2006 New York Code - Definitions.



 
    § 2799-e. Definitions. For purposes of this article:
    1.  "Eating  disorder"  is  defined to include, but not be limited to,
  conditions such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia and binge eating  disorder,
  identified  as  such  in  the  ICD-9-CM  International Classification of
  Disease or the most current edition of the  Diagnostic  and  Statistical
  Manual   of  Mental  Disorders,  or  other  medical  and  mental  health
  diagnostic references generally accepted for standard use by the medical
  and mental health fields.
    2. "Comprehensive care centers for eating disorders" or "comprehensive
  care centers" means a provider-sponsored system of  care,  organized  by
  either  corporate  affiliation  or  clinical  association for the common
  purpose of providing a coordinated, individualized plan of care  for  an
  individual with an eating disorder, across a continuum that includes all
  necessary non-institutional, institutional and practitioner services and
  treatments, from initial patient screening and evaluation, to treatment,
  follow-up care and support.

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