Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 16 > Chapter 2 > Subchapter III - Autism Surveillance and Registration

• Autism: means any structural or biochemical abnormality, regardless of cause, diagnosed at any time before or after birth, that requires medical or surgical intervention or that interferes with normal growth or development. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 222
• Child: means a person who has not reached the age of 18 years. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Department: means the Department of Health and Social Services. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 222
• 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.
• Infant: means a person who has not reached the age of 18 years. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Registry: means a central data bank containing collected, classified, coded and stored data relating to autism in children. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 222
• State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Surveillance: means the process of identifying and investigating autism in children. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 222
• Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302