2007 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.
History: 1996 c 451 art 4 s 26