440 IAC 4.1-1-1 Definitions

Sec. 1. The following definitions apply throughout this article: (1) "Accreditation" means an accrediting agency has determined that a community mental health center has met specific requirements of the accrediting agency. (2) "Accrediting agency" means an organization, included on a list of accrediting organizations approved by the division, which has developed clinical, financial, and organizational standards for the operation of a provider of mental health services and which evaluates a center's compliance with its established standards on a regularly scheduled basis. (3) "Certification" means the process used by the division to document a community mental health center's compliance with the statutory and regulatory requirements for operation as a community mental health center, including the issuance of a certificate if the community mental health center is found to comply with the requirements in this article. (4) "Community mental health center" or "center" means a mental health facility which the division has certified as fulfilling the statutory and regulatory requirements to be a community mental health center. (5) "Conflict of interest" means a situation in which an employee, a board member, an officer of the board of a community mental health center, or a family member of any of these individuals, has a private financial interest such as affiliation through employment or contract with an organization that does business with the community mental health center. (6) "Consumer" means a primary consumer. (7) "Continuum of care" means a range of services the provision of which is assured by a managed care provider. The term includes the following: (A) Individualized treatment planning to increase patient coping skills and symptom management, which may include any combination of services listed in this subdivision. (B) Twenty-four (24) hour a day crisis intervention. (C) Case management to fulfill individual patient needs, including assertive case management when indicated. (D) Outpatient services, including the following: (i) Intensive outpatient services. (ii) Substance abuse services. (iii) Counseling and treatment. (E) Acute stabilization services, including detoxification services. (F) Residential services. (G) Day treatment. (H) Family support services. (I) Medication evaluation and monitoring. (J) Services to prevent unnecessary and inappropriate treatment and hospitalization and the deprivation of a person's liberty. (8) "Direct care staff" means those persons providing medical services, psychological services, counseling services, case management services, residential services, and other social services to consumers. (9) "Division" means the division of mental health. (10) "Primary consumer" means an individual who has received or is receiving mental health services. (11) "Secondary consumer" means a family member, guardian, or health care decision maker for a primary consumer. (12) "Strategic plan" means a written summary of the governing board's future goals and objectives for the center which provides a time-specified and systematic approach towards implementation, achievement, and methods of evaluation of the accomplishment of the stated goals and objectives.