DCF 57.04(9m)(9m) “County department” or “county” means a county department of social services under s. 46.215 or 46.22, Stats.; a county department of human services under s. 46.23, Stats.; or a county department under s. 51.42 or 51.437, Stats. DCF 57.04(10)(10) “Custodial parent” means a resident whose child resides in the group home with the resident. DCF 57.04(11)(11) “Department” means the department of children and families. DCF 57.04(12)(12) “Emergency” means serious medical incidents, fire, tornadoes, flooding, and loss of services to the group home such as electricity, heat, water or telephone, or threats to the premises or its occupants. DCF 57.04(13)(13) “EPSDT” means early and periodic screening, diagnosis and treatment of persons under s. DHS 107.22. DCF 57.04(13m)(13m) “Family interaction plan” means a plan developed by a placing agency to promote a resident’s interaction with members of the resident’s family and includes interaction by face-to-face contact; telephone calls; letters; emails; and attendance at routine activities, such as counseling sessions, medical appointments, school events, and faith-related activities. DCF 57.04(14)(14) “Family-operated group home” means a home for which the licensee is one or more individuals who operate not more than one group home. DCF 57.04(15)(15) “Fit and qualified” means displaying the capacity to successfully nurture and care for children and shall not include a history of a civil action, criminal conviction or administrative rule violation that substantially relates to the care of a child; a history of exercising unsound judgment or abuse of alcohol or drugs. DCF 57.04 NoteNote: For help in determining whether a civil action, criminal conviction, or administrative rule violation substantially relates to the care of children, consult s. DCF 12.06. DCF 57.04(16)(16) “Group home” means a facility operated by a person licensed by the department pursuant to s. 48.625, Stats., to provide 24-hour care for 5 to 8 residents. DCF 57.04(17)(17) “Group home manager” means a person who is responsible for the day-to-day operations of a group home. DCF 57.04(18)(18) “Guardian” means a person or agency appointed by a court to have the duties and authority of guardianship as described under s. 48.023, Stats. DCF 57.04(19)(19) “HealthCheck provider” means a provider certified under ch. DHS 105, to provide EPSDT health assessment and evaluation services. DCF 57.04(20)(20) “Household member” means any person who resides, or is expected to reside, at the group home, who is not a resident of the group home and who has or may have direct contact with group home residents, whether or not related to the licensee. DCF 57.04(21)(21) “House rules” means a summary of the group home’s standards related to resident conduct, responsibilities, expectations, and daily activities. DCF 57.04(23)(23) “Legal custodian” means a person, other than a parent or guardian, or an agency to whom legal custody of a child has been transferred by a court, but does not include a person who has only physical custody of a child. DCF 57.04(25)(25) “Licensee” means a person licensed by the department pursuant to s. 48.66, Stats., to operate a group home. DCF 57.04(25m)(25m) “Normalcy” means a resident’s ability to easily engage in healthy and age or developmentally appropriate activities that promote his or her well-being, such as participation in social, scholastic, and enrichment activities. DCF 57.04(27)(27) “Permanency plan” means the plan required under s. 48.38 (2), Stats., that is designed to ensure that a child placed in a group home is safely reunified with the child’s family whenever appropriate, or that the child quickly attains a safe placement in a home providing long-term stability. DCF 57.04(28)(28) “Physical custody” means actual custody of the person in the absence of a court order granting legal custody to the physical custodian. DCF 57.04(30)(30) “Placing agency” means an agency that is licensed under s. 48.60, Stats., and ch. DCF 54, to place children into adoptive homes, foster homes or group homes, to accept guardianship of children or to license foster homes, a county department with powers and duties as defined under s. 48.57, Stats., the department, the Wisconsin department of corrections or any other authorized placement authority. DCF 57.04(31)(31) “Premises” means the physical plant of the group home, the tract of land on which the group home is situated and any other building or structure on that land. DCF 57.04(32)(32) “Program director” means a person that is either on staff or under contract with the group home to provide program oversight and case management for residents of the group home. DCF 57.04(32m)(32m) “Reasonable and prudent parent standard” means a standard for use in making decisions concerning a resident’s participation in age or developmentally appropriate extracurricular, enrichment, cultural, and social activities that is characterized by careful and sensible parental decisions that maintain the health, safety, best interests, and cultural, religious, and tribal values of the resident while at the same time encouraging the emotional and developmental growth of the resident. DCF 57.04(33)(33) “Relief help” means an individual that is used by the licensee on an irregular and infrequent basis for brief periods of time to provide care for residents.