§ 50501. Definitions.
17 CA ADC § 50501Barclays Official California Code of Regulations
17 CCR § 50501
§ 50501. Definitions.
(4) Clients' Rights Officer. “Clients' Rights Officer” is the person assigned by the director to implement the department's clients' rights assurance endeavors on a statewide basis and to provide technical assistance and functional supervision to the network of clients' rights advocates throughout California.
(13) Psychiatrist. “Psychiatrist” means a person who is licensed as a physician and surgeon by the California Board of Medical Quality Assurance or the California Board of Osteopathic Examiners and who is certified or eligible for certification by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, or the American Osteopathic Board of Neurology and Psychiatry, or is a physician who is licensed by the California Board of Medical Quality Assurance or the California Board of Osteopathic Examiners and has specialized training and/or experience in psychiatry.
(14) Psychologist. “Psychologist” means a person licensed by the California Board of Medical Quality Assurance and (1) who possesses an earned doctorate degree in psychology from an educational institution meeting the criteria of subdivision (c) of Section 2914 of the Business and Professions Code and (2) has not less than two years of clinical experience in a multidisciplinary facility licensed or operated by this or another state, or by the U.S. to provide health care, or is listed in the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology, as adopted by the Council for the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology.
(16) Restraint. “Restraint” means control of the client's behavior or activities through the use of physical or pharmaceutical means other than postural supports. For the purpose of these regulations, restraint is distinguished from the temporary constraint of a client by direct physical contact only, where there is clear evidence for believing the existence of an imminent danger to either the client or others if such constraint is not accomplished.
(17) Seclusion. “Seclusion” is the involuntary isolation of a client in a locked room. As used in this subchapter, seclusion does not include isolation of a client for the purpose of containing any contagious disease when written order of a physician directs such isolation for this limited purpose. Such medical isolation shall not be in a locked room unless the physician's order expressly directs it on the basis of a finding that, if not locked, the particular client's isolation cannot be maintained.
(19) Social worker. “Social worker” means a person who is a graduate of a school of social work accredited or approved by the Council on Social Work Education and has one year of social work experience in a health care setting or who is licensed as such by the California Board of Behavioral Science Examiners.
(b) Any word, term, or phrase not specifically defined but used in this subchapter shall have the meaning ascribed by common, contemporary accepted usage unless to do so would result in absurd interpretation or otherwise be inconsistent with its context. In cases of conflict in construction, words, phrases, or terms of art shall have the meaning apparent by their context and most reconcilable with the intent of this subchapter.
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Note: Authority cited: Section 11152, Government Code. Reference: Sections 4415 and 4416, Welfare and Institutions Code.
This database is current through 5/10/24 Register 2024, No. 19.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 17, § 50501, 17 CA ADC § 50501
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