Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 244 - Batterer's Intervention Program Standards Oversight Committee › Chapter 00 - N/A › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 1 - Rules of Practice and Procedure › Section 244-RICR-00-00-1.2 - Definitions

Current through June 14, 2024
A. "Appeal" means a request by a program for
				 reconsideration of a decision made by the Oversight Committee with respect to
				 its certification as a batterer's intervention program.
B. "BIPSOC" means the Batterers Intervention
				 Program Standards Oversight Committee.
C. "Comprehensive certification" means the
				 process by which batterer's intervention programs are certified by the
				 Batterers Intervention Program Standards Oversight Committee as being in
				 compliance with each of the Batterers Intervention Program Comprehensive
				 Standards for programs that provide services to court mandated domestic
				 violence offenders. Certification is based upon representations by the program,
				 with review of documentation and verification of a sample of selected standards
				 by representatives of the Oversight Committee. Comprehensive certification
				 status is awarded for two (2) years, and is subject to review for renewal at
				 two (2) year intervals, or other time period specified by the Oversight
				 Committee [see Renewed Comprehensive Certification, §
										1.5     of this Part].
D. Courtesy certification of programs in
				 other jurisdictions can be requested for programs that are certified in another
				 jurisdiction, and/or that meet the statutory minimum standards as outlined in
				 R.I. Gen. Laws §
										12-29-5.2(a)(1)
				 through (3). Such reciprocity is applicable
				 only for individuals who have been adjudicated in Rhode Island and who have
				 been authorized to attend a program in another state.
E. "Post-enrollment certification
				 applications" means the same as in R.I. Gen. Laws §
										12-29-5.2(b),
				 those applications made to the Committee by a batterer mandated to attend a
				 certified batterers intervention program in accordance with R.I. Gen. Laws
				 §
										12-29-5 who has, prior to adjudication, enrolled in a program not certified by the
				 Committee.
F. "Provisional status"
				 means a time limited status granted to an agency that is not currently
				 certified as a batterers program in the state of Rhode Island. The primary
				 purpose is to enable an agency that has demonstrated certain qualifications to
				 become eligible for court mandated referrals so the process of achieving
				 comprehensive certification can be completed.
G. "Renewed comprehensive certification"
				 means the process by which comprehensively certified batterers intervention
				 programs in Rhode Island seek to renew their certification status. This is
				 based upon a cooperative process between the program and the Batterers
				 Intervention Program Standards Oversight Committee to affirm the program as
				 being in compliance with each of the Batterers Intervention Program
				 Comprehensive Standards for programs that provide services to court mandated
				 domestic violence offenders. Renewed comprehensive certification is based upon
				 representations by the program, with review of documentation and verification
				 of a sample of selected standards by representatives of the Oversight
				 Committee, including on-site observations of batterer's intervention groups.
				 Comprehensive certification status needs to be renewed at two (2) year
				 intervals, or other time period as specified by the Committee.
H. "Variance" means an accepted deviation
				 from established standards for program content and/or format granted by the
				 Oversight Committee in response to a specific request by a batterer's
				 intervention program to create alternative standards within a specific context.
				 A batterer's intervention program must request a variance in writing and
				 receive approval prior to implementing any program feature that would not
				 otherwise be consistent with the established Comprehensive Standards.