State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > South-dakota > Title-34 > Chapter-20a > Statute-34-20a-234-20A-2. Definition of terms. Terms as used in this chapter mean:
(1) "Accredited prevention or treatment facility," a private or public agency meeting the standards prescribed in § 34-20A-27 and listed under § 34-20A-47, or a private or public agency or facility surveyed and accredited by the Joint Commission; an Indian Health Service's quality assurance review under the Indian Health Service Manual, Professional Standards-Alcohol/Substance Abuse; or the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities under the drug and alcohol treatment standards incorporated and adopted by the division in rules promulgated pursuant to chapter 1-26, if proof of such accreditation, with accompanying recommendations, progress reports and related correspondence are submitted to the Division of Drug and Alcohol Abuse in a timely manner;
(2) "Advisory council" and "council," the Drug and Alcohol Abuse Advisory Council created by § 34-20A-3.2;
(3) "Alcoholic," a person who habitually lacks self-control as to the use of alcoholic beverages, or uses alcoholic beverages to the extent that his health is substantially impaired or endangered or his social or economic function is substantially disrupted;
(4) "Chemical dependency counselor," a level II or III counselor certified by the South Dakota Certification Board for Alcohol and Drug Professionals;
(5) "Department," the State Department of Human Services;
(6) "Designated prevention or treatment facility," an accredited agency operating under the direction and control of the state or providing services under this chapter through a contract with the division or treatment facilities operated by the federal government which may be designated by the division without accreditation by the state;
(7) "Division," the Division of Drug and Alcohol Abuse within the department;
(8) "Drug abuser," a person who habitually lacks self-control as to the use of controlled drugs or substances as defined in § 34-20B-3 to the extent that the person's health is substantially impaired or endangered or that the person's social or economic function is substantially disrupted;
(9) "Incapacitated by alcohol or other drugs," that a person, as a result of the use of alcohol or other drugs, is unconscious or his judgment is otherwise so impaired that he is incapable of realizing and making a rational decision with respect to his need for treatment;
(10) "Incompetent person," a person who has been adjudged incompetent by the circuit court;
(11) "Intoxicated person," a person who demonstrates diminished mental or physical capacity as a result of the use of alcohol or other drugs;
(12) "Prevention," purposeful activities designed to promote personal growth of an individual and strengthen the aspects of the community environment which are supportive to him in order to preclude, forestall, or impede the development of alcohol or other drug misuse and abuse;
(13) "Secretary," the secretary of the Department of Human Services;
(14) "Treatment," the broad range of emergency, outpatient, intermediate, and inpatient services and care, including diagnostic evaluation, which may be extended to those persons experiencing problems as a result of the use of alcohol or other drugs.
Source: SL 1974, ch 240, § 2; SL 1981, ch 375, §§ 18, 19; SL 1985, ch 278, § 2; SL 1989, ch 21, § 154; SL 1989, ch 292, § 1; SL 1999, ch 173, § 1; SL 2004, ch 253, § 29; SL 2009, ch 166, § 1.
