Florida Administrative Code › 63 - DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE › 63F - Division of Administration › Chapter 63F-11 - CENTRAL COMMUNICATIONS CENTER › Section 63F-11.002 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
For the purpose of this rule chapter, the following terms are
				 defined as follows:
(1) Abscond - To
				hide, conceal, or absent oneself from the jurisdiction of the court or
				supervision of the department to avoid prosecution or supervision.
(2) Administrator - The state employee or
				designee at the Headquarters or Regional level responsible for the overall
				department operation in a geographic area or program.
(3) Baker Act - Within this rule, the term
				Baker Act refers to Section   394.451, F.S., covering involuntary mental health
				examination and placement for persons with mental illness.
(4) Central Communications Center (CCC) - The
				unit located in department headquarters that is charged with receiving reports
				regarding incidents and events involving youths in department custody or under
				supervision, and state and contracted employees from all department and
				provider facilities, programs funded in whole or in part, offices or sites
				operated by the department, a provider or grantee.
(5) CCC Duty Officer - The designated
				department employee who receives and processes the information coming into the
				CCC.
(6) Community Supervision -
				Includes youth on supervised release, DJJ funded diversion, probation,
				post-commitment probation, conditional release, and non-residential
				commitment.
(7) Damage to the
				Physical Structure - Damage that would render a building or other significant
				structure (e.g., a fence, gate, or a considerable portion of the building or
				structure) severely damaged, temporarily unsafe, or unsecured.
(8) Diligent Search - Is a thorough search
				made by the Juvenile Probation Officer (JPO) or Case Manager to check with the
				youth's parents, employer, school, family members, and others likely to have
				knowledge of his or her whereabouts, in order to document evidence supporting
				that the youth is hiding in an effort to avoid supervision.
(9) Facility/Program - A contracted or
				state-operated service or any other program funded in whole or in part by the
				department.
(10) Facility/Program
				Staff - Includes state and contracted employees, volunteers, and interns who
				manage, supervise, have oversight over such staff, or provide direct care or
				other services to department youths, provider staff of programs funded in whole
				or in part by the department, and other direct care job positions or positions
				in direct contact with youths. This includes corporate staff of contracted
				providers.
(11) Failure to Report -
				Any reportable incident or event specified in Rule   63F-11.004, F.A.C.,
				Reportable Incident Types that is not reported to the CCC within (2) hours of
				the incident or event occurring, or (2) hours after any facility, office, or
				program learned of the incident. This includes within two hours of any
				facility/program/department/contracted staff gaining knowledge of the incident
				or event.
(12) Serious Illness or
				Injury - Any illness or injury which could result in a substantial risk of
				death, protracted and obvious disfigurement, protracted loss or impairment of
				the function of a bodily member or organ or mental faculty, lacerations that
				cause severe hemorrhages, nerve, muscle, or tendon damage, second or third
				degree burns or any burns affecting more than five percent of the body surface,
				fracture of any bone, or the loss of sight in an eye.
(13) Non-Secure Residential Facilities:
				Programs or program models that are residential but may allow youth to have
				supervised access to the community. Facilities at this commitment level are
				either environmentally secure, staff-secure, or are hardware-secure with walls,
				fencing, or locking doors.
(14)
				Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) - The United States Department of Justice
				final Rule of National Standards to prevent, detect, and respond to sexual
				abuse and sexual harassment in juvenile facilities, 28 C.F.R. Part
				115.
(15) Protective Action
				Response (PAR) - Department- approved verbal and physical intervention
				techniques used in accordance with Chapter 63H-3, F.A.C.
(16) Reportable Incident - Any incident or
				event that involves state-run facilities, staff, contracted facilities,
				contracted programs, contracted staff, youth on community supervision,
				volunteers or visitors, that disrupts or has the potential to disrupt the
				normal operation of the facility or program, any illness or medical condition
				or injury which causes or has the potential to cause grave harm or death to an
				individual youth or group of youths; or any other occurrence which causes or
				has the potential to cause grave harm or death to an individual youth or group
				of youths, or involves allegations of fraud, abuses, and deficiencies relating
				to programs and operations administered or financed by the department, or may
				bring public attention to the department, or other occurrences which do not
				reach this standard but may still be required to be documented or reported to
				the department under its rules/policies.
(17) Secure Residential Facilities: Those
				residential programs that are classified as High and/or Maximum Risk.
				Facilities at this commitment level are hardware-secure with perimeter fencing
				and locking doors.
(18) Sexual
				Misconduct - Fondling, digital, oral, anal, or vaginal penetration by, or union
				with the sexual organ of another, or the anal or vaginal penetration of another
				by object, or other instrument. This includes any violation of the Prison Rape
				Elimination Act (PREA).
(19)
				Suicide Attempt - Any action deliberately undertaken by the youth with suicide
				ideation or intent, which, if carried out, would result in death.
(20) Supervised Release - Includes youth on
				home detention, intensive home detention, intensive home detention with
				electronic monitoring, and day/evening reporting centers.
(21) Youth - For the purposes of this rule a
				youth is defined as any person placed in the custody, care, or supervision of
				the department.
Rulemaking Authority  985.64 FS. Law Implemented  985.601 FS.
New 10-11-10, Amended 8-16-16,
					 11-29-22.