200.503 Definitions for KRS 200.501 to 200.509.

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200.503 Definitions for KRS 200.501 to 200.509. As used in KRS 200.501 to 200.509, unless the context otherwise requires: <br>(1) &quot;Child with an emotional disability&quot; means a child with a clinically significant disorder of thought, mood, perception, orientation, memory, or behavior that is <br>listed in the current edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic <br>and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and seriously limits a child's capacity to <br>function in the home, school, or community. (2) &quot;Child with a severe emotional disability&quot; means a child with a clinically significant disorder of thought, mood, perception, orientation, memory, or behavior that is <br>listed in the current edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic <br>and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and that: <br>(a) Presents substantial limitations that have persisted for at least one (1) year or are judged by a mental health professional to be at high risk of continuing for <br>one (1) year without professional intervention in at least two (2) of the <br>following five (5) areas: &quot;Self-care,&quot; defined as the ability to provide, sustain, <br>and protect his or herself at a level appropriate to his or her age; &quot;Interpersonal <br>relationships,&quot; defined as the ability to build and maintain satisfactory <br>relationships with peers and adults; &quot;Family life,&quot; defined as the capacity to <br>live in a family or family type environment; &quot;Self-direction,&quot; defined as the <br>child's ability to control his or her behavior and to make decisions in a manner <br>appropriate to his or her age; and &quot;Education,&quot; defined as the ability to learn <br>social and intellectual skills from teachers in available educational settings; or (b) Is a Kentucky resident and is receiving residential treatment for emotional disability through the interstate compact; or (c) The Department for Community Based Services has removed the child from the child's home and has been unable to maintain the child in a stable setting <br>due to behavioral or emotional disturbance; or (d) Is a person under twenty-one (21) years of age meeting the criteria of paragraph (a) of this subsection and who was receiving services prior to age <br>eighteen (18) that must be continued for therapeutic benefit. (3) &quot;State Family Advisory Council&quot; means the council composed of all parent members or alternate parent members of the state, regional, and local interagency <br>councils for services to children with an emotional disability pursuant to KRS <br>200.505 and 200.509 and all parent members of regional policy councils. (4) &quot;Least restrictive alternative mode of treatment&quot; means treatment given in the least confining setting which will provide a child with an emotional disability or severe <br>emotional disability appropriate treatment or care consistent with accepted <br>professional practice. For purposes of this section, least restrictive alternative mode <br>of treatment may include an institutional placement. Effective: July 14, 2000 <br>History: Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 26, effective July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 303, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 2, effective July 14, 1992. --Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 266, sec. 2, <br>effective July 13, 1990.