[CHAPTER
321H]



NEUROTRAUMA



 



[§321H-1]  Definitions.  As used in this
chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:



"Board" means the neurotrauma
advisory board established under section 321H-3.



"Department" means department of
health.



"Director" means the director of
health.



"Neurotrauma" means a severe chronic
disability of a person that is attributable to an injury to the central nervous
system, such as traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury, and likely to
continue indefinitely.  Neurotrauma can include other neurological dysfunctions
but does not include substance misuse and abuse, Alzheimer's disease, or the
infirmities of aging.  Neurotrauma or other neurological deficits result in
substantial functional limitations in two or more of the following areas:



(1)  Self-care;



(2)  Speech, hearing, or communication;



(3)  Learning;



(4)  Mobility;



(5)  Self-direction;



(6)  Capacity for independent living; and



(7)  Economic sufficiency. [L 2002, c 160, pt of §2]