PDFWAC 388-829C-010
What definitions apply to this chapter?
The following definitions apply to this chapter:
"Case manager" means the DDA case manager or DDA social worker assigned to a client.
"Certified" or "certification" means a status that indicates a provider is approved under chapter 388-825A WAC to provide services to clients.
"Client" means a person who has a developmental disability as defined in RCW 71A.10.020 and who has been determined DDA-eligible under chapter 388-823 WAC.
"Companion home provider" or "provider" means a provider of certified community residential support services under RCW 71A.10.020(2) who is contracted with DDA to deliver residential habilitation services.
"Consent" means express written consent granted by the client, or the client's legal representative if the client has one, after the client or the client's legal representative has been informed of the nature of a service being offered.
"Corrective action" means action taken to remedy a citation.
"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.
"Instruction" means goal-oriented teaching that is designed for acquiring and enhancing skills.
"Instruction techniques" means step-by-step instruction, mentoring, role modeling, and developing visual cues.
"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 prescribed medication whether by injection, inhalation, ingestion, application, or other means, to a client by a person legally authorized to do so under chapter 246-840 WAC.
"Medication assistance" means assistance with self-administration of medication under chapter 69.41 RCW, rendered by a nonpractitioner to a person receiving certified community residential support services.
"Nurse delegation" means the process by which a registered nurse transfers the performance of select nursing tasks to a registered or certified nursing assistant under chapter 18.79 RCW and WAC 246-840-910 through 246-840-970.
"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.
"Plan of correction" means a plan developed by the companion home provider and DDA resource manager and created to address an issue identified by DDA outside of the provider's certification evaluation.
"Representative payee" means a person or an organization appointed by the Social Security Administration to receive Social Security or SSI benefits for anyone who cannot manage or direct the management of their benefits.
"Residential habilitation services" has the same meaning as is under WAC 388-845-1500.
"Resource manager" means the DDA employee who establishes rates, monitors contract compliance, and acts as DDA's liaison with the provider.
"Room and board" means the amount a client must pay each month for food, shelter, and utilities.
"Support" means assistance a provider gives a client based on needs identified in the client's person-centered service plan.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030, 71A.12.040, 71A.12.110, and 71A.12.120. WSR 25-11-093, s 388-829C-010, filed 5/21/25, effective 7/1/25. Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.030, 71A.10.020 and 71A.12.040. WSR 18-22-106, § 388-829C-010, filed 11/6/18, effective 12/7/18. Statutory Authority: RCW 71A.12.30 [ 71A.12.030] and Title 71A RCW. WSR 07-16-102, § 388-829C-010, filed 7/31/07, effective 9/1/07.]