2007 Minnesota Statutes

245.91 DEFINITIONS.
    Subdivision 1. Applicability. For the purposes of sections 245.91 to 245.97, the following
terms have the meanings given them.
    Subd. 2. Agency. "Agency" means the divisions, officials, or employees of the state
Departments of Human Services, Health, Education, and of local school districts and designated
county social service agencies as defined in section 256G.02, subdivision 7, that are engaged in
monitoring, providing, or regulating services or treatment for mental illness, developmental
disabilities, chemical dependency, or emotional disturbance.
    Subd. 3. Client. "Client" means a person served by an agency, facility, or program,
who is receiving services or treatment for mental illness, developmental disabilities, chemical
dependency, or emotional disturbance.
    Subd. 4. Facility or program. "Facility" or "program" means a nonresidential or residential
program as defined in section 245A.02, subdivisions 10 and 14, that is required to be licensed by
the commissioner of human services, and an acute care inpatient facility that provides services
or treatment for mental illness, developmental disabilities, chemical dependency, or emotional
disturbance.
    Subd. 5. Regional center. "Regional center" means a regional center as defined in section
253B.02, subdivision 18.
    Subd. 6. Serious injury. "Serious injury" means:
(1) fractures;
(2) dislocations;
(3) evidence of internal injuries;
(4) head injuries with loss of consciousness;
(5) lacerations involving injuries to tendons or organs, and those for which complications
are present;
(6) extensive second degree or third degree burns, and other burns for which complications
are present;
(7) extensive second degree or third degree frostbite, and others for which complications
are present;
(8) irreversible mobility or avulsion of teeth;
(9) injuries to the eyeball;
(10) ingestion of foreign substances and objects that are harmful;
(11) near drowning;
(12) heat exhaustion or sunstroke; and
(13) all other injuries considered serious by a physician.
History: 1987 c 352 s 2; 1988 c 543 s 1-3; 1989 c 282 art 2 s 57; 1Sp1997 c 4 art 7 s
42; 2003 c 130 s 12; 2005 c 56 s 1