Physically or mentally incompetent definition

Physically or mentally incompetent means incapable of earning a living because of a physically or mentally disabling condition. Physical or mental incompetency may be determined by a court or by a doctor of medicine or osteopathic medicine appointed by the state teachers retirement board.
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Related to Physically or mentally incompetent

  • Mentally ill means having a mental illness.

  • Mentally incapacitated means that a person is rendered temporarily incapable of appraising or controlling his or her conduct whether this condition is produced by illness, defect, the influence of a substance or from some other cause. S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-651(f).

  • Physically incapacitated means that a person has a bodily impairment or handicap that substantially limits the person’s ability to resist or flee.

  • Medically incapacitated means a person who is incapacitated as a result of prescribed sedatives, anesthesia, or other medication.

  • Mentally disabled means that a person suffers from a mental disease or defect which renders him or her incapable of appraising the nature of his or her conduct.