§ 2581 — Children with physical disabilities; definitions

New York § 2581

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law PBH: Public Health
• Title 5: Children With Physical Disabilities
• Art. 25: Maternal and Child Health

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§ 2581. Children with physical disabilities; definitions. As used in\nthis article: 1. "Children with physical disabilities" means any persons\nunder twenty-one years of age who are disabled by reason of a defect or\ndisability, whether congenital or acquired by accident, injury, or\ndisease, or who are suffering from long-term disease, including, but\nwithout limiting the generality of the foregoing, chronic granulomatous,\ncystic fibrosis, epidermolysis bullosa, muscular dystrophy, nephrosis,\nrheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease, blood dyscrasies, cancer,\nlymphatic diseases, including, but not limited to: insufficiency of\nlymphatic circulatory function (to include all forms of lymphedema, both\nprimary and secondary); lipedema; complex vascular diseases of the\nlymphatic vasculature, including lymphangiomatosis,\nlymphangioleio-myomatosis, lymphangiectasias, lymphangiomas, cystic\nhygromas, Gorham's disease, lymphangiosarcoma, and complex\nvascular/lymphatic malformations and syndromes, brain injured, and\nchronic asthma, or from any disease or condition likely to result in a\ndisability in the absence of treatment, provided, however, no child\nshall be deprived of a service under the provisions of this chapter\nsolely because of the degree of developmental disability.\n 2. "Medical service" means such diagnostic, therapeutic, and\nrehabilitative care by medical and paramedical personnel, including\nhospital and related care, and drugs, prostheses, appliances, equipment\nand devices as necessary.\n