1. (1) As used in this compact:

   1. (a) Sending state shall mean a party state from which a patient is transported pursuant to the provisions of the compact or from which it is contemplated that a patient may be so sent.
   2. (b) Receiving state shall mean a party state to which a patient is transported pursuant to the provisions of the compact or to which it is contemplated that a patient may be so sent.
   3. (c) Institution shall mean any hospital or other facility maintained by a party state or political subdivision thereof for the care and treatment of mental illness or mental deficiency.
   4. (d) Patient shall mean any person subject to or eligible as determined by the laws of the sending state for institutionalization or other care, treatment or supervision pursuant to the provisions of this compact.
   5. (e) Aftercare shall mean care, treatment and services provided a patient, as defined herein, on convalescent status or conditional release.
   6. (f) Mental Illness shall mean mental disease to such extent that a person so afflicted requires care and treatment for his own welfare or the welfare of others or the community.
   7. (g) Mental deficiency shall mean mental deficiency as defined by appropriate clinical authorities to such extent that a person so afflicted is incapable of managing himself and his affairs, but shall not include mental illness as defined herein.
   8. (h) State shall mean any state, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

Author: Division of Mental Retardation, DMH/MR

Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, §22-55-1.