Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Licensing and Regulatory Affairs › Bureau of Community and Health Systems › Homes for the Aged Facilities › Adult Foster Care Family Homes Licensing Rules › Section R. 400.1401 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 1.
(1) As
				  used in these rules:
(a) "Act" means the adult
				  foster care facility licensing act, 1979 PA 218, MCL
				  400.701 to
				  400.737.
(b) "Capacity" means the maximum number of
				  residents for which a home is licensed.
(c) "Chemical restraint" means the use of any
				  drug or chemical in an emergency situation to limit activity or aggressiveness
				  of a resident if the activity or aggressiveness would be harmful to the
				  resident, other individuals, or property.
(d) "Department" means department of
				  licensing and regulatory affairs.
(e) "Designated representative" means the
				  individual or agency that has been granted the authority to act on behalf of
				  the resident by the resident or the legal guardian of that resident.
(f) "Elopement" means a resident that has a
				  service plan that requires notice or arranged supervision to leave the facility
				  and is absent without notice or supervision.
(g) "Healthcare appraisal" means a licensed
				  physician's or registered nurse's statement that provides an assessment of the
				  general physical condition of a resident.
(h) "Home" means an adult foster care family
				  home.
(i) "House guidelines" means
				  those guidelines established by the licensee that set expectations for resident
				  conduct.
(j) "Incident" means an
				  intentional or unintentional event where a resident sustains physical or
				  emotional harm, an unexpected or unnatural death, is displaced by a natural
				  disaster, or elopes.
(k) "Members
				  of the household" means all individuals living in the home, exclusive of
				  residents.
(l) "Occupants" means
				  all individuals living in the home.
(m) "Physical restraint" means the bodily
				  holding of a resident with no more force than is necessary to limit the
				  resident's movement.
(n) "Premises"
				  means the facility, grounds, and all other appurtenances.
(o) "Resident" means an adult, as that term
				  is defined in section
				  3 of the act, MCL
				  400.703, who, because of mental
				  illness, developmental disability, physical handicap, or aged condition,
				  requires and receives foster care in an adult foster care family home and does
				  not require continuous nursing care.
(p) "Responsible agency" means a public or
				  private organization which, after written agreement with a resident or the
				  resident's designated representative, provides 1 or more of the following:
(i) Preplacement and placement
				  services.
(ii) Assessment planning
				  or the establishment of an individual plan of service.
(iii) Maintenance of ongoing follow-up
				  services while the resident is in the home.
(q) "Responsible individual " means the
				  licensee or adult designated by the licensee to provide foster care to
				  residents.
(r) "Street floor" means
				  any story or floor level that is accessible from the street or from outside the
				  building at grade and at the main entrance, is not more than 21 inches above
				  nor more than 12 inches below street or grade level, or a floor that is
				  arranged and used as the main floor.
(s) "Substantial risk" means that a
				  resident's behavior poses a serious imminent threat of bodily harm to the
				  resident or others or the destruction of property and that the resident is
				  capable of carrying out the harm or destruction.
(t) "Time-out" means a behavior management
				  technique employed to reduce undesired behavior by separating a resident from
				  their surroundings if the undesired behavior occurs.
(u) "Trust fund" means money or property set
				  aside as a trust for a resident for the benefit of a resident and held for
				  safekeeping by the licensee.