branch.
(j) "Qualified facility"
				means one of the following:
(1) "A publicly
				funded facility," which means a health facility, as defined by Health and
				Safety Code Sections
				1200,
				1200.1,
				and
				1250,
				conducted, maintained, or operated by this state or by any of its political
				subdivisions or districts, or by any city.
(2) "A publicly funded or public mental
				health facility," which means a hospital, clinic, or long-term care facility
				licensed and/or certified by the California Department of Mental Health and/or
				the California Department of Health Services that is conducted, maintained, or
				operated by this state or by any of its political subdivisions or districts, or
				by any city, and that provides mental health services.
(3) "A non-profit private mental health
				facility," which means a hospital, clinic, or long-term care facility licensed
				and/or certified by the California Department of Mental Health and/or the
				California Department of Health Services that is operated by a non-profit
				entity that contracts with a county mental health entity or facility to provide
				mental health services.