(1) As used in this subchapter: “Brief hold” means holding a resident without undue force for twenty (20) minutes or less in order to calm or comfort the resident.
(2) In no event shall a brief hold be construed as a personal restraint;
(3) [Repealed.]
(4) [Repealed.]
(5) “Program provider” means any psychiatric residential treatment facility for children or outpatient mental health services funded by a medical care program for indigent persons;
(6) “Seclusion” means a behavior-control technique involving the involuntary confinement of a resident in locked isolation.
(7) In no event shall verbal direction be construed as seclusion;
(8) “Serious injury” means any significant impairment of the physical condition of the resident whether self-inflicted or inflicted by someone else as determined by the provider's qualified medical personnel, including, but not limited to: Burns;
(9) Lacerations;
(10) Bone fractures;
(11) Substantial hematoma; and
(12) Injuries to internal organs, whether self-inflicted or inflicted by someone else;
(13) “Serious occurrence” means a resident's death, serious injury, or suicide attempt;
(14) “Suicide attempt” means any action taken by a resident for the purpose of inflicting death or serious injury to the resident as determined by the provider's qualified medical personnel;
(15) “Survey” means any process by which compliance with federal law and regulations applicable to a program provider is determined;
(16) “Survey team” means an individual or individuals employed by or under contract with the Department of Human Services or its divisions; and
(17) “Time-out” means a behavior-management technique that involves the separation of a resident from other residents for a period of time to a designated area from which the resident is not physically prevented from leaving.
(18) In no event shall a time-out be construed as a seclusion.
(19) In no event shall verbal direction be construed as time-out.
(20) The definitions in this section apply to any survey conducted upon any psychiatric residential treatment facility or outpatient mental health services funded by a medical care program for indigent persons.