§ 28:477 — Definitions

§477. Definitions
As used in this Chapter, unless otherwise clearly indicated, these words and phrases
have the following meanings:
(1) "Community home" means a facility certified, licensed, or monitored by the
Louisiana Department of Health to provide resident services and supervision to six or fewer
persons who have mental illness or developmental disabilities. Such facility shall provide
supervisory personnel in order to function as a single family unit but not to exceed two live-in persons.
(2) "Department" means the Louisiana Department of Health.
(3)(a) "Person who has a mental illness or a developmental disability" means any
person who has a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more of
the following major life activities:
(i) Self-care.
(ii) Receptive or expressive language.
(iii) Learning.
(iv) Mobility.
(v) Self-direction.
(vi) Capacity for independent living.
(vii) Economic self-sufficiency.
(b) This definition shall not include persons with substance-related or addictive
disorders, nor shall it apply to persons who have mental illness or developmental disabilities
and are currently under sentence or on parole from any criminal violation or who have been
found not guilty of a criminal charge by reason of insanity.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1981, No. 892, §1, eff. Aug. 2, 1981; Acts 1992, No. 334, §1, eff. June 17, 1992; Acts 1992, No. 774, §1, eff. July 7, 1992; Acts 2014, No. 811, §14, eff. June 23, 2014; Acts 2017, No. 369, §2.