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A. "Individual with intellectual disability" as used in Sections 1406 through 1424 of this title means a person who has significantly subaverage functioning, intelligence quotient of less than seventy (70), manifested before the age of eighteen (18) and existing concurrently with related limitations in two or more of the following applicable adaptive skill areas:

1. Communication;

2. Self-care;

3. Home living;

4. Social skills;

5. Use of community resources;

6. Self-direction;

7. Health and safety;

8. Functional academics;

9. Leisure; and

10. Work.

B. "Resident" as used in Sections 1406 through 1424 of this title shall mean a person admitted to and in residence in any of the institutions named in Section 1406 of this title, or on a vacation or extended vacation status from such institution.

C. "Developmental disability" as used in Sections 1406 through 1424 of this title means a severe, chronic disability of a person which:

1. Is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination of mental and physical impairments, such as intellectual developmental disorder, cerebral palsy, or autism;

2. Is manifested before the person attains twenty-two (22) years of age;

3. Is likely to continue indefinitely;

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

  • a.self-care,
  • b.receptive and expressive language,
  • c.learning,
  • d.mobility,
  • e.self-direction,
  • f.capacity for independent living, and
  • g.economic self-sufficiency; and

5. Reflects the person's need for a combination and sequence of special, interdisciplinary, or generic care, treatment, or other services which are of lifelong or extended duration and are individually planned and coordinated. The term developmental disability shall not include mentally ill persons, as those persons are defined by Section 1-103 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes, whose sole disability is mental illness.

D. Nothing in subsection C of this section shall be construed to render persons who are receiving services upon September 1, 1991, through programs and services for individuals with intellectual disabilities offered by the Department of Human Services as ineligible for such services. The Department of Human Services may provide, within the limitations of funds and other resources available for such purpose, programs and services for persons with developmental disabilities who are not presently served by the Department of Human Services.

Added by Laws 1963, c. 37, § 2, eff. July 1, 1963. Renumbered from § 302 of Title 56 by Laws 1982, c. 312, § 48, emerg. eff. May 28, 1982. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 128, § 2, operative July 1, 1983; Laws 1991, c. 210, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Laws 2004, c. 106, § 1, eff. April 1, 2005; Laws 2019, c. 475, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.


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