Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 196 - Human Services Department
Chapter 9585 - GAMBLING ASSESSMENTS
Part 9585.0010 - DEFINITIONS

Subpart 1. Scope.

As used in parts 9585.0010 to 9585.0040, the following terms have the meanings given them.

Subp. 2. Collateral contact.

"Collateral contact" means an oral or written communication initiated by a gambling assessor to an individual, other than the offender, for the purpose of gathering additional information related to the offender's gambling behavior.

Subp. 3. Commissioner.

"Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Department of Human Services or the commissioner's designated representative.

Subp. 4. Compulsive gambling.

"Compulsive gambling" has the meaning given "pathological gambling" in subpart 10.

Subp. 5. Department.

"Department" means the Department of Human Services.

Subp. 6. Gambling assessment.

"Gambling assessment" means the evaluation conducted under part 9585.0040, subpart 2, that identifies the nature and extent of an offender's gambling behavior and the consequences gambling has had on personal, family, and vocational pursuits.

Subp. 7. Gambling assessor.

"Gambling assessor" means an individual identified on a department list and qualified under part 9585.0040, subpart 1, to perform a gambling assessment.

Subp. 8. Independent gambling assessor.

"Independent gambling assessor" means a gambling assessor who does not have a direct or shared financial interest or referral relationship resulting in shared financial gain with a treatment provider.

Subp. 9. Offender.

"Offender" means a person convicted of an offense listed in Minnesota Statutes, section 609.115, subdivision 9, paragraph (a).

Subp. 10. Pathological gambling.

"Pathological gambling" means maladaptive gambling behavior listed in code range 312.31 in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third edition, Revised (DSM-III-R), incorporated by reference in part 9585.0040, subpart 4.

Subp. 11. Presentence report.

"Presentence report" means the report required under Minnesota Statutes, section 609.115, subdivision 1.

Subp. 12. Probation officer.

"Probation officer" means an individual appointed to perform a presentence investigation under Minnesota Statutes, section 609.115.

Subp. 13. South Oaks Gambling Screen.

"South Oaks Gambling Screen" means the gambling screen developed by Dr. Henry Lesieur and Dr. Sheila Blume and published in the American Journal of Psychiatry September 1987, volume 144, number 9, pages 1184 to 1188, which is incorporated by reference. The standard is not subject to frequent change. The American Journal of Psychiatry is published by the American Psychiatric Association (Washington, D.C., 1987). The September 1987 issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry is available from the Department of Human Services library through the Minitex interlibrary loan system.