Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 105 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH › Title 105 CMR 450.000 - Minimum Health And Sanitation Standards For Dys Secure Residential Facilities › Section 450.020 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
The words, terms or phrases listed in 105 CMR 450.020, for the
				purpose of
				105 CMR 450.000, shall be
				defined as follows:
Administrator
means the chief
				administrative officer of a DYS secure residential facility.
Commissioner
means the Commissioner of
				the Department of Public Health appointed pursuant to
				M.G.L.c.17,§2.
Department
means the Department of
				Public Health established pursuant to M.GL. c. 17.
DYS
means the Department of Youth
				Services established pursuant to M.GL. c. 18A
DYS Secure Residential Facility
means
				any facility, building enclosure, operated by, or under contract to, the
				Department of Youth Services and characterized by locked entrances and exits,
				and other physically restrictive construction intended to prevent a resident
				from departing without the approval of the Department of Youth Services. Said
				facility may include space within a house of detention, detention center, house
				of correction or reformatory operated by, or under contract to the Department
				of Youth Services pursuant to M.GL., c. 120, § 1, for the secure detention
				of committed juvenile offenders and of such other juveniles as may be placed in
				custody therein.
Easily Cleanable
means readily
				accessible and of such material and finish, and so fabricated that residue may
				be completely removed by normal cleaning methods.
Existing Facility
means a DYS secure
				residential facility in operation on January 2, 2003, but does not include
				portions of the facility not in operation on January 2, 2003, nor a facility or
				portion of a facility temporarily taken out of use after January 2, 2003 for
				major construction or renovations.
Exterminate
means to eliminate
				insects, rodents, and other pests.
Facility
means a DYS secure
				residential facility.
Fire Retardant
means having or
				providing comparatively low flammability or flame spread properties.
Garbage
means the animal, vegetable,
				or other organic waste resulting from the handling, preparing, cooking,
				consumption or cultivation of food, and containers and cans which have
				contained food, unless such containers and cans have been cleaned or prepared
				for recycling.
Habitable Space
means any space used
				or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking, or eating
				purposes.
New Facility
means any facility first
				used as a DYS secure residential facility after January 2, 2003.
Occupiable Space
means a room or
				enclosed space in which individuals congregate for educational, recreational or
				similar purposes, or in which individuals are engaged at labor.
Program Director
means the employee of
				the Department of Youth Services who, under delegation from and under the
				supervision of the Commissioner, is responsible with subordinate staff for
				carrying out the functions assigned by the Department relative to DYS secure
				residential facilities. Said program director shall also mean a contractor
				serving in this capacity in a secure residential facility under contract with
				DYS.
Renovations
means major remodeling or
				structural repairs such as the subdivision, expansion or gutting and
				reconstruction of habitable or occupiable space for DYS secure residential
				facility purposes.
Resident
means a client of the
				Department of Youth Services who is a juvenile offender in the care and custody
				of a DYS secure residential facility
Rubbish
means combustible and
				noncombustible waste material, except garbage, and includes but is not limited
				to such material as paper, rags, cartons, boxes, wood, excelsior, rubber,
				leather, tree branches, yard trimmings, grass clippings, cans, metal, mineral
				matter, glass, crockery, dust, and the residue from the burning of wood, coal,
				coke and other combustible materials.
Sanitize
means to apply effective
				bactericidal treatment to clean surfaces by a process that is effective in
				destroying microorganisms, including pathogens.
Stairway
means any group of three or
				more risers.