Virginia Administrative Code › Title 6 - CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CORRECTIONS › Agency 15 - STATE BOARD OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL JAILS › Chapter 20 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING CERTIFICATION AND INSPECTION › Part I - Definitions › Section 6VAC15-20-10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms when used in this chapter
					 shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
"Appeal" means the action taken by a facility or program
					 administrator when there is disagreement with a compliance audit
					 finding.
"Audit report" means the official report of compliance
					 audit findings prepared by the Compliance and Accreditation Unit supervisor for
					 the department and submitted to the board.
"Board" means the State Board of Corrections.
"Certification analyst" means a person assigned to the
					 Compliance and Accreditation Unit who serves as chairperson or team leader of
					 the certification team.
"Certification/accreditation team" means persons appointed
					 by the Compliance and Accreditation Unit manager or the American Correctional
					 Association to conduct compliance audits.
"Community residential program" means any group home,
					 halfway house, or other physically unrestricting facility used for the housing,
					 treatment, or care of adult offenders established or operated with funds
					 appropriated to the Department of Corrections from the state treasury and
					 maintained or operated by any political subdivision, combination of political
					 subdivisions, or privately operated agency within the Commonwealth.
"Compliance and Accreditation Unit" means the
					 organizational unit of the department responsible for scheduling and conducting
					 compliance audits to board standards.
"Compliance" means that no deficiency was cited by the
					 certification team or that cited deficiencies have been corrected through
					 completion of the tasks identified in the plan of action.
"Compliance audit" means an on-site official review of a
					 facility or program by the certification team to evaluate compliance with
					 standards promulgated by the board.
"Compliance and Accreditation Unit local facilities
					 supervisor" means an individual responsible to the Compliance and Accreditation
					 Unit manager for supervising the Board of Corrections' local facilities
					 inspections.
"Compliance and Accreditation Unit manager" means an
					 individual responsible to the Deputy Director of Administration for managing
					 the Board of Corrections' certification process.
"Compliance and Accreditation Unit supervisor" means an
					 individual responsible to the Compliance and Accreditation Unit manager for
					 supervising the Board of Corrections' certification process.
"Compliance documentation" means specific documents or
					 information including records, reports, observations and verbal responses
					 required to verify compliance with standards by a facility or program.
"Decertified" means a status imposed by the board when it
					 is determined that a facility or program has not met a minimum acceptable level
					 of compliance with standards.
"Deficiency" means noncompliance with a specific
					 standard.
"Department" means the Department of Corrections.
"Director" means the Director of the Department of
					 Corrections.
"Facility" means the physical plant of a state, local or
					 private correctional facility or community correctional facility.
"Facility or program administrator" means the individual
					 responsible for the operation of a facility or program subject to standards,
					 rules or regulations of the board.
"Inspection" means an on-site official review of a local
					 correctional facility by local facilities managers to assess compliance with
					 life, health and safety standards promulgated by the board.
"Interim compliance audit" means an on-site official review
					 of a facility or program by the Compliance and Accreditation Unit to evaluate
					 compliance with standards promulgated by the board which occurs at an interval
					 other than the regular schedule as provided in
					 6VAC15-20-20. The interim
					 compliance audit may consist of a determination of compliance with all
					 standards applicable to the facility or program or may be limited to specific
					 standards as directed by the board.
"Life, health and safety alert" means a process by which
					 the board is provided immediate notice by department staff of life, health and
					 safety deficiencies identified in local facilities/programs.
"Life, health, safety standards" means those standards
					 directly related to life, health or safety issues as identified by the
					 board.
"Local correctional facility" means a jail, regional jail,
					 or lockup.
"Plan of action" means a document stating what has been or
					 will be done to bring all deficiencies into compliance with standards,
					 including a description of the activities undertaken, staff responsibilities,
					 and a time table for completion.
"Preparatory audit" means an unofficial review of a
					 facility or program by regional staff or the Compliance and Accreditation Unit
					 to evaluate compliance with standards promulgated by the board.
"Private correctional facility" means a facility that is
					 operated by an entity which has entered into a legal agreement to provide any
					 correctional services to the Department of Corrections with respect to inmates
					 under the custody of the Commonwealth.
"Probationary certification" means a status granted by the
					 board for a specific period of time to correct deficiencies within the control
					 of the facility or program.
"Program" means a system of services provided to offenders
					 by probation and parole offices and other community-based services.
"Region" means the geographic area in which a facility or
					 program is located as established by the department.
"Regional office" means the administrative offices of a
					 specific region within the department.
"Unconditional certification" means that a facility or
					 program is in 100% compliance with all applicable standards based upon the
					 receipt of the plan of action.
"Variance" means a decision by the board to suspend the
					 requirements of a specific standard for a specific period of
					 time.
Statutory Authority
§ 53.1-5 of the Code of Virginia.