Title 27B — DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS

The purposes of this title are to enhance environments and provide supports to enable persons with developmental disabilities to achieve and maintain physical well - being, personal and professional satisfaction, participation as community members, and safety from abuse, neglect,…

The Department of Human Services shall develop, adopt, approve, coordinate, monitor, evaluate, and administer state and federally funded services for persons with developmental disabilities and their families within South Dakota in cooperation with all governmental and private re…

The Department of Human Services may establish and use state, regional, or local boards or councils to assist in the planning and implementation of community services. Source: SL 2000, ch 131 , § 4.

Terms used in this title mean: (1) "Aversive intervention technique," the application, contingent upon the exhibition of a maladaptive behavior, of extremely unpleasant, startling, or painful stimuli that have a potentially noxious effect; (2) "Behavior intervention program," a w…

A developmental disability is any severe, chronic disability of a person that: (1) Is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination of mental and physical impairments; (2) Is manifested before the person attains age twenty - two; (3) Is likely to continue indefin…

For purposes of §§ 10-62-1 , 10-62-2 , 13-32-13 , 22-46-1 , 26-7A-85 , 27A-1-1 , 27A-15-1.1 , 27B-1-17 , 27B-7-30 , 27B-7-38 , 27B-8-41 , 28-6-23 , 28-6-24 , 28-6-25 , 28-13-23 , 34-24-16 , 58-17-30.1 , and 58-18-31 and any terminology changed pursuant to the provisions of those …

Any community support provider shall have a drug screening policy for applicants seeking employment whose primary duty includes patient or resident care or supervision. Any community support provider shall have a drug screening policy for employees whose primary duty includes pat…