As used in this chapter:

1. (1) "After-care services" means supportive social services, as specified in the treatment plan, for the family, after the child has returned home;
2. (2) "Alternative services" means an array of services that may be provided by the group care center to a child and the child's family and which are designed to enable the child to remain at home or to remain in or return to a placement in the nearest possible proximity to the child's home or placement resource;
3. (3) "Family services" means social rehabilitative services provided to family members to alleviate problems that are specified in the treatment plan and which keep a child from returning to the child's own home;
4. (4) "Group care center" means a facility licensed by the department to care for children who are experiencing family problems and interpersonal conflicts, are unable to remain in a family setting, and require ongoing group and individual counseling or alternative services in a structured treatment program using facility-based services;
5. (5) "Personal restraint" means the application of physical force without the use of any device for the purpose of restraining the free movement of a resident's body. The term does not include briefly holding a resident, without undue force, to calm or comfort the resident or holding a resident's hand to safely escort the resident from one area to another;
6. (6) "Program director" means the individual responsible for developing, implementing, supervising, and monitoring the services provided;
7. (7) "Seclusion" means a resident is involuntarily confined alone in a room or in an area and is physically prevented from leaving the room or area;
8. (8) "Shelter care facility" means a group care center that provides short-term, full-time care for children who may be placed there under emergency conditions. The term includes a center that provides short-term assessment services to children;
9. (9) "Short-term assessment services" means planned or emergency diagnostic services that include use of a time-limited assessment or diagnostic process to evaluate the child's and family's needs and determine the most appropriate level of care and services; and
10. (10) "Treatment plan" means a plan that explains the child's social, psychological, or medical problems, contains solutions to the problems, and describes the necessary steps and schedules to resolve the problems.

Source: SL 1975, ch 16, § 1; transferred from § 67:14:23:01, 4 SDR 10, effective August 28, 1977; transferred from § 67:41:06:01, 7 SDR 66, 7 SDR 89, effective July 1, 1981; 12 SDR 4, effective July 25, 1985; 33 SDR 227, effective July 1, 2007; 34 SDR 200, effective January 30, 2008 ; 47 SDR 24, effective September 10, 2020 .

General Authority: SDCL 26-6-16.

Law Implemented: SDCL 26-6-14(1) , 26-6-16.

Prior versions effective: 2008-01-30.