Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL › Part I - General Administration › Subpart 3 - Licensing and Certification › Chapter 55 - Day Developmental Training Centers › Section I-5501 - Glossary

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
Administrator
-the person appointed by the
					 governing body, in writing, who is responsible for the overall management of
					 the facility and enforces the rules and regulations as set forth by the
					 governing body and appropriate federal, state and local agencies.
Agency
-any division of government that
					 may have contact with a facility for reasons of certification, funding,
					 placement, licensing, etc.
Agency
-the term
agency
whenever capitalized specifically refers to the Department of Health and Human
					 Resources.
Chemical Restraint
-the use of any drug or
					 chemical to limit overactivity or aggressiveness which might be harmful to the
					 resident or other persons.
DHHR
-the Louisiana Department of Health
					 and Human Resources.
Direct-Care Staff
-those employees that
					 work directly with individuals under care on a full-time basis. Direct care
					 staff includes, but is not limited to, house parents, attendants, and education
					 and training staff. Administrative personnel, housekeeping and maintenance
					 personnel and consultants shall not be included.
Facility
-a physical plant and an
					 administrative organizational structure whose primary concern is providing
					 special therapy, training, education or protective care to handicapped persons.
					 The term
facility
shall include only those structures
					 providing care and/or training to five or more persons and shall include
					 residential, day-care, group homes and special schools.
Individual-Person-Child-Student
-used
					 interchangeably to indicate those that are receiving care and/ or
					 treatment.
In-Service Training Program
-an ongoing
					 training process for all staff members in all areas of concern to the
					 facility.
Interdisciplinary Teams
-a. team composed
					 of both professional and non-professional staff members from all areas of
					 service.
Living Unit
-that portion of the facility
					 devoted to the personal needs of individuals in a residential facility.
Multidisciplinary Teams
-a. team composed
					 only of professional staff members.
Resident
-those persons receiving
					 residential care at the facility.
State-Approved Evaluation Team
-an
					 evaluation team approved by any funding agency of the state of
					 Louisiana.
Training
-an ordered design leading to a
					 specific end result. Training services are differentiated from educational
					 services by their emphasis on those skills universally needed to function at a
					 minimum level as part of society.
Treatment Plan or Program (Plan of
					 Care)
-a written plan setting forth measurable goals or behaviorally
					 stated objectives and prescribing an integrated program of individually
					 designed activities, experiences or therapies necessary to achieve such goals
					 or objectives.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S. 46:1971
					 through 1980.