Washington Administrative Code › Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of › CHILD CARE AGENCIES/LICENSING REQUIREMENTS › Chapter 388-147 - Licensing requirements for child placing agency and adoption services › FIRE SAFETY › Purpose and Definitions › Section 388-147-1305 - What definitions do I need to know to understand this chapter?

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms are for the purpose of
						this chapter and are important to understanding these requirements:
"Abuse or neglect" means the injury, sexual abuse, sexual
						exploitation, negligent treatment or maltreatment of a child as defined in
						RCW
						26.44.020.
"Adult" means a person eighteen years old or older, not
						in the care of the department.
"Agency" is defined in
						RCW
						74.15.020(1).
"Assessment" means the appraisal or evaluation of a
						child's physical, mental, social and/or emotional condition.
"Business hours" means hours during the day in which
						business is commonly conducted. Typically the hours between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
						on weekdays are considered to be standard business hours.
"CA" means children's administration.
"Care provider" means any person who is licensed or
						authorized to provide care for children and cleared to have unsupervised access
						to children under the authority of a license.
"Case manager" means the private agency employee who
						coordinates the planning efforts of all the persons working on behalf of a
						child.
"Certification" means a licensed child placing agency
						(CPA) review that a foster home being supervised by that CPA meets licensing
						regulations. The final decision for licensing is the responsibility of
						CA.
"Chapter" means chapter 388-147 WAC.
"Child," "children," or "youth" for this chapter, means a
						person who is one of the following:
(1) Under eighteen years of age;
(2) Up to twenty-one years of age and enrolled in
						services through the developmental disabilities administration (DDA) the day
						prior to his or her eighteenth birthday and pursuing either a high school or
						equivalency course of study (GED/HSEC), or vocational program;
(3) Up to twenty-one years of age and participates in the
						extended foster care program;
(4) Up to twenty-one years of age with intellectual and
						developmental disabilities;
(5) Up to twenty-one years of age and under the custody
						of the Washington state juvenile justice rehabilitation administration.
"Child placing agency" or "(CPA)" means an agency
						licensed to place children for foster care or adoption.
"Compliance agreement" means a written improvement plan
						to address the changes needed to meet licensing requirements.
"DCFS" means the division of children and family services
						within children's administration. DCFS provides case management to children and
						families involved in the child welfare system.
"DDA" means the developmental disabilities
						administration.
"Department or DSHS" means the department of social and
						health services.
"Developmental disability" is a disability as defined in
						RCW
						71A.10.020.
"DLR" means the division of licensed resources within
						children's administration. DLR licenses and monitors foster homes, child
						placing agencies, and licensed group care facilities.
"FBI" means the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
"Foster home or foster family home" means a person(s)
						licensed to regularly provide twenty-four-hour care in their home to
						children.
"Guns or weapons" means any device intended to shoot
						projectiles under pressure or that can be used to attack. These include but are
						not limited to BB guns, pellet guns, air rifles, stun guns, antique guns,
						handguns, rifles, shotguns and archery equipment.
"Health care staff" means anyone providing qualified
						medical consultation to your staff or medical care to the children and youth in
						your care.
"Hearing" means the administrative review process
						conducted by an administrative law judge.
"I, my, you, and your" refers to an applicant for a
						license issued under this chapter, and to any party holding a license under
						this chapter.
"Infant" means a child less than twelve months of
						age.
"Intellectual and developmental disability" means
						children with deficits in general mental abilities and impairment in everyday
						adaptive functioning.
"License" means a permit issued by us confirming that
						your agency meets the licensing standards established in this chapter.
"Licensed health care provider" means an MD (medical
						doctor), DO (doctor of osteopathy), ND (doctor of naturopathy), PA (physician's
						assistant), or an ARNP (advanced registered nurse practitioner).
"Licensor" means either:
(1) A DLR employee who recommends approvals for, or
						monitors licenses or certifications for facilities and agencies established
						under this chapter; or
(2) An employee of a child placing agency who certifies
						or monitors foster homes supervised by the child placing agency.
"Maternity service" as defined in
						RCW
						74.15.020. These are also referred to as
						pregnant and parenting youth programs.
"Medically fragile" means the condition of a child who
						requires the availability of twenty-four-hour skilled care from a health care
						professional or specially trained family or foster family member. These
						conditions may be present all the time or frequently occurring. If the
						technology, support and services being received by the medically fragile
						children are interrupted or denied, the child may, without immediate health
						care intervention, experience death.
"Missing child" means any child less than eighteen years
						of age in licensed care or under the care , custody, and authority of CA and
						the child's whereabouts are unknown and/or the child has left care without the
						permission of the child's caregiver or CA. This does not include children in
						dependency guardianship.
"Nonambulatory" means not able to walk or exit to safety
						without the physical assistance of another individual.
"Out-of-home placement" means a child's placement in a
						home or facility other than the child's parent, guardian, or legal custodian.
"Probationary license" means a license issued as part of
						a corrective action to an individual or agency that has previously been issued
						a full license but is out of compliance with minimum licensing requirements and
						has entered into an agreement aimed at correcting deficiencies.
"Property or premises" means a facility's buildings and
						adjoining grounds that are managed by a person or agency in charge.
"Relative" means a person who is related to a child as
						defined in
						RCW
						74.15.020.
"Respite" means brief, temporary relief care provided by
						an in-home or out-of-home provider paid by the department. The respite provider
						fulfills some or all of the care provider responsibilities for a short
						time.
"Treatment plan" means individual plans that identify the
						service needs of the child, including the child's parent or guardian, and
						identifies the treatment goals and strategies for achieving those goals.
"Volunteer" means a person who provides services without
						compensation, for your agency.
"Washington state patrol fire protection bureau" or
						"WSP/FPB" means the state fire marshal.
"We, our, and us" refers to the department of social and
						health services, including DLR and DCFS staff.
"Young child" refers to a child age twelve months through
						eight years old.