[CHAPTER321H]

NEUROTRAUMA

 

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

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

"Department" means department ofhealth.

"Director" means the director ofhealth.

"Neurotrauma" means a severe chronicdisability of a person that is attributable to an injury to the central nervoussystem, such as traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury, and likely tocontinue indefinitely.  Neurotrauma can include other neurological dysfunctionsbut does not include substance misuse and abuse, Alzheimer's disease, or theinfirmities of aging.  Neurotrauma or other neurological deficits result insubstantial 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]