Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
(a)
Facility means any place
in which services for the mentally disabled are provided. It includes
residential and nonresidential facilities, except as the context indicates
otherwise.
(b)
Patient means a person receiving services for the mentally
disabled at a facility. It includes a resident at a school.
(c)
Research includes, but
is not limited to, any use of experimental drugs or treatment procedures as
defined in section
27.10
of this Part.
(d)
Sterilization means any procedure or operation, the primary
purpose of which is to render an individual permanently incapable of
reproducing and which is not a necessary part of the treatment of a physical
illness or injury.
(e)
Integrated residential community means a program that is
certified by OPWDD as a residential program and is recognized by OPWDD as a
service delivery alternative. In order to be considered an integrated
residential community, the following criteria shall be met:
(1) The program shall be required to utilize
a live-in staffing pattern, which promotes full and active interactions,
between staff and clients, minimizes disruptions in clients' lives, and
maximizes the stability of the residence. Not only are staff required to live
with developmentally disabled clients, but the facility should be the staff
person's primary domicile. The program is required to have disabled and
nondisabled individuals working together. Staff are expected to actively
participate in all aspects of daily living with clients interacting with them
on a 24-hour, continual basis to provide a home community for both clients and
staff.
(2) Developmentally disabled
persons shall be integrated into most aspects of the program's operation.
Developmentally disabled persons shall not do more work or specific kinds of
work than are done by program, support or administrative staff. The environment
shall be one of shared activities and mutual interdependence among disabled
persons, program staff and administrators.
(3) The residence, the corporate entity
and/or program's principles of care must be recognized as providing exemplary
and excellent levels of care through evidence of national or international
awards, testimonies and/or letters of reference from recognized persons in the
MR/DD or government fields, or as recognized in the scholarly
literature.
(4) The majority of
staff directly or indirectly caring for the clients and administering the
residence should be unsalaried.
(5)
The residence shall demonstrate that it actually does provide excellent care,
or for new residences, could provide such care on behalf of client growth and
dignity, at a public cost lower than other programs serving a similar client
population. The residence shall be able to demonstrate that services, care, and
nuturance are given in such a way as to maximize each client's development and
the quality of his or her life.
