1999 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, children, families, and learning, 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, mental retardation or a related condition, 
 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, mental retardation or a related 
 condition, 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, mental retardation or a related condition, 
 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. 

    HIST: 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