Section 325.14103. Definitions; R to T.

Rule 103. (1) As used in these rules:

(a)     "Recipient" means an individual who receives services from a licensed substance use disorders program in the state of Michigan.   "Client"  is synonymous with "recipient" when used in these rules.

(b)   "Recipient abuse" means either of the following:

(i)    An intentional act by a staff member which inflicts physical injury upon a recipient or which results in sexual contact with a recipient.

(ii)   A communication made by a staff member to a recipient, the purpose of which is to curse, vilify, intimidate, or degrade a recipient or to threaten a recipient with physical injury.

(c)     "Recipient neglect" means that a recipient suffers injury, temporarily or permanently, because the staff or  other person responsible for the

recipient's health or welfare has been found negligent.

(d)  "Residential care" means substance  use  disorders   services  that  are provided in a full or partial residential setting. Such services may be supplemented with diagnostic services, counseling, vocational rehabilitation, work therapy, or other services which are judged to be valuable to clients in a therapeutic setting.

(e)    "Sexual contact" means the intentional touching, by a staff member, of the recipient's intimate parts or the intentional touching of the clothing covering the immediate area of the recipient's intimate parts, if that intentional touching can reasonably be construed as being for the purpose of sexual arousal or gratification.

(f)   "Staff" means an individual who is not a client and who works, with or without remuneration, for a licensed substance use disorders program.

(g)     "Substance use disorder program" means  a   public  or  private  firm, association, organization, or group offering or purporting to offer specific substance use disorders treatment, rehabilitation, casefinding, or prevention services. "Program" is synonymous with "substance use disorders program" when used in these rules. Substance use disorders program does not include those activities necessary for the purposes of determining eligibility, authorization and/or administration of the substance abuse services system.

(h)   "Substance" means a chemical, including alcohol and other drugs, which, upon entering a human body, alters the body's physical or psychological status, or both.

(i)   "Substantial violation" means an infraction of a rule or of a provision of the act which is damaging to the intent of the rule or provision of the act and which may be evidenced by any 1 of the following:

(i)   The violation is continuing, repetitive, intentional, or has proved damaging to specific clients.

(ii)   The violation is likely to result in damage to clients.

(iii)   The violation is likely to retard or prevent progress in client rehabilitation.

(iv)   The violation does not closely conform to essential  components  of  a rule.

(j)    "Termination" means the point at which the client's active involvement with a substance use disorders service is discontinued by the program and the program no longer maintains active responsibility for services to the client.

(k)   "Triage" means the prompt evaluation of all   incoming  patients   to determine the nature of the problem and the level of urgency, to identify the kind of service needed, and to assign for attention.

(2) The terms defined in the act have the same meaning when used in these rules.

History: 1981 AACS; 2006 AACS.