Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 22 > Subtitle 6 > Chapter 1686 - Newborn Hearing Program

• Birth admission: means the time after birth that the newborn remains in the hospital nursery prior to discharge. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 8822
• Board: means the Newborn Hearing Screening Advisory Board. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 8822
• children: means persons who are not related by blood or marriage to, or who have not been legally adopted by, the licensee or administrator of any facility, defined in section 8101, 8201 or 8301?A, that provides services to these children. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 7701
• Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 1-A
• Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 1-A
• facility: means any of the places defined in section 8001, 8101, 8201 or 8301?A, subsection 1?A, paragraph B. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 7701
• 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.
• Hearing loss: means a hearing loss of 30 decibels or more in the frequency region important for speech recognition and comprehension in one or both ears. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 8822
• in writing: include printing and other modes of making legible words. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
• Infant: means a person who has not attained the age of 18 years. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
• 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.
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Parent: means a natural parent, stepparent, adoptive parent, legal guardian or other legal custodian of a child. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 8822
• Person who is culturally deaf: means a person with permanent hearing loss who identifies as a member of the deaf community and who utilizes American Sign Language as the primary mode of communication. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 8822
• treatment: includes , but is not limited to, audiological, medical or early educational services that provide a choice of methods of communication in a variety of sensory modalities. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 8822
• United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72