Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 175 - HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND SERVICES LICENSURE › Chapter 18 - SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS › Section 175-18-002 - DEFINITIONS

Current through June 17, 2024
Definitions are set out in the Health Care Facility Licensure
				  Act, 175 Nebraska Administrative Code (NAC) 1, and this chapter.
002.01
CIVIL PROTECTIVE
				CUSTODY.
Civil protective custody allows the police to take a
				person into custody to receive medical supervision when alcohol or drug abuse
				makes them a danger to themselves or others.
002.02
COUNSELING.
A
				professional relationship in which a mental health practitioner assists the
				client with understanding, coping with, solving, and preventing problems,
				including areas of education, vocation, and interpersonal relationships in the
				social environment.
002.03
CRISIS MANAGEMENT.
Treatment provided to immediately
				resolve an acute physical, social, or psychological emergency. It may include
				temporary housing, food, care, treatment, or referral to an emergency medical
				service or to a facility appropriate to meet the needs of the client. It is
				frequently the entry point into the continuum of care and provides an initial
				screening and evaluation.
002.04
EMERGENCY DETOXIFICATION PROGRAM.
A medically
				supervised treatment program for clients with alcohol or drug intoxication,
				designed to rid the body of toxic substances and manage withdrawal
				symptom.
002.05
INDIVIDUALIZED SERVICE PLAN (ISP).
A written action
				plan based on assessment data that identifies the client's needs and the
				strategy for providing care and treatment to meet those needs.
002.06
MAINTENANCE
				ACTIVITIES.
A provision of services intended to support a client
				who is a substance abuser to reduce or eliminate the abuse of
				substances.
002.07
MENTAL DISEASE, DISORDER, OR DISABILITY.
A primary
				diagnosis of mental illness which is characterized by one or more functional
				impairments in the following areas: vocational, educational, emotional, social,
				or activities of daily living.
002.08
RELATED
				SERVICES.
Activities that assist the client in carrying out their
				therapeutic activities as outlined in their individualized service plan
				(ISP).
002.09
SELF-HELP
				PROGRAM.
A program for clients who are substance users which
				provides mutual support and encouragement to encourage them to avoid substance
				use. If a substance use professional is involved in a self-help program, it is
				only in an advisory or informational rather than a supervisory or
				administrative capacity.
002.10
SELF-RUN PROGRAM.
A program, which may be residential,
				operated by persons who are substance abusers for their own benefit. If a
				substance abuse professional is involved in a self-run program, it is only in
				an advisory or informational rather than a supervisory or administrative
				capacity.
002.11
SOCIAL
				SETTING EMERGENCY DETOXIFICATION.
A program for the treatment of
				clients who are experiencing acute intoxication and whose condition
				necessitates observation by a qualified person but does not necessitate medical
				treatment.
002.12
SUBSTANCE USE.
The use of substances which have
				significant mood-changing or perception-changing capacities, which are likely
				to be physiologically or psychologically addictive, and the continued use of
				which may result in negative social consequences.
002.14
SUPPORTIVE
				SERVICES.
Services which support personal care, provision of
				medications, activities of daily living and health maintenance
				activities.
002.15
THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY.
A professionally directed set of
				actions designed to lessen the effects of the disease, whether physical or
				mental, and designed to facilitate a behavior change in a client.
002.16
TIME OUT.
Removal of a client from a setting in which he or she is exhibiting
				inappropriate behavior until the client exhibits appropriate behavior. The
				client is generally required to remain in an unlocked room or area where there
				are no other individuals except for staff monitoring the client.