Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part VII - Mental Health Manual › Subpart E - Residential Agencies/Facilities/Services › Chapter 5320 - REQUIREMENTS FOR LONG-TERM STRUCTURED RESIDENCE LICENSURE › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 5320.3 - 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:
Act
-The Mental Health Procedures Act
						(50
						P. S. §§
												7101-7503).
CPR-
Cardio-Pulmonary
						Resuscitation.
County administrator
-The person
						appointed or designated to carry out the duties specified in section 305 of the
						Mental Health and Mental Retardation Act of 1966 (50 P. S. §
												4305).
Department
-The Department of Public
						Welfare of the Commonwealth.
Designated person
-A person chosen by the
						resident and documented in the resident's record to act, on behalf of the
						resident or be notified in case of emergency, termination of service, LTSR
						closure or other situations as indicated by the resident or as required by this
						chapter. The designated person could be the resident's family, next-of-kin,
						legal or personal guardian, executor, appropriate other person or
						agency.
Direct-care staff
-A mental health
						professional or mental health worker employed by the LTSR provider either
						directly or under contract, who through education and experience is qualified
						to oversee or directly provide mental and social services to adults under this
						chapter. The term does not include support staff such as clerical, dietary,
						maintenance or fiscal personnel.
Immobile resident
-An individual who is
						unable to move from one location to another or has difficulty in understanding
						and carrying out instructions without the continual and full assistance of
						other persons, or is incapable of independently operating a device, such as a
						wheelchair, prosthesis, walker or cane to exit a building.
LTSR-long-term structured residence
-A
						highly structured therapeutic residential mental health treatment facility for
						adults.
License
-A certificate of compliance
						issued under Chapter 20 (relating to licensure or approval of facilities and
						agencies).
Provider
-The legal entity to which the
						license is issued.
Referring entity
-The individual or
						organization referring a person for admission to an LTSR. Referrals can come
						from self, family, friends, emergency rooms, other residential facilities,
						psychiatric hospitals, physicians, mental health centers, and the like.
Support staff
-A nonmental health
						professional or mental health worker employed by the LTSR provider either
						directly or under contract, who does not oversee or directly provide mental and
						social services to adults under this chapter. The term includes staff such as
						clerical, dietary, maintenance or fiscal personnel.
Therapeutic environment
-A treatment
						milieu designed to facilitate the acquisition of behaviors necessary for the
						resident to function with as much self-determination and independence as
						possible and to prevent or decelerate regression or loss of optimal
						functioning.