For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions apply:

(1) "Administrator" means the person designated on the program application or by written notice to the department as the person responsible for the daily operation of the program and for the daily resident care provided by the program.

(2) "Average daily census" means the arithmetical average of the number of participants served daily by the program, calculated over a calendar year. This number is calculated by adding the total number of service days, as defined in (2), provided by the program during the last calendar year, and divided by 365 days.

(3) "Board" means the Board of Private Alternative Adolescent Residential or Outdoor Programs provided for in 2-15-1745, MCA.

(4) "Child abuse or neglect" is defined in 41-2-102, MCA.

(5) "Contraband" means any item possessed by a program participant or found on a program's premises that are prohibited by law or by the program.

(6) "Department" means the Department of Labor and Industry.

(7) "Direct care staff" means program personnel who directly participate in the care, supervision, and guidance of program participant in a program.

(8) "Number of service days" means any portion of a 24 hour period in which service is provided to one participant, multiplied by the number of actual participants on that day.

(9) "Participant" means any youth or adolescent to whom services are being provided by the program.

(10) "Prospective owner or operator or worker affiliated with the program" means any owner, partner, member, employee, or contractor providing professional or occupational services to a program.

(11) "Registration" refers to the process whereby a person or entity seeking to establish a private alternative adolescent residential or outdoor program as provided in 37-48-101, et seq, MCA, completes the necessary application for registration, submits the required fee, and thereby seeks approval for the issuance of a provisional license.

(12) "Significant Change to Plan of Operation" means a major addition or deletion of advertised services or location or change of services offered by the program.