Medically fragile means the condition of a child who requires the availability of twenty-four-hour skilled care from a health care professional or specially trained staff or volunteers in a group care setting. These conditions may be present all the time or frequently occurring. If the technology, support and services being received by the medically fragile children are interrupted or denied, the child may, without immediate health care intervention, experience death.
Finally Determined means when a claim or dispute has been finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction or other agreed-upon governing body and either (a) no associated appeal has timely been sought if capable of being sought, or (b) any and all appellate rights properly exercised have otherwise been exhausted.
Medically incapacitated means a person who is incapacitated as a result of prescribed sedatives, anesthesia, or other medication.
Medically accurate means verified or supported by research conducted in compliance with scientific methods and published in peer-reviewed journals, where appropriate, and recognized as accurate and objective by professional organizations and agencies with expertise in the relevant field, such as the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Public Health Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
Mentally defective means that a person suffers from a mental disease or defect which renders the person temporarily or permanently incapable of appraising the nature of his or her conduct. S.C. Code Ann. §