Florida Administrative Code › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › 65H - Domestic Violence › Chapter 65H-2 - BATTERER INTERVENTION PROGRAM CERTIFICATION MINIMUM STANDARDS › Section 65H-2.014 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
For the purposes of this rule chapter, the following
				  definitions apply:
(1) "Assessment"
				means a psychosocial evaluation to determine if an individual is a batterer as
				defined in subsection (3) of this rule and engages in dynamics of power and
				control, including coercion. Assessment also includes an evaluation of an
				individual's competency to consent to treatment, patterns of a co-occurring
				mental illness and substance abuse, as well as clinically significant
				neurological deficits, that necessitate referrals to treatment or other
				programs prior to or concurrent with participation in a batterers' intervention
				program.
(2) "Assessor" means a
				person who performs the psychosocial assessment of individuals who have been
				referred to a certified batterers' intervention program and who meets the
				qualifications set forth in this rule chapter.
(3) "Batterer" means a perpetrator of
				domestic violence, as defined in Section
				 741.28(2)  F.S.,
				or dating violence, as defined in Section
				 784.046(1)(d),
				F.S.
(4) "Batterers' Intervention
				Program" means a 29-week program certified pursuant to this rule chapter that
				addresses the perpetration of violence by an intimate partner, spouse,
				ex-spouse, or a person who shares a child in common or who is a cohabitant in
				an intimate relationship for the purpose of exercising power and control by one
				over the other.
(5) "Certification"
				means a process of satisfying the requirements and minimum standards as set
				forth in this rule chapter and Section
				 741.325, F.S. for a certified
				batterers' intervention program.
(6) "Change of ownership" means an event in
				which the Provider sells or otherwise transfers its ownership to a different
				individual or entity as evidenced by a change in federal employer
				identification number or taxpayer identification number; or, an event in which
				51 percent or more of the ownership, shares, membership, or controlling
				interest of a Provider is in any manner transferred or otherwise assigned. A
				change solely in the management company or board of directors is not a change
				of ownership.
(7) "Coercive
				control" means a pattern of domination that includes tactics to isolate,
				degrade, exploit, and control the victim.
(8) "Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Model"
				(CBT) means a therapeutic intervention that has been demonstrated to be
				effective for a range of problems whereby participants can learn to change
				their own thinking, problematic emotions, and behavior.
(9) "Curriculum" means the
				Department-approved educational content for a certified batterers' intervention
				program.
(10) "Dating Violence" as
				defined in Section  784.046(1)(d),
				F.S.
(11) "Department" means the
				Florida Department of Children and Families.
(12) "Direct service staff" means the on-site
				director responsible for the day-to-day operation of a certified batterers'
				intervention program, and individuals who are employed or contracted by a
				provider to conduct orientation, facilitate groups, or conduct
				assessments.
(13) "Domestic
				Violence" as defined in Section
				 741.28(2),
				F.S.
(14) "Equality Wheel" means a
				graphically designed tool that illustrates the dynamics of an equal,
				violence-free partnership.
(15)
				"Facilitator" means a group leader for a certified batterers' intervention
				program.
(16) "Groups" means two or
				more participants attending interactive sessions with designated facilitators
				who manage discourse and topics of discussion.
(17) "Monitoring" means a process of
				reviewing the administrative and programmatic components of a certified
				batterers' intervention program to ensure compliance with minimum standards as
				set forth in rule and statute.
(18)
				"Office of Domestic Violence" (ODV) means the Department's office responsible
				for the oversight of certification and monitoring of batterers' intervention
				programs.
(19) "Participant" means
				an individual:
(a) Who is adjudged to have
				committed a criminal act of domestic violence as defined in Section
				 741.28, F.S., or dating violence
				as defined by Section
				 784.046, F.S.,
(b) Against whom a final injunction for
				protection against domestic violence or dating violence is entered,
(c) Who is referred by the Department,
				or
(d) Who volunteers to attend a
				program after committing an act of domestic violence or dating
				violence.