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20-48-202. Definitions.
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20-48-202. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Community” means either region or locality;
(2)(A) “Coordinate” means to utilize resources in appropriate sequence and relationship to provide the proper services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
(B) “Coordinate” implies a working relationship with, but not administrative authority over, public agencies providing services to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities;
(3) “Individual” means a person without regard to chronological age;
(4)(A) “Individual with intellectual and developmental disabilities” means:
(i) 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 persons with intellectual disabilities; or
(ii) A person with intellectual and developmental disabilities who may not exhibit an intellectual deficit on standard psychological tests but who, because of other handicaps, functions as a person with intellectual disabilities.
(B) “Individual with intellectual and developmental disabilities” does not include a person whose primary condition is caused by mental illness, emotional disturbance, physical handicap, or sensory defect;
(5) “Intellectual and developmental disability” means the same as defined in § 20-48-603;
(6) “Locality” means a geographical area defined by the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services or the appropriate division as determined by the Secretary of the Department of Human Services usually consisting of a municipality or county but not excluding other areas within easy commuting distance;
(7) “Private organizations”
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-48-202
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20-48-202. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Community” means either region or locality;
(2)(A) “Coordinate” means to utilize resources in appropriate sequence and relationship to provide the proper services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
(B) “Coordinate” implies a working relationship with, but not administrative authority over, public agencies providing services to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities;
(3) “Individual” means a person without regard to chronological age;
(4)(A) “Individual with intellectual and developmental disabilities” means:
(i) 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 persons with intellectual disabilities; or
(ii) A person with intellectual and developmental disabilities who may not exhibit an intellectual deficit on standard psychological tests but who, because of other handicaps, functions as a person with intellectual disabilities.
(B) “Individual with intellectual and developmental disabilities” does not include a person whose primary condition is caused by mental illness, emotional disturbance, physical handicap, or sensory defect;
(5) “Intellectual and developmental disability” means the same as defined in § 20-48-603;
(6) “Locality” means a geographical area defined by the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services or the appropriate division as determined by the Secretary of the Department of Human Services usually consisting of a municipality or county but not excluding other areas within easy commuting distance;
(7) “Private organizations” means organizations, persons, firms, individuals, corporations, or associations;
(8) “Public agencies” means all agencies, departments, boards, institutions, commissions, officers, officials, political subdivisions and agencies thereof, and school districts of this state;
(9) “Region” means a geographical area defined by the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services, usually consisting of all or parts of two (2) or more counties, which is created to provide services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities when the services cannot be provided feasibly or practically at the local level;
(10) “Services for individuals with intellectual disabilities” or “services” means all services pertaining to and incidental to the prevention, detection, diagnosis, evaluation, treatment, care, custody, education, training, rehabilitation, or supervision of individuals with intellectual disabilities; and
(11) “Superintendent” means the chief administrative officer assigned full-time to a human development center.
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20-48-603. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “Individual with an intellectual and developmental disability” means a person with an intellectual and developmental disability as defined in this section;
(2)(A) “Intellectual and developmental disability” means a disability of a person that:
(i) Is attributable to an impairment of general intellectual functioning or adaptive behavior, including cerebral palsy, spina bifida, Down syndrome, epilepsy, or autism;
(ii) Is attributable to any other condition of a person found to be closely related to intellectual and developmental disability because the condition results in impairment of general intellectual functioning or adaptive behavior similar to that of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities or requires treatment and services similar to those required for the persons;
(iii) Is attributable to dyslexia resulting from intellectual and developmental disability, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, or autism; and
(iv) Has continued or can be expected to continue indefinitely.
(B) “Intellectual and developmental disability” does not refer to other forms of mental disease or defect not defined in this section; (3) “Division” means the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services or the staff of the division where the context so indicates;
(4) “Family Home I” means a community-based residential home licensed by the division that provides room and board, personal care, habilitation services, and supervision in a single-family environment for not more than eight (8) developmentally disabled persons;
(5) “Family Home II” means a community-based residential home licensed by the division that provides room and board, personal care, habilitation service
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-48-603
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 20-48-603. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.