Connecticut General Statutes 17a-231 – Receivership of residential facilities for persons with intellectual disability: Definitions
As used in this section and sections 17a-232 to 17a-237, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires:
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 17a-231
- intellectual disability: means a significant limitation in intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior that originated during the developmental period before eighteen years of age. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1g
(1) “Residential facility for persons with intellectual disability” means a residential facility for persons with intellectual disability that is licensed, or required to be licensed, pursuant to § 17a-227, including staffing and other program resources associated with such facility;
(2) “Emergency” means a situation, physical condition or one or more practices, methods or operations which present imminent danger of death or serious physical or mental harm to residents of a residential facility for persons with intellectual disability;
(3) “Transfer trauma” means the medical and psychological reactions to physical transfer that increase the risk of death, or grave illness, or both, in persons with intellectual disability;
(4) “Substantial violation” means a violation of regulations adopted pursuant to § 17a-227 which presents a reasonable likelihood of serious physical or mental harm to residents of a residential facility for persons with intellectual disability; and
(5) “Habitual violation” means a violation of regulations adopted pursuant to § 17a-227 which, due to its repetition, presents a reasonable likelihood of serious physical or mental harm to residents of a residential facility for persons with intellectual disability.