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chronological age in two or more of the developmental areas tested, and for a child over one year of age, a difference between the developmental and chronological ages which is less than six months in two or more of the developmental areas tested, or for a child of any age, a developmental delay of any degree of severity that is limited to just one of the developmental areas tested, regardless of its magnitude;

(6) “multidisciplinary evaluation” or “multidisciplinary reevaluation” means an evaluation or reevaluation undertaken by an infant-learning program teacher and two or more of the following child-development oriented disciplines: pediatrics and other medical specialties appropriate to the child’s disability, psychology, physical therapy, speech pathology, audiology, nursing, occupational therapy, and special education;

(7) “organized parental group” means a nonprofit corporation organized by or on behalf of parents of exceptional children;

(8) “participant” means a child who receives services from a grantee under a program described in 7 AAC 23.090;

(9) “regional resource center” means an entity established under AS 14.12.150;

(10) “section of family health” means the organizational unit within the department that administers the infant learning program;

(11) “severe or profound developmental delay” means, for a child less than one year of age, a difference between the developmental and chronological ages which is more than one-half of the chronological age in two or more of the developmental areas tested, and for a child over one year of age, a difference between the developmental and chronological ages greater than six months in two or more of the developmental areas tested;

(12) “acute” means having a rapid onset, a short course, and pronounced symptoms;

(13) “case-responsible physician” means a physician that provides a substantial, direct service to a child with a disability, and does not include a physician that merely consults or evaluates the child;

(14) “casualty loss” means the uninsured loss of realty or tangible personal property by theft, fire, flood, automobile accident, or similar unforeseeable and unusual cause;

(15) “director” means the director of the division of public health within the department;

(16) “exhaustion” of alternate resources means a good faith effort to secure the benefit of those resources, including applying for the resources if one appears to be eligible for them and

(A) accepting all benefits for which one is qualified; or

(B) having one’s application for the resources denied, and filing any appeals for which one has reasonable grounds;

(17) “family” means the child with a disability, the child’s parents, the child’s siblings by