North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 28 - MENTAL HEALTH, STATE OPERATED FACILITIES AND SERVICES
Subchapter F - ADMISSION AND DISCHARGE
Section .0700 - ADMISSION OF DEAF CLIENTS TO STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS AND TRANSFER OF DEAF CLIENTS TO DOROTHEA DIX HOSPITAL
Section 28F .0702 - DEFINITIONS

(1) "Certified interpreter" means an interpreter who is certified by the National Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (NRID), or has received an A or B degree in the North Carolina Interpreter Classification System.

(2) "Clinical impressions" mean information provided by the Regional Adult Coordinator of Mental Health Services for the Deaf to assist in differentiating psychiatric condi­tions from the cultural norms of deafness.

(3) "Deaf client" means an individual who is admitted to a State psychiatric hospital and:

(4) "Dorothea Dix Hospital Deaf Unit" means the statewide 17-bed co-ed psychiatric unit for deaf adults (age 18 and above) located on the Dorothea Dix Hospital campus.

(5) "Regional adult coordinator of mental health services for the deaf" means the professional who provides mental health services for deaf adults through the Division's designated regional deaf service centers.