§ 2380.3. Definitions.
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Adult—A person 18 years of age or older.
Adult training facility or facility—A building or portion of a building in which services are provided to four or more individuals, who are 59 years of age or younger and who do not have a dementia-related disease as a primary diagnosis, for part of a 24-hour day, excluding care provided by relatives. Services include the provision of functional activities, assistance in meeting personal needs and assistance in performing basic daily activities.
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 attends the facility.
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 adult with disabilities who receives care in an adult training facility and who has developmental needs that require assistance to meet personal needs and to perform basic daily activities. Examples of adults with disabilities include adults who exhibit one or more of the following:(i) A physical disability such as blindness, visual impairment, deafness, hearing impairment, speech or language impairment, or a physical handicap.
(ii) A mental illness.
(iii) A neurological disability such as cerebral palsy, autism or epilepsy.
(iv) An intellectual disability.
(v) A traumatic brain injury.
Individual plan—A coordinated and integrated description of activities and services for an individual.
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.
Authority The provisions of this § 2380.3 amended under 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), 901—922 and 1001—1088); and section 201(2) of the Mental Health and Intellectual Disability Act of 1966 (50 P.S. § 4201(2)).
Source The provisions of this § 2380.3 adopted December 29, 1978, effective December 30, 1978, 8 Pa.B. 3820; reserved January 15, 1993, effective January 16, 1993, 23 Pa.B. 343; amended August 27, 2010, effective August 28, 2010, 40 Pa.B. 4935; amended June 17, 2016, effective June 18, 2016, 46 Pa.B. 3177; amended October 4, 2019, effective in 120 days; 49 Pa.B. 5777. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (381380) to (381382).
Cross References This section cited in 55 Pa. Code § 2380.33 (relating to program specialist).
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