[PART
IX.]  CIVIL COMMITMENT FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE



OUTPATIENT
TREATMENT



 



[§334-141]  Definitions.  As used in
this part:



"Family member" means any individual
who is a member of the immediate family of the person who is the subject of the
petition, including spouse, child, parent, grandparent, or any related
individual who resides in the same household as the individual who is the
subject of the petition.



"Outpatient treatment" includes any
substance abuse treatment provided through individual or group therapy, day or
partial day programs, and intensive day treatment and which does not require
the individual to reside on a twenty-four-hour basis in the facility for more
than three days to benefit from the treatment program.



"Petitioner" means the family member
who applies to the court for an order to require an individual to enter into an
outpatient treatment program.



"Respondent" means the individual who
is eighteen years of age or older who is the subject of the petition for a
court order to require the individual to enter into an outpatient treatment
program. [L 2004, c 44, pt of §20]