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Statutes > Utah > Title-62a > Chapter-05 > 62a-5-10162A-5-101. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Approved provider" means a person approved by the division to providehome-based services.
(2) (a) "Brain injury" means an acquired injury to the brain that is neurological in nature,including a cerebral vascular accident.
(b) "Brain injury" does not include a deteriorating disease.
(3) "Designated mental retardation professional" means:
(a) a psychologist licensed under Title 58, Chapter 61, Psychologist Licensing Act, who:
(i) (A) has at least one year of specialized training in working with persons with mentalretardation; or
(B) has at least one year of clinical experience with persons with mental retardation; and
(ii) is designated by the division as specially qualified, by training and experience, in thetreatment of mental retardation; or
(b) a clinical social worker, certified social worker, marriage and family therapist, orprofessional counselor, licensed under Title 58, Chapter 60, Mental Health Professional PracticeAct, who:
(i) has at least two years of clinical experience with persons with mental retardation; and
(ii) is designated by the division as specially qualified, by training and experience, in thetreatment of mental retardation.
(4) "Deteriorating disease" includes:
(a) multiple sclerosis;
(b) muscular dystrophy;
(c) Huntington's chorea;
(d) Alzheimer's disease;
(e) ataxia; or
(f) cancer.
(5) "Developmental center" means the Utah State Developmental Center, established inaccordance with Part 2, Utah State Developmental Center.
(6) "Direct service worker" means a person who provides services to a person with adisability:
(a) when the services are rendered in:
(i) the physical presence of the person with a disability; or
(ii) a location where the person rendering the services has access to the physical presenceof the person with a disability; and
(b) (i) under a contract with the division;
(ii) under a grant agreement with the division; or
(iii) as an employee of the division.
(7) "Director" means the director of the Division of Services for People with Disabilities.
(8) (a) "Disability" means a severe, chronic disability that:
(i) is attributable to:
(A) mental retardation;
(B) a condition that qualifies a person as a person with a related condition, as defined in42 C.F.R. 435.1009;
(C) a physical disability; or
(D) a brain injury;
(ii) is likely to continue indefinitely;
(iii) (A) for a condition described in Subsection (8)(a)(i)(A), (B), or (C), results in asubstantial functional limitation in three or more of the following areas of major life activity:
(I) self-care;
(II) receptive and expressive language;
(III) learning;
(IV) mobility;
(V) self-direction;
(VI) capacity for independent living; or
(VII) economic self-sufficiency; or
(B) for a condition described in Subsection (8)(a)(i)(D), results in a substantial limitationin three or more of the following areas:
(I) memory or cognition;
(II) activities of daily life;
(III) judgment and self-protection;
(IV) control of emotions;
(V) communication;
(VI) physical health; or
(VII) employment; and
(iv) requires a combination or sequence of special interdisciplinary or generic care,treatment, or other services that:
(A) may continue throughout life; and
(B) must be individually planned and coordinated.
(b) "Disability" does not include a condition due solely to:
(i) mental illness;
(ii) personality disorder;
(iii) hearing impairment;
(iv) visual impairment;
(v) learning disability;
(vi) behavior disorder;
(vii) substance abuse; or
(viii) the aging process.
(9) "Division" means the Division of Services for People with Disabilities.
(10) "Eligible to receive division services" or "eligibility" means qualification, based oncriteria established by the division in accordance with Subsection 62A-5-102(4), to receiveservices that are administered by the division.
(11) "Endorsed program" means a facility or program that:
(a) is operated:
(i) by the division; or
(ii) under contract with the division; or
(b) provides services to a person committed to the division under Part 3, Admission toMental Retardation Facility.
(12) "Licensed physician" means:
(a) an individual licensed to practice medicine under:
(i) Title 58, Chapter 67, Utah Medical Practice Act; or
(ii) Title 58, Chapter 68, Utah Osteopathic Medical Practice Act; or
(b) a medical officer of the United States Government while in this state in theperformance of official duties.
(13) "Mental retardation" means a significant, subaverage general intellectualfunctioning, that:
(a) exists concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior; and
(b) is manifested during the developmental period as defined in the current edition of theDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, published by the American PsychiatricAssociation.
(14) "Mental retardation facility" means a residential facility for a person with mentalretardation, that receives state or federal funds under Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act,for the purpose of serving a mentally retarded person in this state.
(15) "Physical disability" means a medically determinable physical impairment that hasresulted in the functional loss of two or more of a person's limbs.
(16) "Public funds" means state or federal funds that are disbursed by the division.
(17) "Resident" means an individual under observation, care, or treatment in a mentalretardation facility.
Amended by Chapter 75, 2009 General Session
