Source: http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/34-B/title34-Bsec5001.html
Timestamp: 2013-12-12 14:02:05
Document Index: 208207349

Matched Legal Cases: ['§5001', '§3903', '§5002', '§7', '§23', '§38', '§74', '§9', '§31', '§75', '§76', '§77', '§78', '§79', '§80', '§81', '§14', '§31', '§7', '§7', '§7', '§39', '§7', '§7', '§7', '§7', '§7', 'art 6', '§40', '§7', '§3', '§8', '§31', '§74']

Title 34-B, §5001: Definitions
§3903§5002
have the following meanings. [1983, c. 459, §7 (NEW).]
1993, c. 410, Pt. CCC, §23 (RP)
1-A. Division.
1995, c. 560, Pt. K, §38 (RP)
1-B. Correspondent. "Correspondent" means a person designated by the Consumer Advisory Board or its
successor to act as a next friend of a person with an intellectual disability or autism.
2011, c. 542, Pt. A, §74 (AMD)
1-C. Family. "Family" means those persons that the person defines as included in that person's
family, including as appropriate unpaid individuals with whom the person resides.
2007, c. 356, §9 (NEW); 2007, c. 356, §31 (AFF)
2. Incapacitated person. "Incapacitated person" means any person who is impaired by reason of intellectual disability or autism to the extent that the person lacks sufficient understanding or capacity to make, communicate or implement responsible
personal decisions or decisions regarding the person's property.
2011, c. 542, Pt. A, §75 (AMD)
2-A. Individual support coordinator. "Individual support coordinator" means a regional staff member of the department
with the responsibility for coordinating the personal planning and professional services
for a person eligible for adult developmental services under this Title.
2011, c. 542, Pt. A, §76 (AMD)
3. Intellectual disability. " Intellectual disability" means a condition of significantly subaverage intellectual functioning resulting
in or associated with concurrent impairments in adaptive behavior and manifested during
the developmental period.
2011, c. 542, Pt. A, §77 (AMD)
3-A. Mentally retarded. [
2011, c. 542, Pt. A, §78 (RP)
3-B. Person. "Person" means an adult with an intellectual disability or autism.
2011, c. 542, Pt. A, §79 (AMD)
3-C. Personal planning. "Personal planning" means a process that assists and supports each person who has an intellectual disability or autism in creating a vision for how to live in and be a part of the community.
2011, c. 542, Pt. A, §80 (AMD)
3-D. Personal planning team. "Personal planning team" means the person with an intellectual disability or autism, the person's guardian, if any, the person's individual support coordinator
or case manager and other individuals chosen or identified by the person to participate
in personal planning.
2011, c. 542, Pt. A, §81 (AMD)
3-E. Professional services. "Professional services" means services provided by individuals licensed to provide
medical or behavioral health care and treatment, including but not limited to physicians,
nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, psychologists, speech therapists
2007, c. 356, §14 (NEW); 2007, c. 356, §31 (AFF)
4. Protective services. "Protective services" means services which will separate incapacitated adults from
danger, including, but not limited to: A. Social, medical and psychiatric services necessary to preserve the incapacitated
adult's rights and resources and to maintain the incapacitated adult's physical and
mental well-being; and [1983, c. 459, §7 (NEW).]
B. Seeking guardianship or a protective order under Title 18-A, Article 5. [1983, c. 459, §7 (NEW).]
1983, c. 459, §7 (NEW)
5. Region. "Region" means any of the regions established by the department.
1995, c. 560, Pt. K, §39 (AMD)
6. Supportive services. "Supportive services" means services to make it possible for an incapacitated person
to become rehabilitated or self-sufficient to the maximum extent possible, including
A. Counseling; [1983, c. 459, §7 (NEW).]
B. Transportation; [1983, c. 459, §7 (NEW).]
C. Assistance in obtaining adequate housing; [1983, c. 459, §7 (NEW).]
D. Medical and psychiatric care; and [1983, c. 459, §7 (NEW).]
E. Nutritional services. [1983, c. 459, §7 (NEW).]
7. Ward. "Ward" means a person for whom the department has been duly appointed guardian under
Title 18-A, article V, Part 6.
1995, c. 560, Pt. K, §40 (AMD)
1983, c. 459, §7 (NEW). 1989, c. 73, §§3,4 (AMD). 1993, c. 410, §§CCC23-25 (AMD). 1995, c. 560, §§K38-40 (AMD). 2007, c. 356, §§8-14 (AMD). 2007, c. 356, §31 (AFF). 2011, c. 542, Pt. A, §§74-81 (AMD). Data for this page extracted on 12/03/2013 12:02:51. The Revisor's Office cannot provide legal advice or