2010 New York Code
PEN - Penal
Part 3 - SPECIFIC OFFENSES
Title O - OFFENSES AGAINST MARRIAGE, THE FAMILY, AND THE WELFARE OF CHILDREN AND INCOMPETENTS
Article 260 - (260.00 - 260.34) OFFENSES RELATING TO CHILDREN, DISABLED PERSONS AND VULNERABLE ELDERLY PERSONS
260.31 - Vulnerable elderly persons; definitions.

* § 260.31 Vulnerable elderly persons; definitions.
    For  the  purpose  of  sections 260.32 and 260.34 of this article, the
  following definitions shall apply:
    1. "Caregiver" means a person who (i) assumes responsibility  for  the
  care  of  a  vulnerable  elderly person, or an incompetent or physically
  disabled person pursuant to a court order; or (ii) receives monetary  or
  other valuable consideration for providing care for a vulnerable elderly
  person, or an incompetent or physically disabled person.
    2. "Sexual contact" means any touching of the sexual or other intimate
  parts  of a person for the purpose of gratifying sexual desire of either
  party. It includes the touching of the actor by the victim, as  well  as
  the  touching  of  the  victim by the actor, whether directly or through
  clothing, as well as the emission of ejaculate by  the  actor  upon  any
  part of the victim, clothed or unclothed.
    3.  "Vulnerable  elderly  person" means a person sixty years of age or
  older who is suffering from  a  disease  or  infirmity  associated  with
  advanced   age  and  manifested  by  demonstrable  physical,  mental  or
  emotional dysfunction to the extent that  the  person  is  incapable  of
  adequately providing for his or her own health or personal care.
    4. "Incompetent or physically disabled person" means an individual who
  is unable to care for himself or herself because of physical disability,
  mental disease or defect.
    * NB There are 2 § 260.31's

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