10-5-2: DEFINITIONS:

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:

DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY 1 : A severe, chronic disability that:

   A.   Is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination of mental and physical impairments;

   B.   Is manifested before the person attains age twenty two (22);

   C.   Is likely to continue indefinitely;

   D.   Results in substantial functional limitations in three (3) or more of the following areas of major life activity:

      1.   Self-care;

      2.   Learning;

      3.   Mobility;

      4.   Self-direction;

      5.   Capacity for independent living;

      6.   Economic self-sufficiency;

   E.   Reflects the person's need for a combination and sequence of special, interdisciplinary, or generic care, treatment, or other services that are lifelong or of extended duration and are individually planned and coordinated.

GROUP HOME: A facility, licensed by the state of Oklahoma, providing housing and habilitative services to persons with developmental disabilities. For purposes of zoning, a group home providing housing and habilitative services to five (5) or fewer persons not including staff, shall be considered a single family.

HABILITATION: Procedures and interventions designed to assist a developmentally disabled individual achieve greater physical, mental and social development by enhancing the well-being of the person and teaching skills which increase the possibility that a resident of a group home will make progressively independent and responsible decisions about social behavior, quality of life, job satisfaction and personal relationships. (1994 Code § 25-201)

 

Notes

1	1. See also section 11-1-7 of this code.