New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
He - Department of Health and Human Services
Subtitle He-P - Former Division of Public Health Services
Chapter He-P 800 - RESIDENTIAL CARE AND HEALTH FACILITY RULES
Part He-P 804 - ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENCE-RESIDENTIAL CARE LICENSING
Section He-P 804.03 - Definitions

(a) "Abuse" means any one of the following:

(b) "Activities of daily living (ADL) " means basic daily routine tasks such as eating, transferring, toileting, bathing, dressing, and medication management.

(c) "Addition" means an increase in the building area, aggregate floor area, building height, or number of stories of a structure.

(d) "Administer" means an act whereby one or more doses of a medication are instilled into the body, applied to the body of, or otherwise given to a person for immediate consumption or use by an individual authorized by law, including RSA 318-B and RSA 326-B.

(e) "Administrator" means the licensee or individual appointed by the licensee to be responsible for all aspects of the daily operation of the licensed premises.

(f) "Admission" means the point in time when a resident, who has been accepted by a licensee for the provision of services, physically moves into the facility.

(g) "Agent" means an adult to whom authority to make health care decisions is delegated under an activated durable power of attorney for health care executed in accordance with RSA 137-J.

(h) "Applicant" means an individual, agency, partnership, corporation, government entity, association, or other legal entity seeking a license to operate an ALR-RC pursuant to RSA 151.

(i) "Area of non-compliance" means any action, failure to act, or other set of circumstances that cause a licensee to be out of compliance with RSA 151, He-P 804, or other federal or state requirements.

(j) "Assessment" means an evaluation of the resident to determine the care and services that are needed.

(k) "Assisted living residence-residential care (ALR-RC) " means a long term care residence providing personal care at the residential care level pursuant to RSA 151:9, VII(a) (1) .

(l) "Care plan" means a written guide developed by the licensee, in consultation with the resident, guardian, agent, or personal representative, if any, as a result of the assessment process for the provision of care and services.

(m) "Change of ownership" means a change in the controlling interest of an established ALR-RC to a successor business entity.

(n) "Chemical restraints" means any medication prescribed to control a resident's behavior or emotional state without a supporting diagnosis or when used for the convenience of personnel.

(o) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the New Hampshire department of health and human services, or his or her designee.

(p) "Core services" means those minimal services to be provided to any resident by the licensee that must be included in the basic rate.

(q) "Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) " means an adaptive, short-term psychological helping-process that focuses solely on an immediate and identifiable problem. Its purpose is to enable people to return to their daily routine more quickly and with less likelihood of experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder.

(r) "Days" means calendar days unless otherwise specified in the rule.

(s) "Demonstrated competency" means the ability of the employee to demonstrate to an evaluator that he or she is able to complete the required task in a way that reflects the minimum standard including, but not limited to, a certificate of completion of course material or a post test to the training provided.

(t) "Department" means the New Hampshire department of health and human services at 129 Pleasant Street, Concord, NH 03301.

(u) "Direct care" means hands-on care and services provided to a resident, including but not limited to medical, nursing, psychological, or rehabilitatitive treatments.

(v) "Directed plan of correction" means a plan developed and written by the department that specifies the actions the licensee must take to correct identified areas of non-compliance.

(w) "Elopement" means when a resident who is cognitively, physically, mentally, emotionally, or chemically impaired, wanders away, walks away, runs away, escapes, or otherwise leaves a caregiving facility or environment unsupervised, unnoticed, or prior to their scheduled discharge.

(x) "Emergency plan" means a document outlining the responsibilities of personnel in an emergency.

(y) "Equipment or fixtures" means any plumbing, heating, electrical, ventilating, air-conditioning, refrigerating, and fire protection equipment, and any elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators, boilers, pressure vessels, or other mechanical facilities or installations related to building services.

(z) "Exploitation" means the illegal use of a resident's person or property for another person's profit or advantage, or the breach of a fiduciary relationship through the use of a person or person's property for any purpose not in the proper and lawful execution of a trust, including, but not limited to, situations where a person obtains money, property, or services from a resident through the use of undue influence, harassment, duress, deception, or fraud.

(ba) "Physical restraint" means the use of hands-on or other physically applied technique to physically limit the resident's freedom of movement, which includes but is not limited to forced escorts, holding, prone restraints, or other containment techniques.

