Definitions

1. "Agency" means the entity applying for or receiving a shelter care program certification. 2. "Attendant care" means a site for juveniles who are cited or citable by law enforcement and need constant short-term supervision on a preadjudicatory basis. 3. "Incident" means an event involving the resident and law enforcement and includes runaway status, criminal activity, behavior resulting in harm to others, harassment, violence, and discrimination. 4. "Resident" means a child age ten to eighteen years old in need of temporary safe out-of-home placement. 5. "Sentinel event" means a serious injury or trauma to a resident, attempted suicide by the resident, death of a resident, or inappropriate sexual contact involving a resident. 6. "Shelter care home" means a licensed foster home that has agreed to provide temporary shelter care to a resident in need of emergency placement and is available twenty-four hours per day. 7. "Shelter care program" means a nonsecure permanent dwelling run by an agency with certification obtained by the department, where employees offer safe shelter, food, and structured routine and is available twenty-four hours a day to a resident in need of emergency placement, not to exceed seven days, unless otherwise approved by the department.