As used in this article, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "System" means Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc.
(2) "Developmental disability" means a severe, chronic disability of a person which:
(a) is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination of mental and physical impairments;
(b) is manifested before the person attains age twenty-two;
(c) is likely to continue indefinitely;
(d) results in substantial functional limitations in three or more of the following areas of major life activity: (i) self-care, (ii) receptive and expressive language, (iii) learning, (iv) mobility, (v) self-direction, (vi) capacity for independent living, and (vii) economic sufficiency;
(e) reflects the person's need for a combination and sequence of special, interdisciplinary or generic services, individualized supports, or other forms of assistance that are of lifelong or extended duration and are individually planned and coordinated.
(3) "Person with a developmental disability" means a person who has a developmental disability and who receives or is entitled to receive a combination and sequence of special, interdisciplinary or generic services, individualized supports, or other forms of assistance that are of lifelong or extended duration and are individually planned and coordinated within the State.
(4) "Person with a disability" means a person defined by Section 2-7-35.
(5) "Complaint" means an oral or written allegation by a person with a developmental or other disability, the parent or legal guardian of such person, a state agency or any other responsible person to the effect that the person with a developmental or other disability is being subjected to injury or deprivation with regard to his health, safety, welfare, rights or level of care.
(6) "Abuse" means the definition defined by Section 43-30-20.
(7) "Threatened abuse" means the definition defined by Section 43-30-20.
(8) "Ombudsman" means the office provided for pursuant to Section 43-38-10, et seq.