§ 25-04-00.1 — Definitions

North Dakota § 25-04-00.1

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 25: Mental and Physical Illness or Disability
• Ch. 25-04: Care of Developmentally Disabled

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For the purposes of this chapter:
1. "Department" means the department of health and human services.
2. "Eligible" means an individual has been deemed eligible by the department for
developmental disability services.
3. "Individual served" is an eligible individual who is a legal resident of the state of North
Dakota and is receiving services from the life skills and transition center.
4. "Noneligible" means a minor who is a legal resident of the state and has not been
deemed eligible by the department for developmental disability services.
5. "Nonresident individual served" includes:
a. Any individual served by the life skills and transition center who is under eighteen
years old and whose responsible relative is not a bona fide resident of this state.
b. Any enrolled member of a federally recognized Indian tribe for whom the United
States government has, through its statutes and regulations, a responsibility for
their care.
6. "Nonresident responsible relative" includes the nonresident spouse, father, or mother
of the individual served. It includes the bureau of Indian affairs in those cases involving
an enrolled member of a federally recognized Indian tribe for whom the United States
government has, through its statutes and regulations, a responsibility for their care.
7. "Nonresidential services" means rehabilitative services and supports that are provided
in a family home or community setting.
8. "Residential services" are specialized services and supports provided at the life skills
and transition center facility which include both room and board and rehabilitative
services in accordance with an individual's care and support plan. Residential services
provided at the life skills and transition center are available to address an individual's
needs for stabilization.