New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 14 - DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE
Chapter XX - JUSTICE CENTER FOR THE PROTECTION OF PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
Part 700 - Administrative Adjudication Process For Substantiated Cases Of Abuse And Neglect
Section 700.3 - Definitions

(a) Executive director means the executive director of the Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs (Justice Center) or the executive director's designee.

(b) Justice center means the Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs.

(c) Administrative law judge means an attorney employed by the Justice Center who has been designated and authorized by the executive director to preside at hearings held under this Part.

(d) Subject means a person named in a substantiated report of abuse or neglect as having committed an act or acts of abuse or neglect.

(e) Hearing means an administrative proceeding held pursuant to this Part wherein the subject of a report of abuse or neglect is seeking relief from a determination denying a request to amend a substantiated report of abuse or neglect.

(f) Substantiated report means a report of abuse or neglect wherein a determination has been made as a result of an investigation that there is a preponderance of the evidence that the alleged act or acts of abuse or neglect occurred, that any such act or acts committed by the subject constitute abuse or neglect and, pursuant to Social Services Law section 493(4), a determination of the category level of such act or acts.

(g) Abuse or neglect means all reportable incidents as defined in Social Services Law section 488(1)(a) through (h). It does not include significant incidents defined in Social Services Law section 488(1)(i).