As used in sections 17a-691 to 17a-701, inclusive:
(a) “Alcohol-dependent person” means an alcohol-dependent person as defined in section 17a-680.
(b) “Court” means Superior Court.
(c) “Drug” means a controlled drug as defined in section 17a-680.
(d) “Drug-dependent person” means a drug-dependent person as defined in section 17a-680.
(e) “Treatment program” means a program operated by the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services or approved by the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services for treatment of both the physical and psychological effects of alcohol or drug dependency, provided such program is not intended solely to detoxify an alcohol-dependent or drug-dependent person.
(P.A. 89-390, S. 1, 37; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 5, 58; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-8, S. 13, 88; P.A. 98-219, S. 16.)
History: (Revisor's note: In 1991 “alcohol-dependent person” was substituted editorially by the Revisors for “alcoholic” in Subdiv. (a) to conform definition with provisions of P.A. 90-209, S. 1); P.A. 93-381 replaced Connecticut alcohol and drug abuse commission and executive director with department and commissioner of public health and addiction services, respectively, effective July 1, 1993; Sec. 17a-648 transferred to Sec. 19a-127 in 1995; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, effective July 1, 1995; Sec. 19a-127 transferred to Sec. 17a-691 in 1997; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-8 amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) by replacing references to Sec. 21a-240 with Sec. 17a-680 and Subsec. (d) by deleting programs operated by Department of Correction from definition of “treatment program”, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 98-219 added definition of “court” as Subdiv. (b), redesignating former Subdivs. (b) to (d), inclusive, as (c) to (e).
Annotations to former section 17a-648:
Cited. 223 C. 907; 226 C. 191.
Cited. 27 CA 225.
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