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Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, the following words and terms used in this Chapter are defined as follows:
(a)Commission and Commission of Correction shall mean the New York State Commission of Correction.
(b)Commissioner shall mean the Commissioner of the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.
(c)Correctional facility and facility shall mean any place operated by the department and designated by the commissioner as a place for the confinement of persons under sentence of imprisonment or persons committed for failure to pay a fine.
(d)Department and departmental shall mean the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.
(e)Facility health services staff shall mean one or more of the following personnel employed within a facility by the department for the purpose of delivering health care services to inmates: New York State licensed clinical physicians, licensed registered professional nurses, registered physicians' assistants and/or registered nurse practitioners.
(f)Inmate shall mean any person committed, transferred or placed in the care and custody of the Commissioner of the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision for confinement in a correctional facility as defined by section 2(4) of the Correction Law.
(g)Maximum security facility shall mean a facility operated by the department and designated as maximum security by the department.
(h)Medium security facility shall mean a facility operated by the department and designated as medium security by the department.
(i)Minimum security facility shall mean a facility operated by the department and designated as minimum security by the department.
(j)Superintendent shall mean the chief administrative officer of a correctional facility as appointed by the commissioner.
(k)Watch commander shall mean a facility staff member at the rank of lieutenant or sergeant who is appointed by the superintendent to be in charge of the normal routine activities occurring within the facility during his particular tour of duty and is responsible for bringing unusual activities or incidents to the attention of higher authority on call or on duty within the facility.