2012 New York Consolidated Laws
EXC - Executive
Article 20 - (550 - 562) PROTECTION OF PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
550 - Definitions.

 
    * §  550.  Definitions.  As  used in this article, the following terms
  shall have the following meanings:
    1. "Executive director" shall  mean  the  executive  director  of  the
  justice center for the protection of people with special needs.
    2.  "Mental  hygiene  facility"  shall  mean  a facility as defined in
  subdivision six of section 1.03 of the mental hygiene law and facilities
  for the operation of which an operating certificate is required pursuant
  to article sixteen or thirty-one of the mental hygiene law and including
  family care  homes.  "Mental  hygiene  facility"  also  means  a  secure
  treatment facility as defined by article ten of the mental hygiene law.
    3.  "Reportable  incident"  shall  have the same meaning as defined in
  subdivision one of section  four  hundred  eighty-eight  of  the  social
  services law.
    4. "State oversight agency" shall mean the state agency that operates,
  licenses  or  certifies  an  applicable  facility  or provider agency as
  defined in subdivision four of section four hundred eighty-eight of  the
  social  services law; 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. "State
  oversight agency" does  not  include  agencies  that  are  certification
  agencies  pursuant  to  federal  law or regulation. For purposes of this
  article, "state oversight agency" shall include the justice  center  for
  the protection of people with special needs.
    5.  "Vulnerable  person"  shall  mean a person who, due to physical or
  cognitive disabilities, or  the  need  for  services  or  placement,  is
  receiving  services  from  a  facility  or provider agency as defined in
  subdivision four of section four  hundred  eighty-eight  of  the  social
  services law.
    6.  "Individual  with a disability," except as used in subdivision (b)
  of section five hundred fifty-eight of this article, shall mean a person
  with a disability as defined in subdivision twenty-one  of  section  two
  hundred ninety-two of this chapter.
    * NB Effective June 30, 2013