§ 42-72-3. Definitions.
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For the purposes of this chapter:
(1) Advocate means the child advocate or any of the child advocate's agents, servants, or employees as established pursuant to this title.
(2) Child or children means any person under the age of eighteen (18); provided that children over the age of eighteen (18) and who continue to receive services from the department and/or who are defined as emotionally disturbed and/or as children with functional developmental disabilities as referenced in this section shall be considered children for all the purposes of this chapter.
(3) Child abuse and neglect is that term as defined in chapter 11 of title 40.
(4) Department means the department of children, youth and families.
(5) Director means the director of children, youth and families, or the director's designee.
(6) Infant means any person under the age of twenty-four (24) months.
(7) Near fatality means an act that, as certified by a physician, placed the child in serious or critical condition.
(8) Regional service center means the respective local or regional units established by the director.
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