Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 441 - Human Services Department › Title XII - Licensing and Approved Standards › Chapter 105 - Juvenile Detention and Shelter Care Homes › Rule 441-105.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
"Administrator,"
when used for matters
				  related to a certificate of approval or a certificate of license, means the
				  administrator of the division of adult, children and family services.
"Authorized prescriber"
means those persons
				  identified in Iowa Code section
				  147.107
				  and Iowa Code chapter 154.
"Chemical restraint"
means the use of
				  chemical agents including psychotropic drugs as a form of restraint. The
				  therapeutic use of psychotropic medications as a component of a service plan
				  for a particular child is not considered chemical restraint.
"Child care worker"
shall mean an individual
				  employed by a facility whose primary responsibility is the direct care of the
				  children in the facility.
"Coed facility"
shall mean a facility which
				  has both sexes in residence.
"Control room"
shall mean a locked room in a
				  juvenile detention home, used for the purpose of isolation or seclusion of a
				  child. A control room shall not be allowed in a juvenile shelter care
				  home.
"County or multicounty"
shall mean that the
				  governing body is a county board of supervisors or a combination of
				  representatives from county boards of supervisors.
"Facility"
shall mean a county or
				  multicounty "juvenile detention home" or county or multicounty "juvenile
				  shelter care home" as defined in Iowa Code section
				  232.2, and private
				  juvenile detention and shelter care homes as defined in Iowa Code section
				  232.2 which do not
				  meet the requirements of being "county or multicounty."
"Immediate family"
for the purposes of this
				  chapter, means persons who have a blood or legal relationship with the
				  child.
"Mechanical restraint"
means restriction by
				  the use of a mechanical device of a child's mobility or ability to use the
				  hands, arms or legs.
"Medication management and administration"
means to properly tend to prescription and nonprescription medications,
				  including, but not limited to: properly obtaining and storing medication;
				  removing medication from its storage place; ensuring to the extent possible
				  that the child ingests, applies, or uses the appropriate dosage at the
				  appropriate time of day; and documenting the dosage and the time and date that
				  the child ingested, applied, or used the medication.
"Nonprescription medication"
means any drug
				  or device that is not a prescription medication as defined in this
				  chapter.
"Physical restraint"
means direct physical
				  contact required on the part of a staff person to prevent a child from hurting
				  self, others, or property.
"Prescription medication"
means a
				  prescription drug as defined in Iowa Code section
				  155A.3(30).
"Prone restraint"
means a physical restraint
				  in which a child is held face down on the floor.
"Schedule II medications"
means those
				  controlled substances identified in Iowa Code chapter 124.
"Staff"
means any person providing care or
				  services to or on behalf of the residents whether the person is an employee of
				  the facility, an independent contractor or any other person who contracts with
				  the facility, an employee of an independent contractor or any other person who
				  contracts with the facility, or a volunteer.
"Time out"
applies only to shelter care
				  homes and means the temporary and short-term restriction of a resident for a
				  period of time to a designated area from which the resident is not physically
				  prevented from leaving, for the purpose of providing the resident an
				  opportunity to regain self-control. Staff physically preventing the resident
				  from leaving the time out area would be considered seclusion in control room
				  conditions.