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2011 Oregon Revised Statutes
ORS Volume 10, Chapters 366 - 430
ORS Chapter 417
417.340 Definitions for ORS 417.340 to 417.349.

Universal Citation:
OR Rev Stat § 417.340 (through Leg Sess 2011)
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As used in ORS 417.340 to 417.348 and 417.349:

(1) Child s home means the home in which a child resides with the child s biological or adoptive parents or legal guardian. It does not include foster care, proctor care, group home placement or other institutional placement.

(2) Family means the unit that consists of:

(a) A member with a disability or chronic illness; and

(b) One or more related persons who reside in the same household.

(3) Family member with a disability or chronic illness means a person who has a disability or chronic illness that:

(a) Is likely to continue indefinitely;

(b) Results in substantial functional limitations in one or more of the following areas of major life activity:

(A) Self-care;

(B) Receptive and expressive language;

(C) Learning;

(D) Mobility;

(E) Self-direction;

(F) Capacity for independent living; or

(G) Economic self-sufficiency; and

(c) Reflects the person s need for special, interdisciplinary or generic care, treatment or other services that are of lifelong duration and must be individually planned and coordinated.

(4) Medically involved means having a physical or developmental disability that requires assistance with most activities of daily living and requires health and personal care throughout the day and night. [1991 c.122 1; 2001 c.900 251; 2007 c.751 1]

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