California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 2 - Health and Welfare Agency-Department of Developmental Services Regulations › Chapter 1 - General Provisions › Subchapter 6 - Service Provider Accountability › Article 1 - General Provisions › Section 50602 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The following definitions govern the construction of
						sections within this subchapter unless the context requires otherwise:
(a) "Administrative Overhead Allocations"
					 means the division of administrative overhead among the various affiliate or
					 commonly-owned programs and/or services. Administrative overhead includes such
					 expenses as salaries for management staff and accountants, legal fees, office
					 space and equipment, and utility costs.
(b) "Affiliate or Commonly-Owned
					 Organizations" means two or more programs and/or services that are owned by the
					 same person, corporation or entity.
(c) "Auditing" means any examination of
					 records and source documentation, pertaining to the service program and/or the
					 provision of services to persons with developmental disabilities of any
					 individual, group, or entity by the Department, regional center, or any
					 authorized agency representative. This examination is conducted for purposes of
					 determining compliance with fiscal or fiscally related program or service
					 provisions of applicable statute, regulations, contracts, or agreements
					 governing the service program and/or the provision of services to persons with
					 developmental disabilities. Such examination shall include any procedures as
					 considered necessary by the auditor under the circumstances to perform the
					 examination.
(d) "Authorized Agency
					 Representative" means a person authorized to act on behalf of the Department or
					 regional center by law, by court order, or by a written statement signed by the
					 Director of the Department or the executive director of a regional
					 center.
(e) "Department" means the
					 State Department of Developmental Services.
(f) "Draft Audit Report" means the written
					 document summarizing the audit findings and recommendations that is prepared by
					 the regional center and is forwarded to the service provider for response
					 pursuant to Section
					 50606(d)(1).
(g) "Emergency Services" means those services
					 which must be provided or purchased by a regional center in order to protect a
					 consumer from immediate danger to his/her physical or mental health or
					 safety.
(h) "Electronic record"
					 means a record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by
					 electronic means.
(i) "Electronic
					 signature" means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or
					 logically associated with an electronic record and executed or adopted by a
					 person with the intent to sign the electronic record.
(j) "Final Audit Report" means the written
					 document prepared by the regional center pursuant to Section
					 50606(f). "Final
					 audit report" is synonymous with "audit report" as defined in Section
					 50701(g).
(k) "Parent Organization" means a separate
					 and distinct corporation or entity which operates two or more programs and/or
					 services.
(l) "Preliminary Audit
					 Report" means the written document prepared by the regional center and
					 forwarded to the Department pursuant to Section
					 50606(e)(1) when
					 the audit involves the review of documentation relied upon as the basis for
					 establishing a rate of payment for a service provider. Preliminary audit
					 reports include the following items:
(1) The
					 regional center's draft audit report;
(2) The service provider's response to the
					 draft audit report; and
(3) The
					 regional center's reply to the service provider's response.