Michigan Administrative Code › Department - Health and Human Services › Childrens Services Agency › Juvenile Court-Operated Facilities › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R. 400.10101 - Definitions

Current through Vol. 24-12, July 15, 2024
Rule 101. As used in these rules:
(a) "Behavior management" means techniques
				  employed to control behavior in accordance with written policy and procedures
				  related to program expectations, child safety, facility safety, and
				  security.
(b) "Chief administrator"
				  means the person designated as having the day-to-day responsibility for the
				  overall administration of a facility and for assuring the care, safety, and
				  protection of residents.
(c) "Child
				  placing agency" means an agency as defined in section 1 of Act No. 116 of the
				  Public Acts of 1973, as amended, being S722.111 of the Michigan Compiled
				  Laws.
(d) "Counseling" means
				  planned opportunities for residents to express their feelings verbally with the
				  goal of resolving individual problems.
Counseling may be in a one-to-one relationship or in a
					 small or large group.
(e)
				  "Department" means the Michigan department of social services.
(f) "Detention" means the temporary
				  residential care of a juvenile who requires custody in a physically restricting
				  facility pending court action or other placement.
(g) "Direct care worker" means a person who
				  has assigned child care responsibilities and provides direct care and
				  supervision of children in a facility.
(h) "Discipline" means action taken for the
				  sake of training or correction and may include punishment.
(i) "Employee" means a staff person who is
				  under contract of hire on a full-time or a part-time basis at a juvenile
				  facility.
(j) "Human services
				  degree or field" means a major in a curriculum that is designed to give
				  students an understanding of human behavior and to teach them appropriate
				  intervention/problem-solving skills on behalf of selected
				  populations.
(k) "Inspection" means
				  the on-site review of a juvenile facility by the department to determine
				  compliance with these administrative rules for a juvenile facility.
(l) "Juvenile facility," hereinafter referred
				  to as "facility" means a program operated by a juvenile court and providing
				  residential care as provided in Act No. 280 of the Public Acts of 1939, as
				  amended, being S400.1 et seq. of the Michigan Compiled Laws, and known as the
				  social welfare act.
(m)
				  "Medication" means prescription and nonprescription medicines.
(n) "Parent" means a biological parent,
				  adoptive parent, or guardian.
(o)
				  "Physical examination" means a thorough evaluation of a patient's current
				  physical condition and a medical history conducted by, or under the supervision
				  of, a licensed medical professional.
(p) "Policy" means a definitive, stated
				  course or method of action that guides and determines present and future
				  decisions and activities. A policy is a written statement of principles that
				  guides the facility in the attainment of objectives. To comply with a rule that
				  requires a policy, there must be evidence that a line of action or principle
				  has been adopted and is being followed by the facility.
(q) "Protection" means the continual
				  responsibility of the facility to take reasonable action to insure the health,
				  safety, and well-being of a resident while under the supervision of the
				  facility or an agent or employee of the facility and includes protection from
				  physical harm, humiliation, intimidation, and social, moral, financial, and
				  personal exploitation while on the premises.
(r) "Rated capacity" means the actual number
				  of beds that are available and approved by the department for use. This does
				  not include hospital beds, segregation beds, or other spaces used only on a
				  temporary basis.
(s) "Resident"
				  means a child who is admitted to and resides in a facility.
(t) "Resident confinement room" means a
				  locked or unlocked room or area that is approved by the licensing authority for
				  the seclusion or retention of a resident.
(u) "Residential treatment facility" means a
				  facility that has established a goal-oriented intervention program to provide
				  post-dispositional residential care.
(v) "Resident record" means the individual
				  file kept by a facility concerning a child who has been placed at the
				  facility.
(w) "Resident restraint"
				  means the use of material, mechanical, medical, or physical techniques for
				  restricting a resident's behavior or movement.
(x) "Secure facility" means a facility, or
				  portion thereof, other than a resident confinement room, that is used to retain
				  residents in custody.
Outside doors usually have locks that prevent egress from
					 the building.
(y) "Shelter
				  care facility" means a facility that provides care for residents pending court
				  action or other placement planning.
(z) "Social service supervisor" means a
				  person who supervises a social service worker.
(aa) "Social worker" means a person who works
				  directly with residents, their families, and other relevant individuals and who
				  is primarily responsible for the development, implementation, and review of
				  service plans for the resident. This definition shall not be interpreted to
				  prevent a team approach to service plan development and
				  implementation.
(bb) "Training"
				  means any of the following:
(i) Formal
				  classroom instruction.
(ii)
				  Recognized courses provided through other means.
(iii) On-the-job training under the direction
				  of an instructor.
(iv) Meetings or
				  conferences that include agendas and instruction by instructors.
(v) Other instructional programs that include
				  a trainer-trainee relationship.