New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Subtitle AA - STATE COMMISSION OF CORRECTION
Chapter III - Minimum Standards and Regulations for Management of Specialized Secure Juvenile Detention Facilities for Older Youth
Part 7302 - DEFINITIONS
Section 7302.1 - Definitions

Universal Citation: 9 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 7302.1

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024

As used in this Chapter, unless specifically stated otherwise, the following definitions shall apply to the terms listed below:

(a) Commission shall mean the New York State Commission of Correction.

(b) OCFS shall mean the New York State Office of Children and Family Services.

(c) Facility shall mean a specialized secure juvenile detention facility for older youth.

(d) Youth shall mean an adolescent offender, as that term is defined in Criminal Procedure Law section 1.20(44), that has been committed or sentenced to a facility.

(e) Director shall mean the individual wholly responsible for the operations of a facility.

(f) Designee shall mean a qualified individual, under the authority of the director, to whom the director has assigned a specific duty or responsibility.

(g) Sheriff shall mean the sheriff or commissioner of correction to whose custody a youth was committed or sentenced.

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