(c) The following additional definitions shall apply to facilities subject to the Justice Center as defined at paragraph (8) of this subdivision:

1. (1) Abuse shall mean inappropriate physical contact with a resident of an adult care facility while the resident is under the supervision of the facility, which harms or is likely to harm the resident. Inappropriate physical contact includes, but is not limited to, striking, pinching, kicking, shoving, and bumping. Abuse shall, in addition, include those actions incorporated within the definitions physical abuse, sexual abuse, psychological abuse, deliberate inappropriate use of restraints, use of aversive conditioning, obstruction of reports of reportable incidents, and unlawful use or administration of a controlled substance all as defined in section 488 of the Social Services Law. However, for purposes of reporting, psychological abuse need not be supported by a clinical assessment in order to be reported, so long as there is reasonable cause to suspect that such abuse has occurred.
2. (2) Neglect shall mean the failure to provide timely, consistent, safe, adequate and appropriate services, treatment and/or care to a resident of an adult care facility while the resident is under the supervision of the facility, including but not limited to: personal care, nutrition, medication, therapies, sanitary clothing and surroundings, and activities of daily living. Neglect shall, in addition, include those actions incorporated within the definition of neglect set forth in section 488 of the Social Services Law.
3. (3) Reasonable cause to suspect shall mean that, upon review of the circumstances, there is sufficient evidence for a person to believe that a reportable incident has occurred.
4. (4) Reportable incident shall include abuse, neglect, and significant incident as defined in this Part.
5. (5) Justice Center shall mean the New York State Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs, as established pursuant to chapter 501 of the Laws of 2012.
6. (6) Custodian means a director, operator, employee or volunteer of a facility or provider agency as defined in section 488 of the Social Services Law; or a consultant or an employee or volunteer of a corporation, partnership, organization or governmental entity which provides goods or services to a facility or provider agency pursuant to contract or other arrangement that permits such person to have regular and substantial contact with individuals who are cared for by the facility or provider agency.
7. (7) Department shall mean the New York State Department of Health.
8. (8) Facility subject to the Justice Center shall mean enriched housing programs having a capacity of 80 or more beds, and in which at least 25 percent of the residents are persons with serious mental illness as defined by section 1.03(52) of the Mental Hygiene Law, but not including an enriched housing program which is authorized to operate 55 percent or more of its total licensed capacity of beds as assisted living program beds.

9. (9) Significant incident shall mean an incident, other than an incident of abuse or neglect, that because of its severity or the sensitivity of the situation may result in, or has the reasonably foreseeable potential to result in, harm to the health, safety or welfare of a person receiving services and shall include but not be limited to:

   1. (i) conduct between persons receiving services, or between such persons and third parties other than a custodian, that would constitute abuse if committed by a custodian; or

   2. (ii) conduct on the part of a custodian, which is inconsistent with a service recipient's individual treatment plan or individualized educational program, generally accepted treatment practices and/or applicable Federal or State laws, regulations or policies and which impairs or creates a reasonably foreseeable potential to impair the health, safety or welfare of a person receiving services, including but not limited to:

      1. (a) unauthorized seclusion, which shall mean the placement of a person receiving services in a room or area from which he or she cannot, or perceives that he or she cannot, leave at will;
      2. (b) unauthorized use of time-out, which shall mean the use of a procedure in which a person receiving services is removed from regular programming and isolated in a room or area for the convenience of a custodian, or as a substitute for programming but shall not include the use of a time-out as an emergency intervention to protect the health or safety of the individual or other persons;
      3. (c) except for the unlawful use or administration of a controlled substance, as provided for in paragraph (1) of this subdivision, the administration of a prescribed or over-the-counter medication, which is inconsistent with a prescription or order issued for a service recipient by a licensed, qualified health care practitioner, and which has an adverse effect on a service recipient. For purposes of this paragraph, adverse effect shall mean the unanticipated and undesirable side effect from the administration of a particular medication which unfavorably affects the well-being of a service recipient;
      4. (d) inappropriate use of restraints, which shall mean any use of a restraint; or
   3. (iii) misappropriation of property shall mean the theft, unauthorized use or removal, embezzlement or intentional destruction of the resident’s personal property, including but not limited to money, clothing, furniture, appliances, jewelry, works of art and such other possessions and articles belonging to the resident, regardless of monetary value;
   4. (iv) mistreatment, which shall mean confinement, isolation, intimidation, abandonment or use of physical restraints on a resident of an adult care facility while the resident is under the supervision of staff;
   5. (v) any other conduct identified in regulations of the department, pursuant to guidelines or standards established by the Justice Center.