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discharge practices;

(83) “skilled nursing visit” means a personal visit by a nurse to perform a level of care or treatment that requires the nurse to be licensed in the jurisdiction in which services are provided;

(84) “national drug code” or “NDC” means the code assigned by the United States Food and Drug Administration under 21 C.F.R. Part 207 (registration of producers of drugs and listing of drugs in commercial distribution);

(85) repealed 6/16/2016;

(86) “behavioral health clinical associate” means an individual

(A) who has less than a master’s degree in psychology, social work, counseling, or a related field with specialization or experience in providing rehabilitation services to recipients with severe behavioral health conditions;

(B) whose responsibilities may include provision of psychosocial evaluation, education related to a recipient’s behavioral health condition, encouraging and coaching, counseling, and teaching of needed life skills; and

(C) who works within the scope of the individual’s training, experience, and education;

(87) “behavioral health services” means the behavioral health clinic services identified in 7 AAC 135.010(b) and the behavioral health rehabilitation services identified in 7 AAC 135.010(c);

(88) repealed 6/16/2016;

(89) “community behavioral health services provider” has the meaning given in 7 AAC 70.990;

(90) “counseling” means an exchange of information, opinions, and ideas between the recipient and the recipient’s provider about the recipient’s life choices and behaviors for the purpose of helping the recipient make positive changes in the recipient’s behavior;

(91) “detoxification” means the immediate physiological stabilization, diagnosis, and treatment of a recipient who is intoxicated, incapacitated, or experiencing withdrawal from using alcohol or drugs;

(92) “functional impairment”

(A) means a disorder that substantially interferes with or prevents a recipient from achieving or maintaining one or more developmentally appropriate social, behavioral, cognitive, communicative, or adaptive skills;

(B) includes disorders of episodic, recurrent, or continuous duration;

(C) does not include temporary, expected responses to stressful events in the