Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart E - Residential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article I - Licensing/Approval › Chapter 3800 - CHILD RESIDENTIAL AND DAY TREATMENT FACILITIES › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 3800.5 - 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:
Child
-An individual who meets one of
						  the following conditions:
(i) Is under
						18 years of age.
(ii) Is under 21
						years of age and committed an act of delinquency before reaching 18 years of
						age and remains under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court.
(iii) Was adjudicated dependent before
						reaching 18 years of age and while engaged in instruction or treatment,
						requests the court to retain jurisdiction until the instruction or treatment is
						completed, but a child may not remain in a course of instruction or treatment
						past 21 years of age.
(iv) Has an
						intellectual disability, a mental illness or a serious emotional disturbance,
						with a transfer plan to move to an adult setting by 21 years of age.
Child day treatment center
						  (facility)
-A premise or part thereof, operated for a portion of a
						  24-hour day in which alternative education, intervention or support programs
						  are provided to one or more children to prevent a child's placement in a more
						  restrictive setting or to facilitate a child's reunification with his family. A
						  child day treatment center does not include:
(i) Mental health outpatient or partial
						hospitalization facilities.
(ii)
						Drug and alcohol outpatient facilities.
(iii) Facilities that provide only aftercare
						services provided after regular hours of education.
Child residential facility
						  (facility)
-A premise or part thereof, operated in a 24-hour living
						  setting in which care is provided for one or more children who are not
						  relatives of the facility operator, except as provided in §
												3800.3 (relating to
						  exemptions).
Department
-The Department of Public
						  Welfare of the Commonwealth.
Fire safety expert
-A local fire
						  department, fire protection engineer, Commonwealth certified fire protection
						  instructor, college instructor in fire science, county or Commonwealth fire
						  school, volunteer person trained and certified by a county or Commonwealth fire
						  school or an insurance company loss control representative.
ISP-Individual Service Plan
-A written
						  document for each child describing the child's care and treatment needs.
Mobile program
-A residential program
						  that provides services in a variety of settings that do not occupy a stationary
						  site.
Outdoor program
-A residential program
						  where children sleep outdoors or in structures intended for an outdoor
						  experience, where the primary program focus is on outdoor experiences.
Relative
-A parent, child, child's
						  guardian, individual with legal custody, stepparent, stepchild, grandparent,
						  grandchild, sibling, half-sibling, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew or spouse.
Secure care
-Care provided in a 24-hour
						  living setting to one or more children who are delinquent or alleged
						  delinquent, from which voluntary egress is prohibited through one of the
						  following mechanisms:
(i) Egress from
						the building, or a portion of the building, is prohibited through internal
						locks within the building or exterior locks.
(ii) Egress from the premises is prohibited
						through secure fencing around the perimeter of the building.
Secure detention
-A type of secure care
						  located in a temporary 24-hour living setting, in which one or more delinquent
						  or alleged delinquent children are detained, generally in a preadjudication
						  status.
Transitional living residence
-A home
						  or living unit for fewer than five children, who are 16 years of age or older,
						  with or without their own children, who are all able to live in a
						  semi-independent living setting. A child's own children are counted to
						  determine the maximum number of four children per transitional living
						  residence.
The provisions of this §
														3800.5 amended under Articles IX
							 and X of the Human Services Code (62 P.S. §§
															901-922 and
							 1001-1088).