The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

1. (1) Cash--Currency, checks, drafts, money orders, and other forms of legal tender.
2. (2) Chief executive officer (CEO)--The superintendent or director of a facility.
3. (3) CO Community Relations--The Central Office division whose staff are responsible for providing support to community relations staff at facilities.
4. (4) Community relations (CR) director--The employee responsible for coordinating the community relations functions, volunteer programs, and fundraising at a facility.
5. (5) Community relations staff--The staff who manage the volunteer programs and oversee volunteer fundraising activities at a facility.
6. (6) Donation--A contribution of anything of value (e.g., funds or in-kind goods and services) freely given to a VSC or facility.
7. (7) Donor--An individual, group, or organization that makes a donation.
8. (8) Employee--An individual who is legally employed to perform work and who is paid a salary or wage by a facility or Central Office.
9. (9) Facility--A state school, state hospital, or state center operated by TDMHMR.
10. (10) 501(c)(3) organization--An organization recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a nonprofit corporation and granted the right to receive tax deductible contributions under §501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
11. (11) Long Term Friendship--A personal relationship between an employee and a specific person served which developed over a period of time, as verified by the appropriate professional, based upon the quality and duration of the relationship.
12. (12) Person served--A person receiving mental health or mental retardation services at a facility.
13. (13) TDMHMR--The Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation.
14. (14) Visiting group--A group of varying individuals associated with an organization (e.g., civic, fraternal, corporate, religious, social, service, or education), which is not affiliated with TDMHMR, that visits a facility (e.g., tours) or participates in a special event at a facility and has constant and adequate staff supervision.

15. (15) Volunteer--An individual who is not part of a visiting group and who provides time, personal attention, or services to persons served, TDMHMR, a facility, or a VSC without payment. Volunteers may include:

    1. (A) community citizens;
    2. (B) family members of persons served when not acting on behalf of the person served;
    3. (C) employees when not acting in the capacity of employment;
    4. (D) persons served when not acting solely on behalf of themselves; and
    5. (E) community restitution volunteers who are required by a court to provide a specified number of hours of volunteer services in lieu of a jail sentence.
16. (16) Volunteer services council (VSC)--A facility's 501(c)(3) organization that is formed for generating resources on behalf of the facility.
17. (17) Volunteer Services State Council (VSSC)--A statewide nonprofit organization serving volunteer services councils and volunteer groups of community MHMR centers.

Source Note:The provisions of this §417.303 adopted to be effective January 1, 2003, 27 TexReg 12239.