§14-14-2. Definitions.

For purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings:

(1) COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of the Department of Corrections.

(2) DEPARTMENT. The Department of Corrections.

(3) GERIATRIC INMATE. A person 55 years of age or older convicted in this state of a non-capital felony offense and sentenced to the penitentiary, who suffers from a chronic life-threatening infirmity, life-threatening illness, or chronic debilitating disease related to aging, who poses a low risk to the community, and who does not constitute a danger to himself or herself or society.

(4) PERMANENTLY INCAPACITATED INMATE. A state inmate convicted of a non-capital felony offense and sentenced to the penitentiary who does not constitute a danger to himself or herself or society, and who, by reason of an existing medical condition which is not terminal, is permanently and irreversibly incapacitated, and as a result of the medical or mental condition requires immediate and long-term residential care.

(5) TERMINALLY ILL INMATE. A person convicted of a non-capital felony offense who is sentenced to the penitentiary and who has an incurable condition caused by illness or disease which would, with reasonable medical judgment, produce death within 12 months, and who does not constitute a danger to himself or herself or society.

(Act 2008-550, p. 1193, §2.)