Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes > Chapter 144G > SURVEYS, CORRECTION ORDERS, AND FINES

• Adult: means an individual 18 years of age or older. See Minnesota Statutes 645.451
• 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.
• case manager: includes case management services as defined in Minnesota Rules, part Minnesota Statutes 245D.02
• Certification: means the commissioner's written authorization for a license holder to provide specialized services based on certification standards in section 245D. See Minnesota Statutes 245D.02
• Chemical restraint: means the administration of a drug or medication to control the person's behavior or restrict the person's freedom of movement and is not a standard treatment or dosage for the person's medical or psychological condition. See Minnesota Statutes 245D.02
• children: includes children by birth or adoption;

  (9) "day" comprises the time from midnight to the next midnight;

  (10) "fiscal year" means the year by or for which accounts are reckoned;

  (11) "hereafter" means a reference to the time after the time when the law containing such word takes effect;

  (12) "heretofore" means a reference to the time previous to the time when the law containing such word takes effect;

  (13) "judicial sale" means a sale conducted by an officer or person authorized for the purpose by some competent tribunal;

  (14) "minor" means an individual under the age of 18 years;

  (15) "money" means lawful money of the United States;

  (16) "night time" means the time from sunset to sunrise;

  (17) "non compos mentis" refers to an individual of unsound mind;

  (18) "notary" means a notary public;

  (19) "now" in any provision of a law referring to other laws in force, or to persons in office, or to any facts or circumstances as existing, relates to the laws in force, or to the persons in office, or to the facts or circumstances existing, respectively, on the effective date of such provision;

  (20) "verified" when used in reference to writings, means supported by oath or affirmation. See Minnesota Statutes 645.45

• Commissioner: means the commissioner of the Department of Human Services or the commissioner's designated representative. See Minnesota Statutes 245D.02
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Direct contact: has the meaning given in section 245C. See Minnesota Statutes 245D.02
• Emergency: means any event that affects the ordinary daily operation of the program including, but not limited to, fires, severe weather, natural disasters, power failures, or other events that threaten the immediate health and safety of a person receiving services and that require calling 911, emergency evacuation, moving to an emergency shelter, or temporary closure or relocation of the program to another facility or service site for more than 24 hours. See Minnesota Statutes 245D.02
• 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.
• Expanded support team: means the members of the support team defined in subdivision 34 and a licensed health or mental health professional or other licensed, certified, or qualified professionals or consultants working with the person and included in the team at the request of the person or the person's legal representative. See Minnesota Statutes 245D.02
• Incident: means an occurrence which involves a person and requires the program to make a response that is not a part of the program's ordinary provision of services to that person, and includes:

  (1) serious injury of a person as determined by section 245. See Minnesota Statutes 245D.02

• Legal representative: means the parent of a person who is under 18 years of age, a court-appointed guardian, or other representative with legal authority to make decisions about services for a person. See Minnesota Statutes 245D.02
• License: has the meaning given in section 245A. See Minnesota Statutes 245D.02
• License holder: has the meaning given in section 245A. See Minnesota Statutes 245D.02
• Licensed health professional: means a person licensed in Minnesota to practice those professions described in section 214. See Minnesota Statutes 245D.02
• Manual restraint: means physical intervention intended to hold a person immobile or limit a person's voluntary movement by using body contact as the only source of physical restraint. See Minnesota Statutes 245D.02
• medication: includes dietary supplements. See Minnesota Statutes 245D.02
• Most integrated setting: means a setting that enables individuals with disabilities to interact with nondisabled persons to the fullest extent possible. See Minnesota Statutes 245D.02
• Outcome: means the behavior, action, or status attained by the person that can be observed, measured, and determined reliable and valid. See Minnesota Statutes 245D.02
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Person: has the meaning given in section 245A. See Minnesota Statutes 245D.02
• Physician: means a person who is licensed under chapter 147. See Minnesota Statutes 245D.02
• Program: means either the nonresidential or residential program as defined in section 245A. See Minnesota Statutes 245D.02
• Seclusion: means : (1) removing a person involuntarily to a room from which exit is prohibited by a staff person or a mechanism such as a lock, a device, or an object positioned to hold the door closed or otherwise prevent the person from leaving the room; or (2) otherwise involuntarily removing or separating a person from an area, activity, situation, or social contact with others and blocking or preventing the person's return. See Minnesota Statutes 245D.02
• Service: means care, training, supervision, counseling, consultation, or medication assistance assigned to the license holder in the support plan. See Minnesota Statutes 245D.02
• Sexual violence: means the use of sexual actions or words that are unwanted or harmful to another person. See Minnesota Statutes 245D.02
• staff: means employees of the license holder who have direct contact with persons served by the program and includes temporary staff or subcontractors, regardless of employer, providing program services for hire under the control of the license holder who have direct contact with persons served by the program. See Minnesota Statutes 245D.02
• state: extends to and includes the District of Columbia and the several territories. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Supervision: means :

  (1) oversight by direct support staff as specified in the person's support plan or support plan addendum and awareness of the person's needs and activities;

  (2) responding to situations that present a serious risk to the health, safety, or rights of the person while services are being provided; and

  (3) the presence of direct support staff at a service site while services are being provided, unless a determination has been made and documented in the person's support plan or support plan addendum that the person does not require the presence of direct support staff while services are being provided. See Minnesota Statutes 245D.02

• Support plan: has the meaning given in sections 256B. See Minnesota Statutes 245D.02
• Support plan addendum: means the documentation that this chapter requires of the license holder for each person receiving services. See Minnesota Statutes 245D.02
• Support team: means the service planning team identified in section 256B. See Minnesota Statutes 245D.02
• Time out: means the involuntary removal of a person for a period of time to a designated area from which the person is not prevented from leaving. See Minnesota Statutes 245D.02
• Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
• Treatment: means the provision of care, other than medications, ordered or prescribed by a licensed health or mental health professional, provided to a person to cure, rehabilitate, or ease symptoms. See Minnesota Statutes 245D.02
• Unlicensed staff: means individuals not otherwise licensed or certified by a governmental health board or agency. See Minnesota Statutes 245D.02