(bb) "Plan of correction (POC) " means a plan developed and written by the licensee, which specifies the actions that will be taken to correct non-compliance with applicable rules or codes identified at the time of a clinical or life safety code inspection conducted pursuant to RSA 151:6-a or during the course of a complaint investigation conducted pursuant to RSA 151:6.

(bc) "Pro re nata (PRN) medication" means medication taken as circumstances may require in accordance with licensed practitioner's orders.

(bd) "Procedure" means a licensee's written, standardized method of performing duties and providing services.

(be) "Protective care" means the provision of resident monitoring services, including but not limited to:

(bf) "Qualified personnel" means personnel that have been trained to adequately perform the tasks which they perform, including but not limited to nursing staff, clinical staff, housekeeping staff trained in infection control, and kitchen staff trained in food safety protocols.

(bg) "Reconstruction" means the reconfiguration of a space that affects an exit or a corridor shared by more than one occupant space, or the reconfiguration of a space such that the rehabilitation work area is not permitted to be occupied because existing means of egress and fire protection systems, or their equivalent, are not in place or continuously maintained.

(bh) "Rehabilitation" means any of the following undertaken in an existing building, as defined in this section:

(bi) "Renovation" means the replacement in kind, strengthening, or upgrading of building elements, materials, equipment or fixtures, that does not result in a reconfiguration of the building spaces within.

(bj) "Repair" means the patching, restoration, or painting of materials, elements, equipment or fixtures for the purpose of maintain such materials, elements, equipment, or fixtures in good or sound condition.

(bk) "Reportable incident" means an occurrence of any of the following while the resident is either in the ALR-RC or in the care of ALR-RC personnel:

(bl) "Resident" means any person admitted to or in any way receiving care, services, or both from a facility licensed in accordance with RSA 151 and He-P 804.

(bm) "Resident assessment tool (RAT) " means the document developed by the department to assess the needs of a resident or prospective resident as required by RSA 151:5-a, I.

(bn) "Residential board and care occupancy," as defined in NFPA 101 of the state fire code, means an occupancy used for lodging and boarding of 4 or more residents not related by blood or marriage to the owners or operators for the purpose of providing personal care services.

(bo) "Resident record" means a separate file maintained for each resident, which includes all documentation required by RSA 151 and He-P 804, and as required by other federal or state laws.

(bp) "Respite care" means the admission of a person from his or her primary residence to an ALR-RC, on either a planned or emergency basis, for a period not to exceed 30 days in order to relieve the primary caregiver from the demands of providing home-based care.

(bq) "Self administration of medication with assistance" means the resident takes his or her own medication(s) after being prompted by personnel, but without requiring physical assistance from others.

(br) "Self administration of medication without assistance" means the resident takes his or her own medication(s) without the assistance of personnel, including prompting.

(bs) "Self-directed medication administration" means a resident, who has a physical limitation that prohibits him or her from self administration of medication, with or without assistance, directs personnel to physically assist in the medication process which shall not include assisting with injections or filling insulin syringes.

(bt) "Self evacuate" means the resident can initiate and complete movement from any location in the ALR-RC to an exit without assistance from personnel other than verbal or physical prompting.

(bu) "Service" means a specific activity performed by the licensee, either directly or indirectly, to benefit or assist a resident.

(bv) "Significant change" means a change in cognitive or physical capabilities that decreases a resident's ability to care for himself beyond an episodic event.

(bw) "State monitoring" means the placement of individuals by the department at an ALR-RC to monitor the operation and conditions of the facility.

(bx) "Therapeutic diet" means a diet ordered by a licensed practitioner as part of the treatment for disease, clinical conditions, or increasing or decreasing specific nutrients in the food consumed by the resident.

(by) "Unexplained absence" means an incident involving a resident leaving the premises of the ALR-RC without the knowledge of the ALR-RC personnel in a manner that is contrary to their normal routine.

(bz) "Volunteer" means an unpaid person who assists with the provision of personal care services, food services, or activities, and who does not provide direct care or assist with direct care. This term does not include visitors or those persons who provide religious services or entertainment.

(ca) "Written and signed orders" means a document, produced electronically or via paper, by a licensed practitioner for medications, treatments, recommendations, and referrals, and signed by the licensed practitioner using terms such as authorized by, authenticated by, approved by, reviewed by, or any other term that denotes approval by the licensed practitioner.