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§ 23A-50-1 Definitions.

SD Codified L § 23A-50-1 (2019) (N/A)
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23A-50-1. Definitions. Terms used in this chapter and §§ 23A-10A-17, 23A-46-1, and 24-11-55 to 24-11-59, inclusive, mean:

(1) "Mental health response team," a support team tasked with finding viable community resources to help persons with severe mental illness involved in the court system;

(2) "Mental health screening tool," a brief, routine process using a standardized instrument that has been validated with offender populations to identify indicators of mental health issues that is used to determine a need for further mental health assessment or evaluation;

(3) "Oversight council," the council established by § 23A-50-12;

(4) "Performance measure," a metric that captures performance on critical variables central to accomplishing the mission and goals within this chapter;

(5) "Psychiatric certification," a credential obtained by passing the psychiatric-mental health nursing board certification through the American Nurses Credentialing Center;

(6) "Telehealth," a mode of delivering healthcare services that utilizes information and communication technologies to enable the diagnosis, consultation, treatment, education, care management, and self-management of patients at a distance from health care providers.Source: SL 2017, ch 109, § 1.

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