Section 440 IAC 4.4-1-1 - DefinitionsAuthority: IC 12-23-1-6
Affected: IC 12-7-2-11; IC 12-7-2-73
Sec. 1.
The following definitions apply throughout this article:
(1) "Accreditation" means an accrediting agency has granted approval to an entity to provide specific services after the entity has met specific requirements of the accrediting agency.(2) "Accrediting agency" means an agency, included on a list of accrediting agencies approved by the division, that:(A) has developed clinical, financial, and organizational standards for the operation of a provider of addiction treatment services; and(B) evaluates compliance with its established standards on a regularly scheduled basis.(3) "Addiction treatment services" means a broad range of planned and continuing care, treatment, and rehabilitation, including, but not limited to, counseling, psychological, medical, and social service care designed to influence the behavior of individual alcohol abusers or drug abusers, based on an individual treatment plan.(4) "Alcohol abuser" means an individual who has had repeated episodes of intoxication or drinking that impair the individual's health or interfere with the individual's effectiveness on the job, at home, in the community, or in operating a motor vehicle.(5) "Certification" means the process used by the division to document an organization's compliance with the statutory and regulatory requirements for operating as a provider of addiction treatment services, including the issuance of a certificate if the entity is found to comply with this article.(6) "Credentialing body" means an organization approved by the division that:(A) has developed training, knowledge, and skills requirements for individuals who practice the treatment of addictions problems; and(B) certifies that an individual meets those requirements.(7) "Direct services provider" means an individual, a contractor, employee, or volunteer who provides counseling, psychological, medical, or social services on behalf of a provider of addiction treatment services.(8) "Division" means the division of mental health and addiction.(9) "Drug abuser" means an individual who:(A) has developed a psychological or physical dependence on the effect of drugs or harmful substances; or(B) abuses the use of drugs or harmful substances; so that the individual or society is harmed or endangered.(10) "Entity" means any: (G) governmental unit; or (H) agency; whether public or private.(11) "Incidental service" means a minor service provided to an individual in conjunction with other nonaddiction primary services by an entity that does not hold itself out as an addiction treatment services provider.(12) "Intensive outpatient services" means a milieu of treatment, with a combination of counseling and education activities consisting of sessions at least two (2) hours in length, occurring at least three (3) days per week for a minimum duration of four (4) weeks per consumer.(13) "Opioid addiction treatment provider" means an entity that runs a program that furnishes a comprehensive range of assessment, rehabilitation, and treatment services using Levo-Alpha-Acetyl-Methaldol (LAAM), methadone, or other narcotic substances approved by the federal government, for the detoxification and maintenance of persons addicted to heroin or other opiate-like substances.(14) "Outpatient services" means the provision of therapeutic activities, either to the individual or in a group/conjoint session, that are related to the outcomes described in the individual treatment plan. Division of Mental Health and Addiction; 440 IAC 4.4-1-1; filed Apr 17, 1997, 10:00 a.m.: 20 IR 2400; readopted filed May 10, 2001, 2:30 p.m.: 24 IR 3235; filed Feb 11, 2002, 4:30 p.m.: 25 IR 2220; readopted filed Apr 7, 2008, 3:40 p.m.: 20080507-IR-440070745RFA; Readopted filed 8/11/2014, 11:21 a.m.: 20140910-IR-440140240RFAReadopted filed 11/9/2020, 3:09 p.m.: 20201209-IR-440200502RFA