2000 Minnesota Statutes

     145.952 Definitions. 

    Subdivision 1.    Scope.  The definitions in this 
 section apply to sections 145.951 to 145.957. 

    Subd. 2.    Abuse.  "Abuse" means physical abuse, sexual 
 abuse, neglect, mental injury, and threatened injury, as those 
 terms are defined in section 626.556, subdivision 2. 

    Subd. 3.    CHILD program or program.  "CHILD program" 
 or "program" means the children helped in long-term development 
 program that the commissioner shall plan to be implemented under 
 sections 145.951 to 145.957. 

    Subd. 4.    Commissioner.  "Commissioner" means the 
 commissioner of health or the commissioner's designee. 

    Subd. 5.    Local organization.  "Local organization" 
 means an organization that contracts with the commissioner under 
 section 145.953, subdivision 1, to administer the CHILD program 
 on a local level. 

    HIST: 1996 c 451 art 4 s 26