§ 6-64-1201 - Definitions. - Arkansas Statutes

6-64-1201. Definitions.

As used in this subchapter:

(1) "Community mental health centers" means those private nonprofit organizations certified by the Division of Behavioral Health under 20-47-202 as community mental health centers and contracted to perform designated public mental health services in the respective catchment areas of the state;

(2) "Crisis Intervention Team" means a community-based collaborative effort between law enforcement officers and jail personnel and mental health professionals to help law enforcement officers and jail personnel handle incidents involving persons with mental illnesses;

(3) "Inmate with mental illness" means a jail inmate who, after being assessed by a person qualified by licensure to conduct an assessment, meets the criteria for serious mental illness or is in danger of harm to himself or herself or to others;

(4) "Jail inmate" means a natural person who is in the custody of law enforcement authorities within the confines of a county jail; and

(5) "Person with mental illness arrested by a law enforcement officer" means a person who appears to be a danger to himself or herself or to others or to need mental health evaluation for treatment.