As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Board" means the Board of Developmental Disabilities Services;
(2) "Center" means a human development center;
(3) "Community" means either region or locality;
(4) "Coordinate" means to bring resources to bear in appropriate sequence and relationship to provide the proper services for retarded individuals. "Coordinate" implies a working relationship with, but not administrative authority over, public agencies providing mental retardation services;
(5) "Director" means the Director of the Department of Human Services;
(6) "Division" means the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services of the Department of Human Services or the appropriate division as determined by the Director of the Department of Human Services;
(7) "Individual" means a person without regard to chronological age;
(8) "Locality" means a geographical area defined by the division usually consisting of a municipality or county but not excluding other areas within easy commuting distance;
(9) "Mental retardation services" or "services" means all services pertaining to and incidental to the prevention, detection, diagnosis, evaluation, treatment, care, custody, education, training, rehabilitation, or supervision of retarded individuals;
(10) "Private organizations" means organizations, persons, firms, individuals, corporations, or associations;
(11) "Public agencies" means all agencies, departments, boards, institutions, commissions, officers, officials, political subdivisions and agencies thereof, and school districts of this state;
(12) "Region" means a geographical area defined by the division, usually consisting of all or parts of two (2) or more counties, which is created to provide services for retarded individuals when the services cannot be provided feasibly or practically at the local level;
(13) "Retarded" or "mentally retarded" or "retarded individual" means:
(A) A person with a mental deficit requiring him or her to have special evaluation, treatment, care, education, training, supervision, or control in his or her home or community, or in a state institution for the mentally retarded; or
(B) A functionally retarded person who may not exhibit an intellectual deficit on standard psychological tests but who, because of other handicaps, functions as a retarded person. Not included is a person whose primary problem is mental illness, emotional disturbance, physical handicap, or sensory defect; and
(14) "Superintendent" means the chief administrative officer assigned full-time to a center.
Section: 20-48-202 20-48-203 20-48-204 20-48-205 20-48-206 20-48-207 20-48-208 20-48-209 20-48-210 20-48-211 20-48-212 NextLast modified: November 15, 2016