Mich. Admin. Code R. 400.1401 - Definitions
Rule 1.
(1) As
used in these rules:
(a) "Act" means the adult
foster care facility licensing act, 1979 PA 218, MCL
400.701 to
400.737.
(b) "Capacity" means the maximum number of
residents for which a home is licensed.
(c) "Chemical restraint" means the use of any
drug or chemical in an emergency situation to limit activity or aggressiveness
of a resident if the activity or aggressiveness would be harmful to the
resident, other individuals, or property.
(d) "Department" means department of
licensing and regulatory affairs.
(e) "Designated representative" means the
individual or agency that has been granted the authority to act on behalf of
the resident by the resident or the legal guardian of that resident.
(f) "Elopement" means a resident that has a
service plan that requires notice or arranged supervision to leave the facility
and is absent without notice or supervision.
(g) "Healthcare appraisal" means a licensed
physician's or registered nurse's statement that provides an assessment of the
general physical condition of a resident.
(h) "Home" means an adult foster care family
home.
(i) "House guidelines" means
those guidelines established by the licensee that set expectations for resident
conduct.
(j) "Incident" means an
intentional or unintentional event where a resident sustains physical or
emotional harm, an unexpected or unnatural death, is displaced by a natural
disaster, or elopes.
(k) "Members
of the household" means all individuals living in the home, exclusive of
residents.
(l) "Occupants" means
all individuals living in the home.
(m) "Physical restraint" means the bodily
holding of a resident with no more force than is necessary to limit the
resident's movement.
(n) "Premises"
means the facility, grounds, and all other appurtenances.
(o) "Resident" means an adult, as that term
is defined in section
3 of the act, MCL
400.703, who, because of mental
illness, developmental disability, physical handicap, or aged condition,
requires and receives foster care in an adult foster care family home and does
not require continuous nursing care.
(p) "Responsible agency" means a public or
private organization which, after written agreement with a resident or the
resident's designated representative, provides 1 or more of the following:
(i) Preplacement and placement
services.
(ii) Assessment planning
or the establishment of an individual plan of service.
(iii) Maintenance of ongoing follow-up
services while the resident is in the home.
(q) "Responsible individual " means the
licensee or adult designated by the licensee to provide foster care to
residents.
(r) "Street floor" means
any story or floor level that is accessible from the street or from outside the
building at grade and at the main entrance, is not more than 21 inches above
nor more than 12 inches below street or grade level, or a floor that is
arranged and used as the main floor.
(s) "Substantial risk" means that a
resident's behavior poses a serious imminent threat of bodily harm to the
resident or others or the destruction of property and that the resident is
capable of carrying out the harm or destruction.
(t) "Time-out" means a behavior management
technique employed to reduce undesired behavior by separating a resident from
their surroundings if the undesired behavior occurs.
(u) "Trust fund" means money or property set
aside as a trust for a resident for the benefit of a resident and held for
safekeeping by the licensee.
(2) Terms defined in the act have the same
meanings when used in these rules.
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