Idaho Code > Title 66 > Chapter 4 – Treatment and Care of the Developmentally Disabled
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- Adult: means an individual eighteen (18) years of age or older. See Idaho Code 66-402
- 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.
- Artificial life-sustaining procedures: means any medical procedure or intervention that utilizes mechanical means to sustain or supplant a vital function. See Idaho Code 66-402
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Department: means the Idaho department of health and welfare. See Idaho Code 66-402
- Developmental disability: means a chronic disability of a person that appears before the age of twenty-two (22) and:
Idaho Code 66-402Director: means the director of the department of health and welfare. See Idaho Code 66-402 Emancipated minor: means an individual between fourteen (14) and eighteen (18) years of age who has been married or whose circumstances indicate that the parent-child relationship has been renounced. See Idaho Code 66-402 Evaluation committee: means an interdisciplinary team of at least three (3) individuals designated by the director or his designee to evaluate an individual as required by the provisions of this chapter. See Idaho Code 66-402 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. Facility: means the southwest Idaho treatment center, a nursing facility, an intermediate care facility, an intermediate care facility for people with intellectual disabilities, a licensed residential or assisted living facility, a group foster home, other organizations licensed to provide twenty-four (24) hour care, treatment and training to the developmentally disabled, a mental health center, or an adult and child development center. See Idaho Code 66-402 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. Intellectual disability: means significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning that is accompanied by significant limitations in adaptive functioning in at least two (2) of the following skill areas: communication, self-care, home living, social or interpersonal skills, use of community resources, self-direction, functional academic skills, work, leisure, health and safety. See Idaho Code 73-114 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. Lacks capacity to make informed decisions: means the inability, by reason of developmental disability, to achieve a rudimentary understanding of the purpose, nature, and possible risks and benefits of a decision, after conscientious efforts at explanation, but shall not be evidenced by improvident decisions within the discretion allowed nondevelopmentally disabled individuals. See Idaho Code 66-402 Likely to injure himself or others: means :
Idaho Code 66-402LIP: means :
Idaho Code 66-402Manage financial resources: means the actions necessary to obtain, administer and dispose of real, personal, intangible or business property, benefits and/or income. See Idaho Code 66-402 Meet essential requirements for physical health or safety: means the actions necessary to provide health care, food, clothing, shelter, personal hygiene and/or other care without which serious physical injury or illness would occur. See Idaho Code 66-402 Minor: means an individual under age eighteen (18) years. See Idaho Code 66-402 Oath: A promise to tell the truth. Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program. person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person;
Idaho Code 73-114Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law. Probate: Proving a will Property: includes both real and personal property. See Idaho Code 73-114 Protection and advocacy system: means the agency designated by the governor of the state of Idaho to provide advocacy services for people with disabilities pursuant to 42 U. See Idaho Code 66-402 Registered mail: includes certified mail. See Idaho Code 73-114 Respondent: means the individual subject to judicial proceedings authorized by the provisions of this chapter. See Idaho Code 66-402 State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories; and the words "United States" may include the District of Columbia and territories. See Idaho Code 73-114 Testify: Answer questions in court.