2013 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.