Definitions for Batterer Intervention Program Credentialing

PURPOSE: This rule identifies definitions used in this chapter. (1) For the purpose of 14 CSR 80-6— (A) The term “batterer” refers to someone who has engaged in violent or coercive behaviors against someone with whom he or she is in an intimate relationship; (B) The term “batterer intervention program” refers to a program that meets minimum credentialing standards for the treatment of batterers; (C) The terms “domestic violence” or “domestic battery” refer to violent or coercive behaviors, both criminal and noncriminal, committed by a person against someone with whom he or she is in an intimate relationship; (D) The term “victim” refers to a person that is currently, or has been, subject to domestic violence; (E) The term “provider” refers to an entity that provides domestic violence programming for a fee for service in the community; (F) The term “staff” refers to an employee of a provider who has completed the appropriate educational requirements to deliver domestic violence programming and has met the required education and certification criteria to provide the services; and (G) The term “program” refers to the curriculum delivered by a domestic violence provider in the community as outlined by the credentialing process to be a recognized as a domestic violence provider. AUTHORITY: section 455.549, RSMo Supp. 2014.* Original rule filed Nov. 3, 2014, effective April 30, 2015. *Original authority: 455.549, RSMo 2011.