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Section 43-21-905 - Definitions

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As used in Sections 43-21-901 through 43-21-915, the following words shall have the following meanings:(a) 'Facility administrator' means the principal official of the facility.(b) 'Facility staff' means all employees of the facility who are under the supervision of the facility administrator.(c) 'Juvenile detention facility' and 'facility' are synonymous and each means a secure facility that house children who are charged with a delinquent act as defined in Section 43-21-105(j).(d) 'Licensing agency' means the Juvenile Facilities Monitoring Unit of the Department of Public Safety.Added by Laws, 2016, ch. 438, SB 2364, 3, eff. 7/1/2016.