N.Y. Public Health Law § 2581: Children with physical disabilities; definitions

§ 2581. Children with physical disabilities; definitions. As used in

this article: 1. "Children with physical disabilities" means any persons

under twenty-one years of age who are disabled by reason of a defect or

disability, whether congenital or acquired by accident, injury, or

disease, or who are suffering from long-term disease, including, but

without limiting the generality of the foregoing, chronic granulomatous,

cystic fibrosis, epidermolysis bullosa, muscular dystrophy, nephrosis,

rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease, blood dyscrasies, cancer,

lymphatic diseases, including, but not limited to: insufficiency of

lymphatic circulatory function (to include all forms of lymphedema, both

primary and secondary); lipedema; complex vascular diseases of the

lymphatic vasculature, including lymphangiomatosis,

lymphangioleio-myomatosis, lymphangiectasias, lymphangiomas, cystic

hygromas, Gorham's disease, lymphangiosarcoma, and complex

vascular/lymphatic malformations and syndromes, brain injured, and

chronic asthma, or from any disease or condition likely to result in a

disability in the absence of treatment, provided, however, no child

shall be deprived of a service under the provisions of this chapter

solely because of the degree of developmental disability.

2. "Medical service" means such diagnostic, therapeutic, and

rehabilitative care by medical and paramedical personnel, including

hospital and related care, and drugs, prostheses, appliances, equipment

and devices as necessary.