Terms used in this chapter mean:

1. (1) "After-care services," supportive social services, as specified in the treatment plan, for the family after the child has returned home;
2. (2) "Emergency safety intervention," the use of restraint or seclusion as an immediate response to an emergency safety situation;
3. (3) "Family services," social rehabilitative services to family members to alleviate problems specified in the treatment plan to enable a child to return to the child's own home;
4. (4) "Licensed practitioner," a licensed physician's assistant, a certified nurse practitioner, a licensed psychologist, a licensed social worker, a licensed professional counselor, or a qualified mental health professional who meets the requirements of SDCL 27A-1-3;
5. (5) "Personal restraint" or "restraint," 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 in order to calm or comfort the resident or holding a resident's hand for purposes of safely escorting the resident from one area to another;
6. (6) "Program director," the individual responsible for developing, implementing, supervising, and monitoring the services provided;
7. (7) "Residential treatment center," a facility licensed to care for not less than seven children who have behavioral or emotional problems requiring intensive professional assistance and therapy in a highly structured, self-contained environment; and
8. (8) "Treatment plan," a plan that explains the child's social, psychological, medical, or economic problems, contains solutions to the problems, and describes the necessary steps and schedules to resolve the problems.

Source: 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.

General Authority: SDCL 26-6-16.

Law Implemented: SDCL 26-6-14 , 26-6-16.