21-4-2
Section 21-4-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this article the following terms shall have
the meanings as set forth in this section: (1) NONAMBULATORY DISABILITIES. Impairments that,
regardless of cause or manifestation, for all practical purposes, confine individuals to wheelchairs.
(2) SEMIAMBULATORY DISABILITIES. Impairments that cause individuals to walk with difficulty
or insecurity. Individuals using braces or crutches, amputees, arthritics, those with neuromuscular
disorders, and those with pulmonary and cardiac ills may be semiambulatory. (3) SIGHT DISABILITIES.
Total blindness or impairments affecting sight to the extent that the individual functioning
in public areas is insecure or exposed to danger. (4) HEARING DISABILITIES. Deafness or hearing
handicaps that might make an individual insecure in public areas because he is unable to communicate
or hear warning signals. (5) DISABILITIES OF INCOORDINATION. Faulty coordination or palsy
from brain, spinal, or peripheral nerve...
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21-7-1
Section 21-7-1 Declaration of policy; definitions. (a) It is the policy of this state to encourage
and enable the blind, the visually impaired, and the physically disabled to participate fully
in the social and economic life of the state and to engage in meaningful employment. (b) For
the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) HANDLER.
Includes an individual with a disability and a trainer. (2) HOUSING ACCOMMODATION. Any real
property or portion thereof which is used or occupied, or intended, arranged, or designed
to be used or occupied, as the home, residence, or sleeping place of one or more individuals,
but does not include any single-family residence, the occupants of which rent, lease, or furnish
for compensation not more than one room therein. (3) INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY. As defined
by 42 U.S.C. §12102, and further defined as an individual who has a physical or mental impairment,
including a physical, sensory, psychiatric,...
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38-13-2
Section 38-13-2 Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following words shall have the
following meanings: (1) ADULT. An individual 19 years of age and older. (2) ADULT CARE FACILITY.
A person or entity holding a Department of Human Resources license or approval or certification
to provide care, including foster care, for adults. (3) APPLICANT. A person or entity who
submits an application for license as a child care or adult care facility to the Department
of Human Resources or a child placing agency, or an application for employment or for a volunteer
position to a Department of Human Resources licensed child care or adult care facility. With
regard to child care and adult care facilities in a home setting, the term includes an adult
household member whose residence is in the home. The term also includes an individual who
submits an application for a volunteer position or for employment with the Department of Human
Resources in a position in which the person has unsupervised...
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38-9-2
Section 38-9-2 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) ABUSE. The infliction of physical pain, injury, or the willful
deprivation by a caregiver or other person of services necessary to maintain mental and physical
health. (2) ADULT IN NEED OF PROTECTIVE SERVICES. A person 18 years of age or older whose
behavior indicates that he or she is mentally incapable of adequately caring for himself or
herself and his or her interests without serious consequences to himself or herself or others,
or who, because of physical or mental impairment, is unable to protect himself or herself
from abuse, neglect, exploitation, sexual abuse, or emotional abuse by others, and who has
no guardian, relative, or other appropriate person able, willing, and available to assume
the kind and degree of protection and supervision required under the circumstances. (3) CAREGIVER.
An individual who has the responsibility for the care of a protected...
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