South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 50 - Mental Health Procedures In Criminal Justice
Section 23A-50-1 - Definitions.

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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