Ill. Admin. Code tit. 20, § 415.20 - Definitions
a) "Agency Medical
Director" means the Medical Director of the Department of
Corrections.
b) "Chief
Administrative Officer" means the highest ranking official of a correctional
facility.
c) "Communicable disease"
means a disease caused by an organism that is transmitted through airborne
means or casual contact, or through blood or bodily secretion contact from one
human being to another.
d)
"Department" means the Department of Corrections.
e) "Department physician or dentist" means
any physician or dentist who provides services for the Department.
f) "Director" means the Director of the
Department of Corrections.
g)
"Gravely disabled" means a condition in which an offender, as a result of a
mental illness or mental disorder:
1) Is in
danger of serious physical harm resulting from the person's failure to provide
for his or her essential human needs of health or safety; or
2) Manifests serious deterioration in routine
functioning evidenced by repeated and escalating loss of cognitive or
volitional control over the person's actions that is likely to seriously
jeopardize his or her health or safety.
h) "Likelihood of serious harm" means:
1) A substantial risk that physical harm will
be inflicted by an offender upon his or her own person as evidenced by, among
other things, threats or attempts to commit suicide or inflict physical harm on
one's self; or
2) A substantial
risk that physical harm will be inflicted by an offender upon another as
evidenced by, among other things, behavior that has caused such harm or that
places another person or persons in reasonable fear of sustaining such harm;
or
3) A substantial risk that
physical harm will be inflicted by an offender upon the property of others as
evidenced by, among other things, behavior that has caused substantial loss or
damage to the property of others.
i) "Mental health professional" means a
psychiatrist, physician, psychiatric nurse, clinically trained psychologist, or
an individual who has clinical training and a master's degree in social work or
psychology.
j) "Physician" means an
individual who is licensed by the State of Illinois to practice medicine in all
of its branches.
k) "Specialized
mental health setting" means a Department of Corrections facility or unit that
specializes in mental health care.
Notes
Amended at 29 Ill. Reg. 3883, effective March 1, 2005
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