Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 26 > Chapter 3 - Emergency Management Assistance Compact

• Adoption subsidy: means a grant that is provided to a child with special needs and that has been applied for through the department. See Arizona Laws 8-141
• Agency: means the department or a child welfare agency that is authorized in its license issued by the department to place or care for children in foster care. See Arizona Laws 8-141
• Application: means the completion of the department application form with documentation of the child's special needs. See Arizona Laws 8-141
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Child: means any person who is under the age of eighteen years, who is legally free for adoption and who otherwise may not be adopted because the person has special needs. See Arizona Laws 8-141
• Department: means the department of child safety. See Arizona Laws 8-201
• Emotional disturbance: means a condition which impedes the child's ordinary developmental progress as defined by accepted psychiatric or psychological standards and as diagnosed by one or more psychiatrists or psychologists approved by the department. See Arizona Laws 8-141
• Emotional ties: includes :

  (a) Identification of the child as a member of the foster family. See Arizona Laws 8-141

• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• High risk of physical or mental disease: means a potentially debilitating condition as defined by accepted standards of the health service profession and as certified by one or more health service providers approved by the department. See Arizona Laws 8-141
• High risk of severe emotional disturbance if removed from the care of his foster parents: means the development of significant emotional ties to the foster family as documented by the child's case manager and as diagnosed by a psychiatrist or psychologist approved by the department. See Arizona Laws 8-141
• Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Racial or ethnic factors: means Black, Hispanic, Native American, Asian or other heritage which may prevent a child from being adopted by a family of similar racial or ethnic origin. See Arizona Laws 8-141
• Special needs: means one or more of the following conditions which existed before the finalization of adoption:

  (a) Physical, mental or developmental disability. See Arizona Laws 8-141

• Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.