1. 1. “Accept” or “acceptance” means:

   1. a. An individual begins living in and receiving assisted living services from an assisted living facility; or
   2. b. An individual begins receiving adult day health care services or respite care services from an assisted living facility.
2. 2. “Assistant caregiver” means an employee or volunteer who helps a manager or caregiver provide supervisory care services, personal care services, or directed care services to a resident, and does not include a family member of the resident.
3. 3. “Assisted living services” means supervisory care services, personal care services, directed care services, behavioral care, memory care services, or ancillary services provided to a resident by or on behalf of an assisted living facility.
4. 4. “Caregiver” means an individual who provides supervisory care services, personal care services, or directed care services to a resident, and does not include a family member of the resident.
5. 5. “Elopement” means when a resident who is cognitively, physically, mentally, emotionally, or chemically impaired wanders away, walks away, runs away, or otherwise leaves the premises of an assisted living facility authorized to provide directed care services unsupervised or unnoticed, without the knowledge of the licensee’s personnel.
6. 6. “Manager” means an individual designated by a governing authority to act on behalf of the governing authority in the on-site management of the assisted living facility.
7. 7. “Medication organizer” means a container that is designed to hold doses of medication and is divided according to date or time increments.
8. 8. “Memory care services” means the same as defined in A.R.S. § 36-405.03(D).
9. 9. “Primary care provider” means a physician, a physician’s assistant, or registered nurse practitioner who directs a resident’s medical services.
10. 10. “Residency agreement” means a document signed by a resident or the resident’s representative and a manager, detailing the terms of residency.
11. 11. “Service plan” means a written description of a resident’s need for supervisory care services, personal care services, directed care services, ancillary services, or behavioral health services and the specific assisted living services to be provided to the resident.
12. 12. “Termination of residency” or “terminate residency” means a resident is no longer living in and receiving assisted living services from an assisted living facility.

In addition to the definitions in A.R.S. § 36-401 and R9-10-101, the following definitions apply in this Article, unless the context otherwise requires:

Historical Note

Adopted as an emergency effective October 26, 1988, pursuant to A.R.S. § 41-1026, valid for only 90 days (Supp. 88-4). Emergency expired. Readopted without change as an emergency effective January 27, 1989, pursuant to A.R.S. § 41-1026, valid for only 90 days (Supp. 89-1). Emergency expired. Readopted without change as an emergency effective April 27, 1989, pursuant to A.R.S. § 41-1026, valid for only 90 days (Supp. 89-2). Emergency expired. Readopted without change as an emergency effective July 31, 1989, pursuant to A.R.S. § 41-1026, valid for only 90 days (Supp. 89-3). Permanent rules adopted with changes effective October 30, 1989 (Supp. 89-4). Amended by final rulemaking at 9 A.A.R. 319, effective March 14, 2003 (Supp. 03-1). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 19 A.A.R. 2015, effective October 1, 2013 (Supp. 13-2). Amended by exempt rulemaking at 20 A.A.R. 1409, pursuant to Laws 2013, Ch. 10, § 13; effective July 1, 2014 (Supp. 14-2). Amended by final rulemaking at 25 A.A.R. 1583, effective October 1, 2019 (Supp. 19-3). Amended by final rulemaking at 31 A.A.R. 2085 (June 27, 2025), with a delayed effective date of June 30, 2025 (Supp. 25-2).