Rule 105-3-.03. Definitions

Rule 105-3-.03. Definitions

1. (1) "Candidate" means an individual who has been ordered or self-referred to complete a Family Violence Intervention Program and is currently attempting to enroll.
2. (2) "Certification fee" means the fee assessed by the Commission to process and consider an application for FVIP Provider or Facilitator certification.
3. (3) "Class" means a group of participants simultaneously participating in a Family Violence Intervention Program with a Commission-certified Facilitator.
4. (4) "CJCC" means the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council.
5. (5) "Commission" means the Georgia Commission on Family Violence. The Georgia Commission on Family Violence is administratively attached to the Department of Community Supervision.
6. (6) "Community Task Force on Family Violence" means a community-based family violence task force that is supported by and working in collaboration with the Commission.
7. (7) "'Dating violence" is a pattern of abusive behaviors, including emotional, physical, sexual, and financial abuse, used to exert power and control over a dating partner. It can be present in any dating relationship, whether serious or casual, short-term or long-term, monogamous or not.
8. (8) "Department" means the Georgia Department of Community Supervision.
9. (9) "Domestic violence" refers to a pattern of abusive conduct or acts committed by an intimate partner or family member to gain and maintain power and control over another. Forms of abuse include but are not limited to physical violence, emotional, psychological, economic, sexual, or verbal abuse, coercive control, stalking, and/or threats of harm against an intimate partner or family member. For purposes of these Rules, the term 'domestic violence' shall be used to encompass acts of family and dating violence as those terms are defined in Georgia Code Sections 19-13-1 et seq and 19-13A-1 et. seq.
10. (10) "Facilitator" means a Family Violence Intervention Program group leader who is certified pursuant to these Rules.
11. (11) "Facilitator Trainee" means a person who is in the process of completing the Facilitator certification requirements and who has completed FVIP Basics.
12. (12) "Family violence" means commission of one (1) or more of the following acts between past or present spouses, parents of the same child, parents and children, stepparents and stepchildren, foster parents and foster children, or persons living or formerly living in the same household: Battery, Simple Battery, Simple Assault, Assault, Stalking, Criminal Damage to Property, Unlawful Restraint, Criminal Trespass, or any felony.
13. (13) "Family Violence Intervention Program" or "FVIP" means any program that is certified pursuant to these Rules.
14. (14) "Family" or "household member" means past or present spouses, parents of the same child(ren), parents and child(ren), stepparents and stepchild(ren), foster parents and foster child(ren), or persons living or formerly living in the same household.
15. (15) "Intake Orientation" refers to the process that initiates a participant's enrollment into FVIP classes.
16. (16) "Intimate partner" refers to a current or former spouse, domestic or dating partner, significant other, boyfriend, or girlfriend, or individuals between whom a current pregnancy exists.
17. (17) "Late" means arriving at or joining a class after the scheduled start time, including after any allowed grace period.
18. (18) "Monitor" means an agent of the Commission trained and authorized to observe and audit FVIP Facilitators, programs, class content, and the administrative and/or programmatic requirements of FVIPs, and who can report deficiencies.
19. (19) "Participant" means a person who is enrolled in a Family Violence Intervention Program.
20. (20) "Person" means any individual, agent, representative, governing or operating authority, board, organization, partnership, agency, association, corporation, or other entity, whether public or private.
21. (21) "Program Owner" or "Provider" means the named person designated on the FVIP certification or application for certification who owns or who has a controlling interest in an FVIP, whose purpose is to offer classes to rehabilitate family violence offenders.
22. (22) "SOP" or "Standard Operating Procedure" means the Department's procedural guidance for performing and complying with the requirements, tasks, or operations set forth in the Rules for Family Violence Intervention Programs.
23. (23) "Trainer" means a person providing Commission-approved training that may be credited toward the training and continuing education requirements for FVIP Facilitators and Providers.
24. (24) "Victim" means the family member, household member, or intimate partner against whom a participant has committed, or is committing, acts of domestic violence.
25. (25) "Victim liaison" means a victim advocate who works in a CJCC-certified domestic violence program, or a Commission-approved community-based domestic violence organization that primarily serves victims of domestic violence, or an experienced victim advocate who is an employee or independent contractor of the FVIP, and who has received Commission-approved domestic violence victim safety training, and has adequate training and experience to monitor victims' safety interests during participants' enrollment in FVIP.

Authority: O.C.G.A. § 19-13-13(a).

History. Original Rule entitled "Definitions" adopted. F. Dec. 3, 2018; eff. Dec. 23, 2018.

Amended: F. Feb. 23, 2026; eff. Mar. 15, 2026.