"Acute care setting" means a hospital, an evaluation and treatment (ENT) facility, or a psychiatric hospital.

"Behavior support plan" means a habilitation plan written by the stabilization, assessment, and intervention facility (SAIF) addressing target behaviors that do not meet the level of medical necessity as defined in WAC 182-500-0070, based on lack of diagnosis, or impact severity affecting a medical or behavioral health condition, for which the client receives professional treatment and is not eligible for state plan services.

"Case manager" means the developmental disabilities administration case resource manager or social worker assigned to a client.

"Certification" means a process used by the department to evaluate SAIF's compliance with the requirements of this chapter.

"Client" means a person who has a developmental disability as defined in RCW 71A.10.020(5) and who has been determined eligible by DDA to receive services under chapter 388-823 WAC.

"DDA" means the developmental disabilities administration.

"DSHS" or "the department" means the state of Washington department of social and health services and its employees and authorized agents.

"Function" means what a client gains, avoids, or satisfies by using a behavior.

"Functional assessment" means a process for identifying target behaviors and their functions by observing a client, reviewing information about the client, and collecting data to:

• Determine relationships between antecedents and behaviors;

• Identify reinforcing consequences; and

• Form a hypothesis about why a behavior continues to be used.

"Legal representative" means a parent of a client if the client is under age 18, a court-appointed guardian if a decision is within the scope of the guardianship order, or any other person authorized by law to act for the client.

"Medication administration" means the direct application of a medication or device by ingestion, inhalation, injection, or any other means, whether self-administered by a client, administered by a parent or guardian for a minor, or administered by an authorized health care provider.

"Medication assistance" means assistance with self-administration of medication rendered by a nonpractitioner to a client in accordance with chapter 69.41 RCW and chapter 246-888 WAC.

"Person-centered service plan" means a document that identifies a client's goals and assessed health and welfare needs. The person-centered service plan also indicates the paid services and natural supports that will assist the client to achieve their goals and address their assessed needs.

"Residential service provider" means an entity that will support the client after discharge from SAIF, such as a supported living agency or a facility-based community residential provider.

"Support" means assistance a client receives based on needs identified in the person-centered support plan.

"Target behavior" means a specific, observable, and measurable behavior that requires modification or replacement.

"Individualized team" means the group of people who work together to provide formal and informal supports to a client. A typical team includes the client, the client's family and legal representative, SAIF staff, the client's case resource manager, managed care organization care coordinators, the client's residential service provider, and any other service providers working with the client and family.