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(32) “physical restraint” means the application of physical force without the use of any device, for the purpose of restricting the free movement of a child’s body;

(33) “placement worker” means a person who arranges for placement of a child in a residential child care facility and includes an employee of the department with regard to the placement of children;

(34) “professional review organization” means an independent team of medical professionals, including at least one physician, who have competence in the treatment and diagnosis of mental illness, and who operate under an agreement with the state to provide independent reviews;

(35) “regular volunteer” means a person who volunteers for at least one day a week for at least five consecutive weeks;

(36) “relative” means an individual who is related to another by blood, adoption, marriage, or tribal custom;

(37) “residential center” means a residential child care facility for 13 or more children;

(38) “residential child care facility” has the meaning given in AS 47.32.900;

(39) “residential group home” means a residential child care facility for no more than 12 children;

(40) “residential psychiatric treatment center” has the meaning given in AS 47.32.900;

(41) “restraint” means a personal restraint, physical restraint, mechanical restraint, or chemical restraint;

(42) “runaway child” has the meaning given “runaway minor” in AS 47.10.390;

(43) “semi-secure residential child care facility”

(A) means a residential child care facility that is wholly or partially secure such that a child is not prevented from leaving, but will reasonably ensure that if a child leaves without permission, the child’s act of leaving will be immediately noticed;

(B) does not include a facility licensed under 7 AAC 50.805 as a semisecure residential psychiatric treatment center;

(44) “serious injury” has the meaning given in 7 AAC 67.990;

(45) “shelter home” means a foster home exclusively for runaway youth;

(46) “sleeping hours” means the hours from midnight to six a.m.;

(47) “supervised transition living” or “supervised apartment living” means a short-term program for adolescents at least 16 years of age and under 19 years of age to enable those for whom independent living is the plan to prepare to lead self-sufficient adult lives;