The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter,
have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) CEO--The superintendent of a facility.
(2) DADS--The Department of Aging and Disability Services.
(3) Department--The Department of Aging and Disability
Services.
(4) Facility--A state mental retardation facility operated
by DADS.
(5) Individual--A person receiving services from a
facility.
(6) LAR (legally authorized representative)--A person
authorized by law to act on behalf of an individual with regard to
a matter described in this subchapter and may include a parent, guardian,
or managing conservator of a minor individual, a guardian of an adult
individual, or a personal representative of a deceased individual.
(7) Mental retardation--Subaverage general intellectual
functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior
and originating during the developmental period.
(8) Material safety data sheet--The document provided
by a manufacturer that describes a material's or part's chemical properties
along with guidelines for proper use, storage, and disposal.
(9) Non-commercial group--A group of people associated
with an organization (for example, a civic, fraternal, religious,
social, service, community, or public employee organization).
(10) Sales receipt--A written statement issued by
the seller that includes the date it was created and the cost of the
item or service.
(11) Trust fund--An account at a financial institution
in a facility's control that contains funds of an individual.
(12) Unauthorized departure that may have unusual consequences--The
unauthorized departure of an individual that causes a reasonably prudent
staff member who has knowledge of the individual's condition to believe
that harm or injury to the individual or to others may occur as a
result of the unauthorized departure, for example, the unauthorized
departure of an individual whom the treatment staff believes to be
a danger to self or to others or the unauthorized departure of an
individual who requires maintenance medication such as insulin.
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Source Note: The provisions of this §910.51 adopted to be effective June 1, 2006, 31 TexReg 4235; transferred effective July 31, 2024, as published in the July 5, 2024, issue of the Texas Register, 49 TexReg 4929 |