(1) Developmental Disability

(1) Applicant;

(2) Vendor;

(3) Vendorization.

(1) Authorized Consumer Representative;

(2) Consumers' Rights;

(3) Department;

(4) Director;

(5) Individual Program Plan (IPP);

(6) Interdisciplinary Team (ID Team);

(7) Regional Center;

(8) Service Coordinator.

(1) Cost Effective;

(2) Submit.

(1) “Certificate of Approval” means the certificate issued to a family home upon approval by an FHA.

(2) “Consumer” means a person with a developmental disability who is at least 18 years of age and who does not require continuous skilled nursing care.

(3) “Continuous Skilled Nursing Care” means nursing care which is provided to a consumer whose condition cannot be classified as chronic or stable; or for whom performance of nursing care cannot be termed routine; or for whom the performance of nursing tasks by unlicensed persons would pose potential harm.

(4) “Conviction” means a plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction following a plea of nolo contendere.

(5) “Family Home” means a home that has been approved by an FHA and is owned, leased, or rented by, and is the family residence of, the family home provider and in which services and supports are provided to a maximum of two consumers regardless of their degree of disability, except for those consumers who require continuous skilled nursing care as defined in subsection (e)(3). As used in this subchapter, this term shall be understood to include the term “family teaching home.”

(6) “Family Home Agency (FHA)” means a private, not-for-profit agency that is vendored to do all of the following: 1) recruit, approve, train, and monitor family home providers; 2) provide services and supports to family home providers; and 3) assist consumers in moving into or relocating from family homes.

(7) “Family Home Provider” means a person who has been recruited, approved, and trained by an FHA to provide services and supports to a consumer residing in a family home.

(8) “Family Teaching Home” means a home that has been approved by an FHA and is owned, leased, or rented by the family home agency, wherein the family home provider and the consumer(s) have independent residences, either contiguous or attached, and in which services and supports are provided to a maximum of three consumers regardless of their degree of disability, except for those consumers who require continuous skilled nursing care as defined in subsection (e)(3). All requirements in this subchapter applicable to family homes shall apply equally to family teaching homes.

(9) “Person-Centered Planning” means the planning process for consumers as specified in Welfare and Institutions Code Sections 4646 and 4646.5.

(10) “Positive Behavioral Supports” means the systematic application of proactive and preventative behavioral interventions, excluding interventions which utilize pharmaceuticals or medications to achieve behavioral change, and which result in lasting positive changes in the consumer's behavior, are based upon the positive reinforcement of appropriate consumer behavior, and are designed to support consumers with challenging behaviors and ensure the consumer's right to reside in the least restrictive environment.

(11) “Relative” means spouse, parent, stepparent, son, daughter, brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, half-brother, half-sister, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew, first cousin, or any such person denoted by the prefix “grand” or “great” or the spouse of any of the persons specified in this definition.

(12) “Seclusion” means the physical isolation of the consumer.

(13) “Service Catchment Area” means the geographical area in which a regional center provides services.