This section provides definitions for key terms used throughout the DC Department of Mental Health regulations, including definitions for 'consumer' (adults, children, and youth receiving mental health services), 'capacity,' 'mental illness,' and diagnostic coding systems. As a definitions section, it inherits the scope of its parent chapter governing mental health services regulated or funded by the DC Department of Mental Health. Facility operators should use these definitions to interpret compliance obligations throughout the chapter.
View official source1299 DEFINITIONS "Basic daily living skills" - skills necessary to handle life activities, including but not limited to eating, bathing and dressing. "Capacity" - the ability to understand and appreciate the nature and consequences of the proposed treatment, including the benefits and risks of, and alternatives to, the proposed treatment, and to make and communicate a decision regarding the proposed treatment. "Consumer" - an adult, child or youth who seeks or receives mental health services or mental health supports funded or regulated by the Department of Mental Health. "DMH" - the Department of Mental Health, the successor in interest to the District of Columbia Commission on Mental Health Services. "DSM-IV" - the most recent version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders as amended from time to time. "DSM-IV 'V' Codes" - "V" codes as defined in the DSM-IV. "ICD-9-CM" - the most recent version of the International Classification of Diseases Code Manual as amended from time to time. "Mental Illness" - a substantial disorder of thought, mood, perception, orientation, or memory that grossly impairs judgment, behavior, capacity to recognize reality, or ability to meet the ordinary demands of life. SOURCE: New by emergency and proposed rulemaking at 49 DCR 1734 (February 22, 2002) [EXPIRED]; Final Rulemaking published at 49 DCR 5811 (June 21, 2002).