Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 641 - Public Health Department › Chapter 157 - Standards for Substance Abuse Treatment and Assessment Programs and the Operating a Motor Vehicle While Intoxicated (OWI) Law › Rule 641-157.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Unless otherwise indicated, the following definitions shall
				apply to the specific terms used in these rules:
"Assessment"
means the ongoing process of
				identifying a diagnosis, ruling out other diagnoses, and determining the level
				of care needed by the client.
"Course for drinking drivers "
means an
				approved course designed to inform the offender about drinking and driving and
				to encourage the offender to assess the offender's own drinking and driving
				behavior in order to select practical alternatives. Enrollment in the course is
				not limited to persons ordered to enroll, attend, and successfully complete the
				course required under Iowa Code sections
				321J.1 and
				321J.17.
				However, any person under the age of 18 who is required to attend the course
				for violation of Iowa Code section 32IJ.2 or
				321J.17
				must attend a course offered by a substance abuse treatment program licensed
				under Iowa Code chapter 125. Any instructional course for drinking drivers
				shall be approved by the department of education in consultation with the
				community colleges and substance abuse treatment programs licensed under Iowa
				Code chapter 125 and using the course of instruction detailed in
				281-21.31 (321J).
"Department"
means the Iowa department of
				public health.
"Evaluation "
means the process to evaluate
				the client's strengths, weaknesses, problems, and needs for the purpose of
				defining a course of treatment. This includes use of a standardized placement
				screening and any additional patient/client profile information, and
				recommendation to an appropriate level of care.
"HIPAA "
means the Health Insurance
				Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
"Licensed"
means issuance of a license by the
				department and the state board of health, which validates the licensee's
				compliance with substance abuse program standards and authorizes the licensee
				to operate a substance abuse program in the state of Iowa.
"Posttreatment"
means continuing care after
				primary treatment has been completed.
"Primary treatment"
means substance abuse
				treatment modality including inpatient, primary residential treatment, extended
				residential treatment, medically monitored residential, extended outpatient,
				intensive outpatient, and partial hospitalization.
"Program "
means any individual, partnership,
				corporation, association, governmental subdivision or public or private
				organization.
"Qualifying program "
means a program which
				has a contract with the state of Iowa or the state's contracted managed care
				entity to provide substance abuse treatment using a sliding fee scale.
"Satisfactory completion of the drinking drivers
				course"
means receiving at the completion of the course a grade from
				the course instructor of "C" or "2.0," or better.
"Screening"
means the process by which a
				client/patient is determined at risk and in need of further evaluation. The
				focus is on the minimum criteria necessary for
				appropriateness/eligibility.
"Substance abuser "
means a person who lacks
				self-control as to the use of chemical substances or uses chemical substances
				to the extent that the person's health is substantially impaired or endangered
				or that the person's social or economic function is substantially
				disrupted.
"Treatment"
means the broad range of planned
				and continuing, inpatient, outpatient, residential care services, including
				diagnostic evaluation, counseling, medical, psychiatric, psychological, and
				social service care, which may be extended to substance abusers, concerned
				persons, concerned family members, or significant others, and which is geared
				toward influencing the behavior of such individuals to achieve a state of
				rehabilitation.