Tennessee § 68-12-102 - “Child with a physical disability” — Defined.

§ 68-12-102. “Child with a physical disability” — Defined.

For the purposes of this chapter, a “child with a physical disability” is one under twenty-one (21) years of age who is deemed to have a physical disability by any reason, whether congenital or acquired, as a result of accident, or disease, that requires medical, surgical, or dental treatment and rehabilitation, and who is or may be totally or partially incapacitated for the receipt of a normal education or for self-support. This definition does not include those children whose sole diagnosis is blindness or deafness; nor does this definition include children who are diagnosed as psychotic. This definition does not prohibit children's special services from accepting for treatment children with acute conditions such as, but not necessarily limited to, fractures, burns and osteomyelitis. Acts 1929, ch. 60, § 2; Code 1932, § 4748; Acts 1951, ch. 44, § 1; 1961, ch. 41, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 53-1902; Acts 2011, ch. 47, § 79. Compiler's Notes. Acts 2011, ch. 47, § 107 provided that nothing in the legislation shall be construed to alter or otherwise affect the eligibility for services or the rights or responsibilities of individuals covered by the provision on the day before July 1, 2011. Acts 2011, ch. 47, § 108 provided that the provisions of the act are declared to be remedial in nature and all provisions of the act shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.