Code of Massachusetts Regulations
105 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Title 105 CMR 450.000 - Minimum Health And Sanitation Standards For Dys Secure Residential Facilities
Section 450.020 - Definitions
The words, terms or phrases listed in 105 CMR 450.020, for the purpose of 105 CMR 450.000, shall be defined as follows:
Administrator means the chief administrative officer of a DYS secure residential facility.
Commissioner means the Commissioner of the Department of Public Health appointed pursuant to M.G.L.c.17,§2.
Department means the Department of Public Health established pursuant to M.GL. c. 17.
DYS means the Department of Youth Services established pursuant to M.GL. c. 18A
DYS Secure Residential Facility means any facility, building enclosure, operated by, or under contract to, the Department of Youth Services and characterized by locked entrances and exits, and other physically restrictive construction intended to prevent a resident from departing without the approval of the Department of Youth Services. Said facility may include space within a house of detention, detention center, house of correction or reformatory operated by, or under contract to the Department of Youth Services pursuant to M.GL., c. 120, § 1, for the secure detention of committed juvenile offenders and of such other juveniles as may be placed in custody therein.
Easily Cleanable means readily accessible and of such material and finish, and so fabricated that residue may be completely removed by normal cleaning methods.
Existing Facility means a DYS secure residential facility in operation on January 2, 2003, but does not include portions of the facility not in operation on January 2, 2003, nor a facility or portion of a facility temporarily taken out of use after January 2, 2003 for major construction or renovations.
Exterminate means to eliminate insects, rodents, and other pests.
Facility means a DYS secure residential facility.
Fire Retardant means having or providing comparatively low flammability or flame spread properties.
Garbage means the animal, vegetable, or other organic waste resulting from the handling, preparing, cooking, consumption or cultivation of food, and containers and cans which have contained food, unless such containers and cans have been cleaned or prepared for recycling.
Habitable Space means any space used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking, or eating purposes.
New Facility means any facility first used as a DYS secure residential facility after January 2, 2003.
Occupiable Space means a room or enclosed space in which individuals congregate for educational, recreational or similar purposes, or in which individuals are engaged at labor.
Program Director means the employee of the Department of Youth Services who, under delegation from and under the supervision of the Commissioner, is responsible with subordinate staff for carrying out the functions assigned by the Department relative to DYS secure residential facilities. Said program director shall also mean a contractor serving in this capacity in a secure residential facility under contract with DYS.
Renovations means major remodeling or structural repairs such as the subdivision, expansion or gutting and reconstruction of habitable or occupiable space for DYS secure residential facility purposes.
Resident means a client of the Department of Youth Services who is a juvenile offender in the care and custody of a DYS secure residential facility
Rubbish means combustible and noncombustible waste material, except garbage, and includes but is not limited to such material as paper, rags, cartons, boxes, wood, excelsior, rubber, leather, tree branches, yard trimmings, grass clippings, cans, metal, mineral matter, glass, crockery, dust, and the residue from the burning of wood, coal, coke and other combustible materials.
Sanitize means to apply effective bactericidal treatment to clean surfaces by a process that is effective in destroying microorganisms, including pathogens.
Stairway means any group of three or more risers.
