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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
§ 20. Definitions. As used in this Act:
“Advisor” means a staff member who provides academic, professional, and personal support to students.
“Campus security” means a law enforcement officer who has completed his or her probationary period and is employed as a security officer or campus police officer by a public college or university.
“Linkage agreement” means a formal agreement between a public college or university and an off-campus mental health provider or agency.
“Mental health condition” means a symptom consistent with a mental illness, as defined under Section 1-129 of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code, or a diagnosed mental illness.
“Public college or university” means any public community college subject to the Public Community College Act, the University of Illinois, Southern Illinois University, Chicago State University, Eastern Illinois University, Governors State University, Illinois State University, Northeastern Illinois University, Northern Illinois University, Western Illinois University, and any other public university, college, or community college now or hereafter established or authorized by the General Assembly.
“Recovery model” means the model developed by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration that defines the process of recovery and includes the 4 major dimensions that support a life in recovery, which are health, home, purpose, and community.
“Resident assistant” means a student who is responsible for supervising and assisting other, typically younger, students who live in the same student housing facility.
“Telehealth” means the evaluation, diagnosis, or interpretation of electronically transmitted patient-specific data between a remote location and a licensed health care professional that generates interaction or treatment recommendations. “Telehealth” includes telemedicine and the delivery of health care services provided by an interactive telecommunications system, as defined in subsection (a) of Section 356z.22 of the Illinois Insurance Code.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Illinois Statutes Chapter 110. Higher Education § 58/20. Definitions - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/il/chapter-110-higher-education/il-st-sect-110-58-20/
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