Section 29-2999. DEFINITIONS

 

2999.1For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed; other terms shall have the meanings ascribed in the Act unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

 

Department - the Department of Human Services.

 

Exigent circumstances - those circumstances which involve immediate and substantial risk of life-threatening peril and in which temporary arrangement must be made while seeking appropriate protective orders.

 

Indigent - has the meaning utilized by the court for the purposes of Public Law 93-142 § 2.

 

Police - means the Metropolitan Police Department.

 

Police intervention - that police action which is appropriate for the prevention of a threatened crime, the investigation of a crime, or the apprehension of the suspect of a crime.

 

Self-payment adult - an adult for whom payment of fees is not covered by Medicaid, Medicare, third party insurance, or other third party required to pay for services by law, court order or contract.

 

source

Final Rulemaking published at 37 DCR 6646, 6656 (October 19, 1990).