Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part VII - Mental Health Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies/Facilities/Services › Chapter 5230 - PSYCHIATRIC REHABILITATION SERVICES › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 5230.3 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
						have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
						otherwise:
Axis I-
(i) One of five dimensions relating to
					 different aspects of the diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder or disability as
					 organized in the DSM-IV-TR or subsequent revisions.
(ii) Axis I specifies clinical disorders,
					 including major mental disorders.
BH-MCO-Behavioral health managed care
						organization
-An entity that manages the purchase and provision of
						mental health and substance abuse services.
Best practice
-Service delivery practice
						based directly on principles and standards that are generally recognized by a
						profession and are documented in the professional literature.
CPRP-Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation
						Practitioner
-A person who has completed the required education,
						experience and testing, and who is currently certified as a Certified
						Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner by the USPRA.
CPS certificate-Certified Peer Specialist
						certificate
-A certificate awarded to a person who has successfully
						completed the Department-approved training in peer support services.
Clubhouse
-A PRS facility that is
						accredited by the ICCD.
Coordination of care
-Direct contact by a
						PRS agency with other mental health, physical health or human service formal
						and natural supports, to ensure continuity in service planning between service
						agencies.
County MH/ID administrator
-The Mental
						Health/Intellectual Disability administrator who has authority in the
						geographic area.
Culturally competent
-The ability to
						provide service in a manner that shows awareness of and is responsive to the
						beliefs, interpersonal styles, attitudes, language and behavior of an
						individual and family who are referred for or receiving service.
DSM-IV-TR
-
Diagnostic and
						Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
, Fourth Edition, Text
						Revision.
Department
-The Department of Public
						Welfare of the Commonwealth.
Discharge
-Discontinuation of service to
						an individual.
EBP-Evidence based practice
-Service
						delivery practice identified, recognized and verified by research and empirical
						data to be effective in producing a positive outcome and supporting
						recovery.
FTE-Full-time equivalent
-37.5 hours per
						calendar week of staff time.
Face-to-face
-Contact between two or more
						people that occurs at the same location, in person.
Formal support
-An agency, organization
						or person who provides assistance or resources to others within the context of
						an official role.
Functional impairment
-The loss or
						abnormality of the ability to perform necessary tasks.
GED
-General Equivalency Diploma.
Goal
-The purpose of the rehabilitation
						service as identified by the individual.
Human services
-Programs or facilities
						designed to meet basic health, welfare and other needs of a society or
						group.
ICCD
-International Center for Clubhouse
						Development.
ICD-9
-
International
						Classification of Diseases
, Ninth Edition.
IRP-Individual rehabilitation plan
-A
						document that describes the current service needs based on the assessment of
						the individual and identifies the individual's goals, interventions to be
						provided, the location, frequency and duration of services, and staff who will
						provide the service.
Individual
-A person, 18 years of age or
						older who has a functional impairment resulting from mental illness, who uses
						PRS.
LPHA-Licensed practitioner of the healing
						arts
-
(i) An individual
					 licensed by the Commonwealth to practice the healing arts.
(ii) The term is limited to a physician,
					 physician's assistant, certified registered nurse practitioner and
					 psychologist.
Legal entity
-A person, society,
						corporation, governing authority or partnership legally responsible for the
						administration and operation of a PRS facility or a PRS agency.
MA
-Medical Assistance.
Mental health direct service
-Working
						directly with an individual to provide a mental health service.
Natural support
-A person or organization
						selected by an individual to provide assistance or resources in the context of
						a personal or nonofficial role.
Outcome
-An observable and measurable
						result of PRS.
PRS-Psychiatric rehabilitation service
-A
						recovery-oriented service offered individually or in groups which is predicated
						upon the principles, values and practice standards of the ICCD, USPRA or other
						Nationally-recognized professional PRS association.
PRS agency
-An organization that operates
						a PRS facility licensed by the Department under this chapter.
PRS facility
-The premises licensed by
						the Department for the delivery of PRS.
Psychiatric rehabilitation principles
-A
						list of core values inherent in psychiatric rehabilitation as defined by
						Nationally-recognized professional associations, including the USPRA, the ICCD
						and the Coalition for Community Living.
QI plan-Quality improvement plan
-A
						document outlining the ongoing formal process to ensure optimal care and
						maximize service benefit as part of the licensing process.
USPRA
-The United States Psychiatric
						Rehabilitation Association.