Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL
Part I - General Administration
Subpart 1 - General
Chapter 16 - Admissions Criteria for Inpatient Facilities
Section I-1603 - Definitions

Adult-anyone age 18 and over.

Axis I Diagnosis-a reporting group in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for all the various mental disorders or conditions in the Classification except for Personality Disorders and Mental Retardation.

Child-anyone under age 18.

DSM-the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual that has a multi-axial system that includes an assessment on several axes, each of which refers to a different domain of information that may help the clinician plan treatment and predict outcomes.

Level of Functioning Scale-assessment tool that passes defined standards for use as an evaluative tool and is thereby provided for professional use to define the degree to which an individual is capable of accomplishing various skills associated with managing activities of daily living.

Mental Retardation-significantly sub-average general intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior, and manifested during the developmental period.

OAD-the Office for Addictive Disorders in the Department of Health and Hospitals.

OMH-the Office of Mental Health in the Department of Health and Hospitals.

Related Condition-a severe chronic disability that meets all the following criteria:

1. it is attributable to:

a. cerebral palsy or epilepsy; or

b. any other condition, other than mental illness, found to be closely related to mental retardation because this condition results in impairment of general intellectual functioning or adaptive behavior similar to that of mentally retarded persons, and requires treatment or services similar to those required for these persons;

2. it is manifested before the person reached age 22;

3. it is likely to continue indefinitely; and

4. it results in substantial functional limitations in three or more of the following areas of major life activity:

a. self-care;

b. understanding and use of language;

c. learning;

d. mobility;

e. self-direction; or

f. capacity for independent living.

Single Point of Entry (SPOE)-that process by which an individual is screened by an agent within an Office of Mental Health (OMH) service area who is responsible for certifying that the individual meets the criteria for admission to an OMH inpatient facility.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 28:20 and R.S. 28:311(11).