§ 7-202. Individuals with functional or developmental disabilities

   (a) Functional disability. -- An individual has a functional disability if the individual has a severe, chronic disability that:

   (1) is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or a combination of mental and physical impairments, including a head injury;

   (2) is likely to continue indefinitely;

   (3) results in substantial functional limitations in at least three of the following areas of major life activity:

      (i) self-care;

      (ii) receptive and expressive language;

      (iii) learning;

      (iv) mobility;

      (v) self-direction;

      (vi) capacity for independent living; and

      (vii) economic self-sufficiency; and

   (4) reflects the individual's need for a combination and sequence of special interdisciplinary or generic care, treatment, or other services that are:

      (i) lifelong or of extended duration; and

      (ii) individually planned and coordinated.

(b) Developmental disability. -- An individual has a developmental disability if the individual has a functional disability that is manifested before the individual attains the age of 22 years.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 88A, § 128(a), (c), (d); 2007, ch. 3, § 2.