South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 88 - DEPARTMENT OF DISABILITIES AND SPECIAL NEEDS
Article 4 - DAY PROGRAMS FOR PERSONS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
Section 88-405 - Definitions
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 3, March 22, 2024
A. Adult Activity Center--A goal oriented program of developmental, prevocational services designed to develop, maintain, increase or maximize an individual's functioning in activities of daily living, physical growth, emotional stability, socialization, communication and vocational skills
B. Child Development Center--A center-based day program for preschool age and school age children. The main purpose is to provide services which will encourage optimal growth and development.
C. Critical Incident--An event, involving clients, which has a harmful effect or otherwise special effect such as accidents, injuries, abuse, damage to property, theft, gross misbehavior, etc.
D. Direct Care Staff--Those employees whose job descriptions indicate the duty of directly working with participants. That amount of time the job description indicates is directly devoted to client contact will be counted in the staff/participant ratio. Dietary, transportational, janitorial staff and other support staff who do not work directly with clients are not considered direct care staff unless their job description shows that time is spent with clients.
E. First Aid Kit--A collection of supplies which includes: mild hand soap; cotton tipped applicators; gauze bandages, one and two inch widths; sterile gauze, three inch by three inch; band-aids; adhesive tape; scissors; disinfectant; and thermometer
F. Program Site--Any location where at least three participants are working or playing in an area that is physically separate from the main program, such as separate workshops, work crews, isolated class rooms, and field trips
G. Program Director--The staff person who determines the programmatic methods and client training procedures for an agency
H. Program Space--Area which participants use for programs, training or work. Areas excluded in space calculations are offices, storage, bathrooms, kitchen, isolation area and hallways. If any program routinely and regularly uses an excluded area for scheduled client use this area can be included in the space calculations. The program will show a written justification for such consideration.
I. "Regular Work Program" is a type of certificate issued by the Department of Labor which allows a workshop to pay handicapped clients at 50% of minimum wage.
J. Sheltered Workshop--A work program whose purpose is to assist participants to achieve their potential through the use of individual work goals, remunerative employment, supportive services and a controlled environment. The workshop will maintain a certificate with the United States Department of Labor which designates it as a "regular work program".
K. Work Activity Center--A workshop having an identifiable program designed to provide therapeutic activities for workers with intellectual disability whose physical or mental impairment is so severe as to interfere with normal productive capacity. Work or production is not the main purpose of the program, however, the development of work skills is its main purpose. The program will have a certificate from the United States Department of Labor designating it as a Work Activity Program when applicable.
CODE COMMISSIONER'S NOTE
Pursuant to 2011 Act No. 47, Section 14(B), the Code Commissioner substituted "intellectual disability" for "mental retardation" and "person with intellectual disability" or "persons with intellectual disability" for "mentally retarded." At the Code Commissioner's discretion, the substitution was not made for the formal reference to the South Carolina Department of Mental Retardation in this regulation.
