7 AAC 72.900. Definitions

In this chapter

(1) "administrator" means the person with primary responsibility for the administration and operation of a facility subject to this chapter; "administrator" includes that person's designee;

(2) "commissioner" means the commissioner of health and social services;

(3) "crisis stabilization" means the administration of medication and provision of structure, observation, support, case management, or discharge planning for a person subject to voluntary or involuntary admission for treatment under AS 47.30.660 - 47.30.815;

(4) "department" means the Department of Health and Social Services;

(5) "designated" means designated by the department as an evaluation or treatment facility under this chapter;

(6) "designated evaluation facility" has the meaning given the term "evaluation facility" in AS 47.31.100 ;

(7) "designated treatment facility" has the meaning given in AS 47.30, 915;

(8) "evaluation" means an examination and assessment of a person's

(A) mental health, conducted by a mental health professional; and

(B) physical condition, conducted by a physician;

(9) "gravely disabled" has the meaning given in AS 47.30.915 ;

(10) "gross monthly household income" has the meaning given in AS 47.31.100 ;

(11) "household" has the meaning given in AS 47.31.100 ;

(12) "lacks the mental capacity to apply for assistance" means that a patient cannot or refuses to complete the financial assistance application form supplied by the department because the patient is experiencing a severe symptom of mental illness, as certified by a treating physician;

(13) "medication management" means a review by a physician, a physician's . assistant, an advanced nurse practitioner with prescriptive authority, or other appropriately licensed medical professional to assess a person's need for medication, to prescribe appropriate medication to meet the person's needs, and to monitor the person's response to medication, including documentation of medication compliance, assessment and documentation of side effects, and evaluation and documentation regarding effectiveness of the medication;

(14) "mental health professional" has the meaning given in AS 47.30.915 ;

(15) "mental illness" has the meaning given in AS 47.30.915 ;

(16) "person who has a duty of support" means a patient's spouse or, if the patient is under 18 years of age, the patient's parent, as prescribed in AS 47.30.910 and AS 47.31.015 ;

(17) "single-point-of-entry psychiatric facility" means a facility licensed by the state to perform initial assessments of persons suffering from mental illness and to make initial determinations regarding placement of those persons for voluntary or involuntary commitment or respite care;

(18) "treatment" means mental health or psychiatric treatment under As 47.30.660 - 47.30.915;

(19) "working day" means a day other than Saturday, Sunday, or a state holiday.

History: Eff. 3/30/85, Register 93; am 3/16/2001, Register 157; am 6/24/2004, Register 170

Authority: AS 47.30.530

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