50-20-203. Definitions. As used in this part, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply:
     (1) "Actual notice" means the giving of notice directly in person or by telephone.
     (2) "Coercion" means restraining or dominating the choice of a minor female by force, threat of force, or deprivation of food and shelter.
     (3) "Emancipated minor" means a person under 18 years of age who is or has been married or who has been granted an order of limited emancipation by a court as provided in 41-3-438.
     (4) "Incompetent person" means a person who is an incapacitated person or a protected person who has had a guardian appointed pursuant to Title 72, chapter 5.
     (5) "Medical emergency" means a condition that, on the basis of the physician's good faith clinical judgment, so complicates the medical condition of a pregnant woman as to necessitate the immediate abortion of the woman's pregnancy to avert the woman's death or a condition for which a delay in treatment will create serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function.
     (6) "Minor" means a female under 18 years of age who is not an emancipated minor.
     (7) "Physical abuse" means any physical injury intentionally inflicted by a parent or legal guardian on a child.
     (8) "Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine under Title 37, chapter 3.
     (9) "Sexual abuse" has the meaning given in 41-3-102.

     History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 469, L. 1995.