Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 17 - Public Assistance and Welfare Services › 227 - Licensure of Hospitals for Mentally Ill Persons › Section 17-227-14a - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in sections 17-227-14a to
				17-227-14m,
				inclusive:
A. "Applicant" means any
			 person, firm, corporation or organization applying for a license or renewal of
			 a license under this section;
B.
			 "Certificate of need" means approval of capital expenditures or functions or
			 services from the commission of hospitals and health care (sections 19-73a to
			 19-73t of the general statutes);
C.
			 "Chief administrative officer" means the individual in charge of the overall
			 management of the hospital;
D.
			 "Clinical staff" means that group of professional and paraprofessional
			 personnel of the hospital which is directly involved in the care and treatment
			 programs;
E. "Department" means the
			 department of mental health, 90 Washington Street, Hartford, Connecticut
			 06115;
F. "Emergency service" means
			 an immediately available service to meet the psychiatric and/or medical needs
			 of individuals who either present themselves or who develop such need for
			 help;
G. "Hospital" means a
			 psychiatric facility which primarily offers medically directed inpatient
			 services for the diagnosis, treatment, care, protection and rehabilitation, as
			 indicated, of individuals admitted with psychiatric disorders.
H. "License" means the certificate issued by
			 the department that signifies compliance with these regulations and other
			 applicable law and authorizes the applicant to conduct a hospital for mental
			 illness;
I. "Licensee" means any
			 person, firm, corporation or organization licensed to conduct a hospital under
			 these regulations;
J.
			 "Organizational chart" means a description of the successive delegations of
			 functional authority and assignments of responsibility, listing all position
			 categories and number of budgeted full-time equivalents;
K. "Policies" means written statements which
			 define the basic philosophies and instructions required by the staff of the
			 hospital in order for them to participate effectively in the operation of the
			 hospital;
L. "Population to be
			 served" means the group toward which the hospital directs its services; such
			 groups may be geographical, client type, disability or functional level
			 delineated;
M. "Professional" means
			 an individual who, by custom, training, education or experience, is considered
			 a member of one of the helping professions, e.g., physician, nurse, social
			 worker, psychologist, who is qualified by specific training and experience in
			 mental health care and treatment;
N. "Paraprofessional" means an individual
			 who, through experience, inservice training or formal educational, or all
			 three, functions in the hospital under a number of different job titles, such
			 as mental health worker, psychiatric technician, psychiatric aide, psychiatric
			 assistant, etc.;
O. "Staff" means
			 those professional and paraprofessional individuals who are directly involved
			 in the hospital's programs, and includes any volunteer workers;
P. "Statement of ownership" means a written
			 statement as to the actual legal owners of the hospital;
Q. "Treatment" means services related to the
			 reduction of disability or discomfort, amelioration of signs and symptoms and
			 changes in specified physical, mental or social functioning.