DEFINITIONS.

145.952 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Scope. The definitions in this section apply to sections 145.951 to 145.957. § Subd. 2.Abuse. "Abuse" means physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, mental injury, and threatened injury, as those terms are defined in chapter 260E. § Subd. 3.CHILD program or program. "CHILD program" or "program" means the children helped in long-term development program that the commissioner shall plan to be implemented under sections 145.951 to 145.957. § Subd. 4.Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of health or the commissioner's designee. § Subd. 5.Local organization. "Local organization" means an organization that contracts with the commissioner under section 145.953, subdivision 1, to administer the CHILD program on a local level. History: 1996 c 451 art 4 s 26; 1Sp2020 c 2 art 8 s 30