Terms Used In Idaho Code > Title 39 > Chapter 33 - Idaho Residential Care or Assisted Living Act

• Abuse: means a nonaccidental act of sexual, physical or mental mistreatment or injury of a resident through the action or inaction of another individual. See Idaho Code 39-3302
• Accreditation: means a process of review that allows health care organizations to meet regulatory requirements and standards established by a recognized accreditation organization. See Idaho Code 39-3302
• Accreditation commission: means the commission on accreditation of rehabilitation facilities (CARF), the joint commission, or another nationally recognized accreditation organization approved by the director. See Idaho Code 39-3302
• Activities of daily living: means the performance of basic self-care activities in meeting an individual’s needs to sustain him in a daily living environment. See Idaho Code 39-3302
• Administrator: means an individual, properly licensed by the division of occupational and professional licenses, who is responsible for day-to-day operation of a residential care or assisted living facility. See Idaho Code 39-3302
• Adult: means a person who has attained the age of eighteen (18) years. See Idaho Code 39-3302
• Allegation: something that someone says happened.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Assessment: means the conclusion reached using uniform criteria, which identifies resident strengths, weaknesses, risks and needs, to include functional, medical and behavioral needs. See Idaho Code 39-3302
• Board: means the board of health and welfare. See Idaho Code 39-3302
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Department: means the Idaho department of health and welfare. See Idaho Code 39-3302
• Director: means the director of the Idaho department of health and welfare. See Idaho Code 39-3302
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Exploitation: means the misuse of a resident’s funds, property, resources, identity or person for profit or advantage. See Idaho Code 39-3302
• Facility: means a residential care or assisted living facility. See Idaho Code 39-3302
• Governmental unit: means the state, any county, any city, other political subdivision, or any department, division, board, or other agency thereof. See Idaho Code 39-3302
• License: means a basic permit to operate a residential care or assisted living facility. See Idaho Code 39-3302
• Licensee: means the owner of a license to operate a residential care or assisted living facility under this chapter. See Idaho Code 39-3302
• Licensing agency: means the unit of the department of health and welfare that conducts inspections and surveys and issues licenses based on compliance with this chapter. See Idaho Code 39-3302
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Neglect: means failure to provide food, clothing, shelter, or medical care necessary to sustain the life and health of a resident. See Idaho Code 39-3302
• Negotiated service agreement: means the agreement reached by the resident and/or the resident’s representative and the facility, based on the assessment, physician’s orders, admission records, and desires of the resident, and which outlines services to be provided and the obligations of the facility and the resident. See Idaho Code 39-3302
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person;