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 702 - Use Of Social Security Numbers
Section 702.4 - Definition

(a) Custodian shall mean a director, operator, employee or volunteer of a facility or provider agency as defined in subdivision (4) of section 488 of the Social Services Law; or a consultant or an employee or volunteer of a corporation, partnership, organization or governmental entity which provides goods or services to a facility or provider agency pursuant to contract or other arrangement that permits such person to have regular and substantial contact with individuals who are cared for by such a facility or provider agency.

(b) Delegate investigatory entity shall have the same meaning as expressed in subdivision (7) of section 488 of the Social Services Law.

(c) Facility or provider agency shall have the same meaning as expressed in subdivision (4) of section 488 of the Social Services Law.

(d) Screening agency shall mean a facility or provider agency as defined in subdivision (4) of section 488 of the Social Services Law; any other provider of services to vulnerable persons in programs licensed, certified or funded by any State oversight agency; and any other provider agency or licensing agency as defined in subdivision (3) or (4) of section 424-a of the Social Services Law.

(e) Service recipient shall mean an individual who resides or is an inpatient in a residential facility or who receives services from a facility or provider agency as defined in subdivision (4) of section 488 of the Social Services Law.

(f) Staff exclusion list shall mean the register of substantiated category one cases of abuse or neglect, pursuant to sections 493 and 495 of the Social Services Law.

(g) State oversight agency shall mean the State agency that operates, licenses or certifies an applicable facility or provider agency; provided however that such term shall only include the following entities: the Office of Mental Health, the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities, the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services, the Office of Children and Family Services, the Department of Health and the State Education Department.

(h) Vulnerable person shall have the same meaning as expressed in subdivision 15 of section 488 of the Social Services Law.