Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 36 > Chapter 5 > Article 10 - Community Mental Health Residential Treatment System

• Administration: means the Arizona health care cost containment system administration. See Arizona Laws 36-550
• Chief medical officer: means the chief medical officer under the supervision of the superintendent of the state hospital. See Arizona Laws 36-501
• Community residential treatment system: means a statewide system of community-based residential treatment programs for the seriously mentally ill that provides a wide range of services as alternatives to institutionalization and in the least restrictive setting. See Arizona Laws 36-550
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Court: means the superior court in the county in this state in which the patient resides or was found before screening or emergency admission under this title. See Arizona Laws 36-501
• Daytime: means the period between sunrise and sunset. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Department: means the department of health services. See Arizona Laws 36-501
• Director: means the director of the administration. See Arizona Laws 36-550
• Evaluation: means :

  (a) A professional multidisciplinary analysis that may include firsthand observations or remote observations by interactive audiovisual media and that is based on data describing the person's identity, biography and medical, psychological and social conditions carried out by a group of persons consisting of at least the following:

  (i) Two licensed physicians who are qualified psychiatrists, if possible, or at least experienced in psychiatric matters, who shall examine and report their findings independently. See Arizona Laws 36-501

• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• 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.
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Mental disorder: means a substantial disorder of the person's emotional processes, thought, cognition or memory. See Arizona Laws 36-501
• Patient: means any person who is undergoing examination, evaluation or behavioral or mental health treatment under this chapter. See Arizona Laws 36-501
• Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Process: means a citation, writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Seriously mentally ill: means persons who as a result of a mental disorder as defined in section 36-501 exhibit emotional or behavioral functioning that is so impaired as to interfere substantially with their capacity to remain in the community without supportive treatment or services of a long-term or indefinite duration. See Arizona Laws 36-550
• State hospital: means the Arizona state hospital. See Arizona Laws 36-501
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215