231D.1 - DEFINITIONS.
231D.1 DEFINITIONS.
For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise
requires:
1. "Adult day services", "adult day services program", or
"program" means an organized program providing a variety of
health-related care, social services, and other related support
services for sixteen hours or less in a twenty-four-hour period to
two or more persons with a functional impairment on a regularly
scheduled, contractual basis.
2. "Contractual agreement" means a written agreement entered
into between an adult day services program and a participant that
clearly describes the rights and responsibilities of the adult day
services program and the participant, and other information required
by rule.
3. "Department" means the department of inspections and
appeals.
4. "Functional impairment" means a psychological, cognitive,
or physical impairment creating the inability to perform personal and
instrumental activities of daily living and associated tasks
necessitating some form of supervision or assistance or both.
5. "Governmental unit" means the state, or any county,
municipality, or other political subdivision or any department,
division, board, or other agency of any of these entities.
6. "Health-related care" means services provided by a
registered nurse or a licensed practical nurse, on a part-time or
intermittent basis, and services provided by other licensed health
care professionals, on a part-time or intermittent basis.
7. "Medication setup" means assistance with various steps of
medication administration to support a participant's autonomy, which
may include but is not limited to routine prompting, cueing and
reminding, opening containers or packaging at the direction of the
participant, reading instructions or other label information, or
transferring medications from the original container into suitable
medication dispensing containers, reminder containers, or medication
cups.
8. "Participant" means an individual who is the recipient of
services provided by an adult day services program.
9. "Participant's legal representative" means a person
appointed by the court to act on behalf of a participant, or a person
acting pursuant to a power of attorney.
10. "Personal care" means assistance with the essential
activities of daily living which may include but are not limited to
transferring, bathing, personal hygiene, dressing, grooming, and
housekeeping that are essential to the health and welfare of a
participant.
11. "Recognized accrediting entity" means a nationally
recognized accrediting entity that the department recognizes as
having specific adult day services program standards equivalent to
the standards established by the department for adult day services.
12. "Social services" means services relating to the
psychological and social needs of the individual in adjusting to
participating in an adult day services program, and minimizing the
stress arising from that circumstance.
13. "Supervision" means direct oversight and inspection of
the act of accomplishing a function or activity. Section History: Recent Form
2003 Acts, ch 165, §1; 2005 Acts, ch 61, §1, 17; 2007 Acts, ch
215, §184
Referred to in § 135C.1, 142D.2, 144C.2, 231C.2, 235E.1