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03/11/U3 1'lih 11:UU YAd tJIZJ4ULt343 WjU11 <br /> :miwesota Rule 9555.9600 Page 1 of 4 <br /> Minnesota Rules, Table of C a ters <br /> Table of contents for ha ter_9-_5_J5 <br /> 9555.9600 DEFINITIONS. <br /> Subpart 1. Scope. The terms used in parts 9555.9600 to <br /> 9555.9730 have the meanings given them in this part. <br /> Subp. 2 . Adult. "Adult" means a person la years of age or <br /> older. <br /> Subp. 3 . Adult day care. "Adult day care" means a program <br /> of services provided to functionally impaired adults for a <br /> period of less than 24 hours during the day. Adult day care is <br /> intended to maintain functionally impaired adults in the <br /> community and to prevent or delay institutionalization. <br /> Subp. 4. Adult day care center or center. "Adult day care <br /> center" or "center" means a facility that provides adult day <br /> care to functionally impaired adults on a regular basis for <br /> periods of less than 24 hours a day in a setting other than a <br /> participant's home or the residence of the facility operator. <br /> Subp. 5. Ambulatory. "Ambulatory" means having the <br /> ability to walk independently and negotiate barriers such as <br /> ramps, doors, stairs, and corridors without assistance. <br /> Subp. 6. Applicant. "Applicant" means an operator or <br /> authorized representative of an operator seeking a license to <br /> operate an adult day care center under parts 9555.9600 to <br /> 9555.9730. <br /> Subp. 7 . Building official. "Building official" means a <br /> person appointed in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section <br /> 16B.65, to administer the State Building code or the building <br /> official's authorized representative. <br /> Subp. 8 . Capable of taking appropriate action for self <br /> preservation under emergency conditions. "Capable of taking <br /> appropriate action for self preservation under emergency <br /> conditions" is the designation applied in parts 9555.9600 to <br /> 9555.9730 to an adult who meets the criteria in items A and B. <br /> A. The person is ambulatory or mobile; and <br /> B. The person has. the combined physical and mental <br /> capability to: <br /> (1) recognize a danger, signal, or alarm <br /> requiring evacuation fzom the center; <br /> (2) initiate and complete the evacuation without <br /> requiring more than sporadic assistance from another person, <br /> such as help in opening a door or getting into a wheelchair; <br /> (3) select an alternative means of escape or take <br /> other appropriate action if the primary escape route is blocked; <br /> http://www.revisor.leg.state.mu.us/arule/9555/9,600.html 3/11/2003 <br />