"Adult residential care" is a package of services provided by an assisted living facility that is licensed under chapter 18.20 RCW and that has a contract with the department under RCW 74.39A.020 to provide personal care services in accordance with Parts I and IV of this chapter.

"Applicant" means the individual, partnership, corporation or other entity which has applied for a contract with the department to provide assisted living services, enhanced adult residential care, enhanced adult residential care-specialized dementia care services, or adult residential care to state funded residents in a licensed assisted living facility.

"Assisted living facility" means any home or other institution, however named, which is advertised, announced, or maintained for the express or implied purpose of providing housing, basic services, and assuming general responsibility for the safety and well-being of the residents, and may also provide domiciliary care, consistent with this chapter to seven or more residents after July 1, 2000. However, an assisted living facility that is licensed for three to six residents prior to or on July 1, 2000, may maintain its assisted living facility license as long as it is continually licensed as an assisted living facility. "Assisted living facility" does not include facilities certified as group training homes pursuant to RCW 71A.22.040, nor any home, institution or section thereof which is otherwise licensed and regulated under the provisions of state law providing specifically for the licensing and regulation of such home, institution or section thereof. Nor shall it include any independent senior housing, independent living units in continuing care retirement communities, or other similar living situations including those subsidized by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. "Assisted living facility" may also include persons associated with the assisted living facility to carry out its duties under this chapter.

"Assisted living services" is a package of services provided by an assisted living facility that has a contract with the department under RCW 74.39A.010 to provide personal care services, intermittent nursing services, and medication administration services in accordance with Parts I and II of this chapter. Assisted living services include housing for the resident in a private apartment-like unit.

"Case manager" means the department staff person or designee assigned to negotiate, monitor, and facilitate a service plan for residents receiving services fully or partially paid for by the department.

"Contractor" means the individual, partnership, corporation, or other entity which is licensed by the department or tribe to operate the assisted living facility and contracts with the department to provide assisted living services, enhanced adult residential care, enhanced adult residential care-specialized dementia care services, or adult residential care to state funded residents in a licensed assisted living facility.

"Department" means the Washington state department of social and health services (DSHS).

"Dignity" means the quality or condition of being esteemed and respected in such a way as to validate the self-worth of the resident.

"Enhanced adult residential care" is a package of services provided by an assisted living facility that is licensed under chapter 18.20 RCW and that has a contract with the department to provide personal care services, intermittent nursing services, and medication administration services in accordance with Parts I and III of this chapter.

"Enhanced adult residential care-specialized dementia care services" is a package of service, including specialized dementia care assessment and care planning, personal care services, intermittent nursing services, medication administration services, specialized environmental features and accommodations, and activity programming. Enhanced adult residential care-specialized dementia care services are delivered only within:

(1) Contracted assisted living facilities that are dedicated solely to the care of individuals with dementia, including Alzheimer's disease, and that meet the requirements of parts I and III of this chapter; or

(2) Designated, separate units located within contracted assisted living facilities that are dedicated solely to the care of individuals with dementia, including Alzheimer's disease, and that meet the requirements of parts I and III of this chapter.

"Homelike" means an environment having the qualities of a home, including privacy, comfortable surroundings, and the opportunity to decorate one's living area and arrange furnishings to suit one's individual preferences. A homelike environment provides residents with an opportunity for self-expression, and encourages interaction with the community, family and friends.

"Independence" means free from the control of others and being able to assert one's own will, personality and preferences.

"Individuality" means the quality of being unique; the aggregate of qualities and characteristics that distinguishes one from others. Individuality is supported by modifying services to suit the needs or wishes of a specific individual.

"Medication administration" means the direct application of a prescribed medication, whether by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or any other means, to the body of a resident by a person legally authorized to do so.

"Personal care services" means the same as physical or verbal assistance with activities of daily living included under "personal care services" described in WAC 388-106-0010. Personal care services do not include assistance with instrumental activities of daily living described in WAC 388-106-0010, nor assistance with tasks that must be performed by a licensed health professional.

"Resident" means a person residing in an assisted living facility for whom services are paid for, in whole or in part, by the department under a contract for assisted living services, enhanced adult residential care, enhanced adult residential care-specialized dementia care services, or adult residential care. "Resident" includes former residents when examining complaints about admissions, readmissions, transfers or discharges. For decision-making purposes, the term "resident" includes the resident's surrogate decision maker in accordance with state law or at the resident's request.