100.1. Behavior Modification: Things or events that are used in a timely manner to discourage undesired behavior.

100.2. Board: The Long Term Care Facility Advisory Board.

100.3. Department: The Arkansas Department of Human Services.

100.4. Division: The Division of Medical Services of the Department of Human Services.

100.5. Facility: A Post-Acute Head Injury Retraining and Residential Care Facility.

100.6. Facility Services: The residential, retraining, and rehabilitation services provided within each licensed Facility in accordance with its License.

100.7 Head Injury: An injury or neurological impairment to the brain caused by illness or accident.

100.8. Head Injury Retraining and Rehabilitation: The individualized program of instruction offered in a residential or day program designed to assist an individual suffering from disability as a result of Head Injury to reduce the adverse effects of the disability and improve functioning in daily living, education, and vocational activities.

100.9. Immediate Family: Father, Mother, Children, Spouse, Brother, and Sister.

100.10. Independently Mobile: Physically and mentally capable of vacating a structure in case of emergency, including the capability to ascend or descend stairs that are in the exit path. Residents who can use canes, wheelchairs, or walkers are considered independently mobile as long as they do not require more than verbal or minimum assistance from other persons to vacate and can do as required by local fire code.

100.11. License: A non-transferable permit issued by the Office of Long Term Care to a Licensee authorizing the Licensee to operate a Facility for a specific time period.

100.12. Licensee: Any person, firm, corporation, governmental agency, or other legal entity to whom the License is issued and who is responsible for maintaining approved standards. Facilities owned or regulated by the Veterans Administration or by Division Development Disabilities Services, the Office on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, and Christian Science homes shall be excluded from licensure under these rules.

100.13. The Office of Long Term Care: The survey and licensure agency of the Division.

100.14. Post-Acute Head Injury Retraining and Residential Care Facility: A building, or group of buildings, if located contiguously and operated jointly, used or maintained to provide, for pay, Retraining and Rehabilitation for three (3) or more individuals who are disabled on account of Head Injury and who are not in present need of in-patient diagnostic care in a hospital or related.

100.15. Provisional Licensure is a temporary grant of authority to the purchaser to operate an existing long-term care facility upon application for licensure to the Office of Long Term Care.

100.16. Rules: The Rules pertaining to Post-Acute Head Injury Retraining and Residential Care Facilities promulgated by the Office of Long Term Care pursuant to Act 602 of 1987.

100.17. Residents: Any individual who receives services from a Facility.

100.18. Resident's Sponsor: The person or agency legally responsible for the welfare and support of the Resident.

100.19. Residential Area: An area used by Residents for sleeping and for daily living activities. A Residential Area may be less than the entire area of a building and there may be more than one Residential Area within a single building.

100.20. Sponsor: See “Resident Sponsor.”

100.21. Staff. Any officer, employee, or agent of a Facility.

100.22. Time-out Techniques: Devices or procedures designed to improve a Resident's behavior by removing positive reinforcements when the Resident's behavior is undesirable.