Section 325.14102. Definitions; E to Q.

Rule 102. As used in these rules:

(a)   "Early intervention" means a specifically focused treatment program including stage-based intervention for individuals with substance use disorders as identified through a screening or assessment process including individuals who may not meet the threshold of abuse or dependence.

(b)     "Follow-up" means activities designed to determine the present  status  of persons previously discharged by a program or referred by that program to services from another program.

(c)   "Full time" means employment of not less than 35 hours per week.

(d)    "Inpatient care" means substance use disorder treatment services that are provided to persons within a hospital setting under medical supervision.

(e)      "Integrated treatment for persons with mental health and substance use disorders" means a program that offers and provides both substance use disorder and mental health treatment in an integrated manner as evidenced by staffing, services and program content.  The program is designed for

individuals determined through an assessment process to have both distinct substance use and mental health disorders. Services must be provided through one service setting and through a single treatment plan and represent appropriate clinical standards including stage-based interventions. Programs that focus primarily on one disorder but are able to address the interaction between the disorders and/or coordinate services with other providers do not require a service category license as an integrated treatment program.Inpatient care may include both emergency services and nonemergency services.

(f)   "Intimate parts" means the primary genital area, groin, inner thigh, buttock, or female breast of a human being.

(g)    "Maintenance treatment" means the use of relatively stable dosages of the drugs methadone, levo-alpha-acetylmethadol (LAAM), or propoxyphene napsylate (Darvon-N) as oral substitutes for heroin or other morphine-like drugs for an individual dependent on heroin on a continuing basis for more than 21 days and  in  conjunction with the provision   of  appropriate rehabilitative social and medical services.

(h)    "Methadone treatment" means chemotherapy using the drugs methadone or LAAM (levo-alpha-acetylmethadol) as rehabilitation tools in conjunction with other treatment and rehabilitation care.

(i)     "Outpatient care" means scheduled, periodic care, including diagnosis and therapy, in a nonresidential setting. Correctional institutions are considered nonresidential settings.

(j)    "Peer recovery and recovery support" means recovery support programs that are designed to support and promote recovery and prevent relapse through supportive services that result in the knowledge and skills necessary for an individual's recovery. Peer recovery programs are designed and delivered primarily by individuals in recovery and offer social emotional and/or educational supportive services to help prevent relapse and promote recovery.

(k)    "Prevention" means services that reduce the risk that an individual will develop problems which might require that the individual enter the substance use disorder treatment system.

(l)    "Prevention CAIT" means a prevention service that provides at least 1 of the following services:

(i)   Community change.

(ii)   Alternatives.

(iii)   Information.

(iv)   Training.

(m)   "Prevention-community change" means planned efforts which are designed to change specific conditions so as to reduce the probability that substance use problems will occur among residents of the community.

(n)   "Prevention-information" means providing information to the public which is designed to reduce the risk that an individual will develop problems which might require that he or she enter the substance use disorders treatment system.

(o)     "Prevention-problem assistance" means helping a person with an  acute personal problem involving or related to substance use disorders to reduce the risk that the person might be required to enter the substance use disorders treatment system.

(p)   "Prevention-training" means providing activities which are designed to improve the personal and social skills of a person who wishes to avoid substance use problems or who is in a position to help others avoid problems with substance use.

(q)   "Program director" means an individual who is appointed by the governing authority of the program or its authorized agent to act on its behalf in the overall management of the program.

(r)   "Qualified handicapped," in relation to employment, means a handicapped person who,  with  reasonable  accommodation,  can  perform  the  essential functions of the job in question. In relation to substance use disorders services, "qualified handicapped" means a handicapped person who meets the eligibility requirements for the receipt of substance use disorders services.

History: 1981 AACS; 2006 AACS.