Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 319j - Addiction Services
Section 17a-680. (Formerly Sec. 19a-126). - Definitions.

For purposes of sections 17a-673 and 17a-680 to 17a-690, inclusive:

(1) “Alcohol-dependent person” means a person who meets the criteria for moderate or severe alcohol use disorder, as described in the most recent edition of the American Psychiatric Association's “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders”;
(2) “Business day” means Monday to Friday, inclusive, except when a legal holiday falls on any such day;
(3) “Department” means the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services;
(4) “Dangerous to himself” means there is a substantial risk that physical harm will be inflicted by a person on himself or herself;
(5) “Dangerous to others” means there is a substantial risk that physical harm will be inflicted by a person on another person;
(6) “Drug or drugs” means a controlled drug as defined in section 21a-240;
(7) “Drug-dependent person” means a person who meets the criteria for moderate or severe substance use disorder, as described in the most recent edition of the American Psychiatric Association's “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders”;
(8) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services;
(9) “Gravely disabled” means a condition in which a person, as a result of the use of alcohol or drugs on a periodic or continuous basis, is in danger of serious physical harm because (A) he or she is not providing for his or her essential needs such as food, clothing, shelter, vital medical care, or safety, (B) he or she needs, but is not receiving, inpatient treatment for alcohol dependency or drug dependency, and (C) he or she is incapable of determining whether to accept such treatment because his or her judgment is impaired;
(10) “Hospital” means an establishment licensed under the provisions of sections 19a-490 to 19a-503, inclusive, for the lodging, care and treatment of persons suffering from disease or other abnormal physical or mental conditions, and includes inpatient psychiatric services in general hospitals;
(11) “Incapacitated by alcohol” means a condition in which a person as a result of the use of alcohol has his or her judgment so impaired that he or she is incapable of realizing and making a rational decision with respect to his or her need for treatment;
(12) “Incompetent person” means a person who has been adjudged incompetent by a court of competent jurisdiction;
(13) “Intoxicated person” means a person whose mental or physical functioning is substantially impaired as a result of the use of alcohol or drugs;
(14) “Medical officer” means a licensed physician in attendance at a treatment facility or hospital;
(15) “Respondent” means a person who is alleged to be alcohol-dependent or drug-dependent and for whom a petition for commitment or recommitment to an inpatient treatment facility has been filed;
(16) “Treatment” means any emergency, outpatient, intermediate and inpatient services and care, including diagnostic evaluation, medical, psychiatric, psychological and social services, vocational and social rehabilitation and other appropriate services, which may be extended to alcohol-dependent persons, drug-dependent persons and intoxicated persons;
(17) “Treatment facility” means (A) a facility providing treatment and operating under the direction and control of the department, or (B) a private facility providing treatment and licensed under the provisions of sections 19a-490 to 19a-503, inclusive.
(P.A. 74-280, S. 2, 25; P.A. 75-528, S. 4, 15; 75-569, S. 1; P.A. 77-544, S. 1, 16; P.A. 79-610, S. 27; P.A. 80-92, S. 1; P.A. 81-472, S. 30, 159; 81-473, S. 6, 43; P.A. 83-160, S. 4; P.A. 86-371, S. 1, 45; P.A. 90-209, S. 1; P.A. 93-381, S. 15, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 5, 58; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-8, S. 12, 88; P.A. 99-234, S. 7; P.A. 09-145, S. 14; P.A. 13-208, S. 22; P.A. 22-69, S. 27.)
History: P.A. 75-528 replaced “approved” facilities with “licensed” facilities in Subdivs. (2) and (3) and changed section references; P.A. 75-569 redefined “incapacitation” in Subdiv. (10) and “intoxicated person” in Subdiv. (12), deleted Subdiv. (15) defining “police officer” and renumbered Subdiv. (16) accordingly; P.A. 77-544 included drug advisory council in Subdiv. (6) and changed alcohol council to alcohol and drug abuse council in Subdiv. (9); P.A. 79-610 changed section references in Subdivs. (2) and (3); P.A. 80-92 changed alcohol and drug abuse council to alcohol and drug abuse commission in Subdiv. (5); P.A. 81-472 amended Subdiv. (9) to refer to the state alcohol and drug abuse “commission” rather than “council”; P.A. 81-473 amended Subdiv. (6) to refer to the combined state alcohol and drug advisory council established under Sec. 17-155ll and redefined “director” in Subdiv. (9) as executive director of alcohol and drug abuse commission rather than council; P.A. 83-160 repealed Subdiv. (6) which had defined “advisory council” as Connecticut state alcohol and drug advisory council which agency was abolished by the act; P.A. 86-371 deleted definitions of “commissioner” and “department” of mental health and removed references to those entities, renumbering as necessary, made other technical changes and redefined “medical facility” to delete the office of an intoxicated person's personal physician; P.A. 90-209 substituted the defined term “alcohol-dependent person” for “alcoholic”, deleted the defined terms “licensed private treatment facility”, “licensed public treatment facility”, “diagnostic facility” and “medical facility”, added “business day”, “dangerous to himself”, “dangerous to others”, “drug or drugs”, “drug-dependent person”, “gravely disabled”, “hospital”, “respondent” and “treatment facility” as defined terms, in the definition of “incapacitated by alcohol” deleted the provisions that the person be unconscious as a result of the use of alcohol, amended the definition of “intoxicated person” to include impairment as a result of the use of drugs, amended the definition of “medical officer” to be a physician at a treatment facility or hospital rather than at a medical facility and in the definition of “treatment” substituted alcohol-dependent and drug-dependent persons for alcoholics as persons to whom certain services may be extended; Sec. 17-155l transferred to Sec. 17a-621 in 1991; P.A. 93-381 replaced executive director and Connecticut alcohol and drug abuse commission with commissioner and department of public health and addiction services and made technical changes, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17a-621 transferred to Sec. 19a-126 in 1995; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, effective July 1, 1995; Sec. 19a-126 transferred to Sec. 17a-680 in 1997; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-8 redefined “drug-dependent person” by deleting provision excluding persons dependent on specified drugs, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 99-234 deleted obsolete reference to Sec. 17a-677; P.A. 09-145 deleted reference to Sec. 17a-465a; P.A. 13-208 amended Subdiv. (1) by redefining “alcohol-dependent person”, amended Subdiv. (7) by redefining “drug-dependent person” and amended Subdivs. (4), (9), (11) and (17) by making technical changes; P.A. 22-69 deleted reference to Sec. 17a-484(d) in introductory language, effective May 24, 2022.
Annotation to former section 17a-621:
Cited. 30 CA 839.

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