South Dakota Statutes
§ 27B-1-18 — Developmental disability defined.
South Dakota·Title 27B DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS·Ch. 27B-1 DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS
A developmental disability is any severe, chronic disability of a person that:
(1)Is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination of mental and physical impairments;
(2)Is manifested before the person attains age twenty - two;
(3)Is likely to continue indefinitely;
(4)Results in substantial functional limitations in three or more of the following areas of major life activity: self - care, receptive and expressive language, learning, mobility, self - direction, capacity for independent living, and economic self - sufficiency; and (5) Reflects the person's need for an array of generic services, met through a system of individualized planning and supports over an extended time, including those of a life - long duration.
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Related
Snelling v. South Dakota Department of Social Services
2010 SD 24 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 2010)
Legislative History
SL 2000, ch 131, § 6.
Nearby Sections
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§ 27B-1-14
Purpose.§ 27B-1-15
Administrative functions of department.§ 27B-1-16
Use of other boards or councils.§ 27B-1-17
Definitions.§ 27B-1-18
Developmental disability defined.§ 27B-1-18.1
Intellectual disability defined.§ 27B-10-10
Review hearing--Rights.§ 27B-10-12
Assisting in escape--Violation.§ 27B-10-13
Rights--Person committed--Department.