§ 25-04-00.1 Definitions
§ 25-04-01 Life skills and transition center – Name – Administration and control
§ 25-04-01.1 Life skills and transition center to be substituted for developmental center at westwood park, Grafton
§ 25-04-02 Purpose of life skills and transition center
§ 25-04-02.1 Accreditation of life skills and transition center
§ 25-04-02.2 Institutional sale of services – Budget section approval
§ 25-04-03 Qualifications of superintendent
§ 25-04-04 Who may receive benefits of life skills and transition center
§ 25-04-04.1 Program management for an individual served
§ 25-04-05 Qualifications for accessing services provided by life skills and transition center – Educational or related services without charge for individuals twenty-one years of age and under
§ 25-04-05.1 Transfer of individuals – Visiting privileges – Release and placement of individuals served
§ 25-04-06 Juvenile court order for assessment of dependent, neglected, or delinquent child with developmental disability – Appeal
§ 25-04-08 Discharge of individual served from life skills and transition center
§ 25-04-08.1 Notification before discharge
§ 25-04-11 Disposition of individual who is not a legal resident
§ 25-04-11.1 Admission and disposition of nonresidents – Reciprocal agreements
§ 25-04-11.2 Liability for care and treatment of nonresident individuals served
§ 25-04-14 Expenses chargeable against individual or individual’s estate – Filing claims
§ 25-04-15 Expenses chargeable against guardianship estate of individual served – Restrictions
§ 25-04-15.1 Statute of limitations not bar to recovery
§ 25-04-16 Waiver of payment – Use of income tax data – Confidentiality – Definition
§ 25-04-17 Reduction or writeoff of accounts – Report to legislative audit and fiscal review committee
§ 25-04-18 Limitations of this chapter
§ 25-04-19 Quality assurance review committees – Reports – Immunity

Terms Used In North Dakota Code > Chapter 25-04 - Care of Developmentally Disabled

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • children: includes children by birth and by adoption. See North Dakota Code 1-01-18
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37
  • year: means twelve consecutive months. See North Dakota Code 1-01-33