Terms Used In Washington Code 71A.12.020

• Developmental disability: means a disability attributable to intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism, or another neurological or other condition of an individual found by the secretary to be closely related to an intellectual disability or to require treatment similar to that required for individuals with intellectual disabilities, which disability originates before the individual attains age eighteen, which has continued or can be expected to continue indefinitely, and which constitutes a substantial limitation to the individual. See Washington Code 71A.10.020
• Eligible person: means a person who has been found by the secretary under RCW 71A. See Washington Code 71A.10.020
• Habilitative services: means those services provided by program personnel to assist persons in acquiring and maintaining life skills and to raise their levels of physical, mental, social, and vocational functioning. See Washington Code 71A.10.020
• person: may be construed to include the United States, this state, or any state or territory, or any public or private corporation or limited liability company, as well as an individual. See Washington Code 1.16.080
• Secretary: means the secretary of social and health services or the secretary's designee. See Washington Code 71A.10.020
• services: means services provided by state or local government to carry out this title. See Washington Code 71A.10.020