Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 319C - Applied Behavior Analysts

• Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• any other state: includes any state, territory, outlying possession, the District of Columbia, and any foreign government or country. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Applied behavior analysis: means the design, implementation, and evaluation of environmental modifications, using behavioral stimuli and consequences, to produce socially significant improvement in human behavior, including the use of direct observation, measurement, and functional analysis of the relationship between environment and behavior. See Kentucky Statutes 319C.010
• Attorney: means attorney-at-law. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Board: means the Kentucky Applied Behavior Analysis Licensing Board. See Kentucky Statutes 319C.010
• Certification board: means the Behavior Analyst Certification Board®. See Kentucky Statutes 319C.010
• Certified: means a practitioner who has met the certification criteria of the certification board. See Kentucky Statutes 319C.010
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• 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.
• Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. ^{Source: OCC}
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• 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.
• Licensed assistant behavior analyst: means an individual who:
  (a) Is licensed by the board as an assistant behavior analyst and meets the requirements of KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 319C.010
• Licensed behavior analyst: means an individual who is licensed by the board and meets the requirements of KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 319C.010
• Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
• Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
• Practice of applied behavior analysis: means the application of the principles, methods, and procedures of the experimental analysis of behavior and applied behavior analysis, including but not limited to applications of those principles, methods, and procedures to:
  (a) Design, implement, evaluate, and modify treatment programs to change the behavior of individuals diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. See Kentucky Statutes 319C.010
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Supervised experience: means services rendered as a part of the certification requirements of a behavior analyst or assistant behavior analyst under the supervision of a licensed behavior analyst. See Kentucky Statutes 319C.010
• Temporary licensee: means a person who is obtaining supervised experience and has obtained a temporary license. See Kentucky Statutes 319C.010
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Treatment: when used in a criminal justice context, means targeted interventions
  that focus on criminal risk factors in order to reduce the likelihood of criminal behavior. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
• Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.
• Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010