As used in this article:
(1) "Council" means the South Carolina Head and Spinal Cord Injury Information System Council established pursuant to this article.
(2) "Head injury" means an insult to the skull or brain, not of a degenerative or congenital nature, but one caused by an external physical force that may produce a diminished or altered state of consciousness which results in impairment of cognitive abilities or physical functioning and possibly in behavioral or emotional functioning. It does not include cerebral vascular accidents and aneurysms.
(3) "Spinal cord injury" means an acute, traumatic lesion of neural elements in the spinal canal resulting in any degree of sensory deficit, motor deficit, or major life functions. The deficit or dysfunction may be temporary or permanent.
(4) "System" means the South Carolina Head and Spinal Cord Injury Information System established pursuant to this article.
HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 457, Section 1; 1993 Act No. 159, Section 4.
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