2012 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 35 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
CHAPTER 1 - ADMINISTRATION
35-1-613. Definitions.

(a) As used in this act:

(i) "Community board" means a community mental health board, a substance abuse board, a developmental disabilities board, or a family violence and sexual assault board, or a board offering a combination of human services programs, created under this act. For the purposes of this act every community board is also a public agency;

(ii) "Developmental disabilities" means a disability attributable to intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, autism or any other neurological condition requiring services similar to those required by persons with intellectual disabilities, that has continued or can be expected to continue indefinitely and constitutes a substantial impairment to the individual's ability to function in society;

(iii) "Department" means the department of health;

(iv) "Human services program" means community facilities, services and programs which exclusively or in part, are used or operated to prevent or treat mental illness, substance abuse or developmental disabilities, to provide shelter and crisis services for victims of family violence or sexual assault or to provide other community based services which serve a public purpose;

(v) "Mental illness" means a condition which is manifested by a disorder or disturbance in behavior, feeling, thinking or judgment to such an extent that care and treatment are required;

(vi) "Public agency" means an organization operated by a unit of local government or a combination of governments or agencies formed under the Wyoming Joint Powers Act;

(vii) "Substance" means alcoholic beverages and other drugs;

(viii) "Substance abuse" means the use, without compelling medical reason, of any substance which results in psychological or physiological dependency as a function of continued use in such a manner as to induce mental, emotional or physical impairment or to cause socially dysfunctional behavior;

(ix) "Client" means any individual receiving services from a human service program authorized under this act;

(x) "Crisis services for victims of family violence and sexual assault" means emergency intervention, information, referral services and medical, legal and social services advocacy;

(xi) "Sexual assault" means any act made criminal under W.S. 6-2-302 through 6-2-304 and 6-4-402;

(xii) "Family violence" means domestic abuse as defined by W.S. 35-21-102(a)(iii);

(xiii) "Shelter" means a place of temporary refuge, offered on a twenty-four (24) hour, seven (7) day per week basis to victims of domestic violence and their children;

(xiv) "This act" means W.S. 35-1-611 through 35-1-627.