§ 5-12-104 — Definitions

Wyoming § 5-12-104

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 05: Courts
• Ch. 12: COURT SUPERVISED TREATMENT PROGRAMS

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(a) As used in this act:
(i) "Account" means the court supervised treatment
account created by W.S. 5-12-107(a);
(ii) "Applicant" means one (1) or more governing
bodies of a city, town or county, a tribal government of either
the Northern Arapaho or Eastern Shoshone tribes of the Wind
River Indian Reservation or a nonprofit organization recognized
under 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3);
(iii) "Continuum of care" means a seamless and
coordinated course of substance use disorder education and
treatment, mental health treatment or any combination thereof
designed to meet the needs of participants;
(iv) "Department" means the Wyoming department of
health;
(v) "Dual diagnosis" means a substance use disorder
and a co-occurring mental health disorder;
(vi) "Participant" means a person with a mental
illness or a dual diagnosis who committed or is alleged to have
committed an offense, including those who have had law
enforcement contact for such offenses with or without arrest, or
a substance offender or any other person as provided in title 14
of the Wyoming statutes who has been referred to and accepted
into a program;
(vii) "Participating judge" means the district,
juvenile, circuit, chancery, municipal or tribal court judge or
magistrate or retired district, circuit or chancery court judge
acting as part of a program team;
(viii) "Program" means one (1) or more local court
supervised treatment or mental health programs that comply with
rules and regulations adopted by the Wyoming supreme court;
(ix) "Program coordinator" means the person
responsible for coordinating the establishment, operation,
evaluation and integrity of a program;
(x) "Program team" means the team created pursuant to
W.S. 5-12-111(a);
(xi) "Recidivism" means any subsequent criminal
charge;
(xii) "Referring judge" means the district, juvenile,
circuit, municipal or tribal court judge or magistrate who
refers a participant to a program;
(xiii) "Staffing" means the meeting of a program team
before a participant's entry into the program, and during the
participant's participation in the program, to plan a
coordinated response to the participant's behaviors and needs;
(xiv) "Substance" means alcohol, any controlled
substance as defined in W.S. 35-7-1002(a)(iv), any substance
used for mind altering purpose or over-the-counter medications
and inhalants which are used in a manner not intended by the
manufacturer;
(xv) "Substance use disorder assessment" means as
defined in W.S. 7-13-1301(a)(v);
(xvi) "Substance use disorder treatment" means
treatment designed to provide education, therapy and medication,
as appropriate, directed toward ending a substance use disorder
and preventing its return;
(xvii) "Substance offender" means a person arrested
for, charged with or adjudicated for a substance related offense
or an offense in which substance use is determined from the
evidence to have been a significant factor in the commission of
the offense;
(xviii) "Mental health treatment" means medication,
therapy and prescribed care designed to address disturbances in
behavior, emotions, thoughts or judgment after an evaluation and
mental health diagnosis or diagnostic impression has occurred;
(xix) For purposes of W.S. 5-12-101 through 5-12-118,
"mental illness" means schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder,
major depressive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder or
bipolar disorder, as diagnosed by a mental health professional;
(xx) "Substance use disorder" means as defined by
W.S. 35-1-613(a)(viii);
(xxi) "This act" means W.S. 5-12-101 through 5-12-
118.