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North Dakota Century Code Title 50. Public Welfare § 50-06-01. Definitions

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. “Behavioral health” means the planning and implementation of preventive, consultative, diagnostic, treatment, crisis intervention, rehabilitative, and suicide prevention services for individuals with mental, emotional, or substance use disorders, and psychiatric conditions.

2. “Behavioral health provider” means any licensed or accredited behavioral health provider in this state.

3. “Certified community behavioral health clinic” means a private or public behavioral health clinic or a state-operated behavioral health clinic designated by the department to deliver a comprehensive range of mental health and substance use disorder services in accordance with the certification criteria set forth by the department.

4. “Department” means the department of health and human services.

5. “Human services” means:

a. A service or assistance provided to an individual or an individual's family in need of services or assistance, including child welfare services, economic assistance programs, medical services programs, and aging services programs, to assist the individual or the individual's family in achieving and maintaining basic self-sufficiency, including physical health, mental health, education, welfare, food and nutrition, and housing.

b. A service or assistance provided, administered, or supervised by the department in accordance with chapter 50-06.

c. Licensing duties as administered or supervised by the department or delegated by the department to a human service zone.

6. “State-operated behavioral health clinic” means a department-operated behavioral health clinic established under section 50-06-05.2.

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