Virginia Administrative Code › Title 6 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CORRECTIONS › Agency 35 - DEPARTMENT (BOARD) OF JUVENILE JUSTICE › Chapter 71 - REGULATION GOVERNING JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL CENTERS › Part I - General Provisions › Section 6VAC35-71-10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms when used in this chapter
					 shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
"Annual" means within 13 months of the previous event or
					 occurrence.
"Board" means Board of Juvenile Justice.
"Case record" or "record" means written or electronic
					 information regarding a resident and the resident's family, if applicable,
					 maintained in accordance with written procedures.
"Contraband" means any item possessed by or accessible to a
					 resident or found within a juvenile correctional center or on its premises that
					 (i) is prohibited by statute, regulation, or department procedure; (ii) is not
					 acquired through approved channels or in prescribed amounts; or (iii) may
					 jeopardize the safety and security of the juvenile correctional center or
					 individual residents.
"Department" means the Department of Juvenile
					 Justice.
"Direct care" means the time during which a resident who is
					 committed to the department pursuant to § 16.1-272 or 16.1-285.1, or subsection
					 A 14 or 17 of § 16.1-278.8 of the Code of Virginia is under the supervision of
					 staff in a juvenile correctional center operated by or under contract with the
					 department.
"Direct care staff" means the staff whose primary job
					 responsibilities are for (i) maintaining the safety, care, and well-being of
					 residents; (ii) implementing the structured program of care and the behavior
					 management program; and (iii) maintaining the security of the facility.
"Direct supervision" means the act of working with
					 residents who are not in the presence of direct care staff. Staff members who
					 provide direct supervision are responsible for maintaining the safety, care,
					 and well-being of the residents in addition to providing services or performing
					 the primary responsibilities of that position.
"Director" means the Director of the Department of Juvenile
					 Justice.
"Emergency" means a sudden, generally unexpected occurrence
					 or set of circumstances demanding immediate action such as a fire, chemical
					 release, loss of utilities, natural disaster, taking of hostages, major
					 disturbances, escape, and bomb threats. Emergency does not include regularly
					 scheduled employee time off or other situations that could be reasonably
					 anticipated.
"Health care record" means the complete record of medical
					 screening and examination information and ongoing records of medical and
					 ancillary service delivery, including but not limited to all findings,
					 diagnoses, treatments, dispositions, prescriptions, and their
					 administration.
"Health care services" means those actions, preventative
					 and therapeutic, taken for the physical and mental well-being of a resident.
					 Health care services include medical, dental, orthodontic, mental health,
					 family planning, obstetrical, gynecological, health education, and other
					 ancillary services.
"Health trained personnel" means an individual who is
					 trained by a licensed health care provider to perform specific duties, such as
					 administering health care screenings, reviewing screening forms for necessary
					 follow-up care, preparing residents and records for sick call, and assisting in
					 the implementation of certain medical orders.
"Individual service plan" or "service plan" means a written
					 plan of action developed, revised as necessary, and reviewed at intervals, to
					 meet the needs of a resident. The individual service plan specifies (i)
					 measurable short-term and long-term goals; (ii) the objectives, strategies, and
					 time frames for reaching the goals; and (iii) the individuals responsible for
					 carrying out the plan.
"Juvenile correctional center," "JCC," or "facility" means
					 a public or private facility, operated by or under contract with the Department
					 of Juvenile Justice, where 24-hour per day care is provided to residents under
					 the direct care of the department.
"Living unit" means the space in a juvenile correctional
					 center in which a particular group of residents resides that contains sleeping
					 areas, bath and toilet facilities, and a living room or its equivalent for use
					 by the residents. Depending upon its design, a building may contain one living
					 unit or several separate living units.
"On duty" means the period of time, during an employee's
					 scheduled work hours, during which the employee is responsible for the direct
					 supervision of one or more residents in performance of that employee's
					 position's duties.
"Parent" or "legal guardian" means (i) a biological or
					 adoptive parent who has legal custody of a resident, including either parent if
					 custody is shared under a joint decree or agreement; (ii) a biological or
					 adoptive parent with whom a resident regularly resides; (iii) a person
					 judicially appointed as a legal guardian of a resident; or (iv) a person who
					 exercises the rights and responsibilities of legal custody by delegation from a
					 biological or adoptive parent, upon provisional adoption, or otherwise by
					 operation of law.
"Premises" means the tracts of land on which any part of a
					 juvenile correctional center is located and any buildings on such tracts of
					 land.
"Reception and Diagnostic Center" or "RDC" means the
					 juvenile correctional center that serves as the central intake facility for all
					 individuals committed to the department. The Reception and Diagnostic Center's
					 primary function is to orient, evaluate, and classify each resident before
					 being assigned to a juvenile correctional center or alternative
					 placement.
"Regulatory authority" means the board or the department if
					 designated by the board.
"Resident" means an individual, either a minor or an adult,
					 who is committed to the department and resides in a juvenile correctional
					 center.
"Rules of conduct" means a listing of a juvenile
					 correctional center's rules or regulations that is maintained to inform
					 residents and others of the behavioral expectations of the behavior management
					 program, about behaviors that are not permitted, and about the sanctions that
					 may be applied when impermissible behaviors occur.
"Superintendent" means the individual who has the
					 responsibility for the on-site management and operation of a juvenile
					 correctional center on a regular basis.
"Volunteer" or "intern" means any individual or group who
					 of their own free will provides goods and services without competitive
					 compensation.
"Written" means the required information is communicated in
					 writing. Such writing may be available in either hard copy or in electronic
					 form.
Statutory Authority
§§ 16.1-309.9, 66-10, and 66-25.1 of the Code of
						Virginia.