Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part VIII - Intellectual Disability and Autism Manual › Subpart E - Residential Agencies/Facilities/Services › Article I - Licensing/Approval › Chapter 6400 - COMMUNITY HOMES FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 6400.4 - 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:
Agency
-A person or legally constituted
						  organization operating one or more community homes for people with an
						  intellectual disability or autism serving eight or fewer individuals.
Autism
-A developmental disorder
						  defined by the edition of the
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
						  Mental Disorders
, or its successor, in effect at the time the
						  diagnosis is made. The term includes autistic disorder, Asperger's disorder and
						  autism spectrum disorder.
Community home for individuals with an
						  intellectual disability or autism (home)
-A building or separate
						  dwelling unit in which residential care is provided to one or more individuals
						  with an intellectual disability or autism, except as provided in §
												6400.3(f)
						  (relating to applicability). Each apartment unit within an apartment building
						  is considered a separate home. Each part of a duplex, if there is physical
						  separation between the living areas, is considered a separate home.
Department
-The Department of Human
						  Services of the Commonwealth.
Direct service worker
-A person whose
						  primary job function is to provide services to an individual who resides in the
						  home.
Fire safety expert
-A local fire
						  department, fire protection engineer, State certified fire protection
						  instructor, college instructor in fire science, county or State fire school,
						  volunteer fire person trained by a county or State fire school or an insurance
						  company loss control representative.
Health care practitioner
-A person who
						  is authorized to prescribe medications under a license, registration or
						  certification by the Department of State.
Individual
-An individual with an
						  intellectual disability or autism who resides, or receives residential respite
						  care, in a home and who is not a relative of the owner of the home.
Individual plan
-A coordinated and
						  integrated description of activities and services for an individual.
Intellectual disability
-Subaverage
						  general intellectual functioning which originates during the developmental
						  period and is associated with impairment of one or more of the following:
(i) Maturation.
(ii) Learning.
(iii) Social adjustment.
Relative
-A parent, child, stepparent,
						  stepchild, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, half brother, half sister,
						  aunt, uncle, niece or nephew.
Restraint
-A physical, chemical or
						  mechanical intervention used to control acute, episodic behavior that restricts
						  the movement or function of the individual or a portion of the individual's
						  body, including an intervention approved as part of the individual plan or used
						  on an emergency basis.
Services
-Actions or assistance
						  provided to the individual to support the achievement of an outcome.
Volunteer
-A person who is an organized
						  and scheduled component of the service system and who does not receive
						  compensation, but who provides a service through the facility that recruits,
						  plans and organizes duties and assignments.
The provisions of this §
														6400.4 amended under sections
							 201(2), 403(b), 403.1(a) and (b), Articles IX and X of the Human Services Code
							 (62
							 P.S. §§
															201(2),
							 403(b), 403.1(a) and (b) and
							 901-922 and 1001-1088); and section 201(2) of the Mental Health and
							 Intellectual Disability Act of 1966 (50 P.S. §
															4201(2)).