APPENDIX II: List of Acronyms

APPENDIX II: List of Acronyms

Advocate - Advocate for Service Quality (British Columbia)    

Board - Disability Services Board (Australia)

CEO - Chief Executive Officer

CLBC - Community Living British Columbia

Commissioner - Service Quality and Complaints Commissioner (Quebec)

Commissioner - Disability Services Commissioner (Australia)

CRPD  - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

CSA - Care Standards Act 2000 (UK)

CSSS - Health and Social Services Centre (Quebec)

CQ Commission - Care Quality Commission (UK)

DA - Disability Act 2006 (Vic.) (Australia)

DADS - Department of Aging and Disability Services (US: Texas)

DARS - Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (US: Texas)

Draft Regulation - Draft Regulation on Quality Assurance Measures (Ontario)

HRB Approach - Human Rights-based Approach

HSCA Regulations - Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2010 (UK)

Lanterman Act - Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Act (US: California)

LGO - Local Government Ombudsman (UK)

NDA - National Disability Agreement (Australia)

NGO - Non-governmental Organization

Ombudsman Act - An act respecting the health and social services ombudsman (Quebec)

PDD Program - Persons with Developmental Disabilities Program (Alberta)

SCDD - State Council on Developmental Disabilities (US: California)

Social Inclusion Act - Services and Supports to Promote the Social Inclusion of Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act (Ontario)

Standards and Procedures - Standards and Procedures for Adult Residential Facilities (New Brunswick)

TAC - Texas Administrative Code (US: Texas)

 

 

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