(1) The following definitions apply only to outdoor programs.

(a) "Direct care staff" means program personnel who directly participate in the care, supervision, and guidance of program participants in an outdoor program, including senior field staff and field staff.

(b) "Expedition" means an excursion undertaken for specific therapeutic or educational purposes that takes program participants away from the field office.

(c) "Expedition camp" means a nonpermanent campsite. Program participants and staff may move from one expedition camp to another when on expedition.

(d) "Field office" means the office where coordination of expedition operations takes place.

(e) "High adventure activity" means an outdoor activity provided to program participants for the purposes of behavior management, outdoor education, or treatment, and which requires special safety precautions in accordance with industry risk management standards.

(f) "Low impact camping" means wilderness and land use ethics designed to minimize the impact of visitors to back country areas.

(g) "Outdoor program" means a program in which the majority of time, including overnight, is spent outdoors.

(h) "Solo experience" means separation of a program participant from the group as part of the outdoor therapeutic process exceeding the length of eight hours.

(i) "Wilderness first responder" means a certified first responder.