Pennsylvania Code
Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES
Part VIII - Intellectual Disability and Autism Manual
Subpart C - Administration and Fiscal Management
Chapter 6201 - COUNTY INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY SERVICES
SERVICE DELIVERY
Section 6201.11 - County program
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
The county is responsible for the following objectives:
(1) Primary prevention of organic and functional intellectual disability.
(2) Earliest possible case finding and diagnosis.
(3) Medical and surgical correction or amelioration of systemic defects, when possible.
(4) Shaping and maintaining an environment most productive of basic human personality qualities involving parent-child and sibling relationships, environmental adaptation, self-awareness and learning motivation and ability.
(5) Specific training and learning situations designed and implemented to develop all potential.
(6) Community development and restructuring to achieve the maximum integration for individuals with an intellectual disability.
The provisions of this §6201.11 amended under sections 201(2) and (8) and 202 of the Mental Health and Intellectual Disability Act of 1966 (50 P.S. §§ 4201(2) and (8) and 4202).