Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 3101 – Definitions
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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 2015, c. 315, §4 (NEW).]
1. Corrections officer. “Corrections officer” means a person who is responsible for the custody or direct supervision of a person confined in a jail, prison or state correctional facility pursuant to an order of a court or as a result of an arrest and who possesses a current and valid certificate issued by the Board of Trustees of the Maine Criminal Justice Academy pursuant to Title 25, section 2803-A.
[PL 2015, c. 315, §4 (NEW).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 3101
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- Correctional facility: means any facility that falls under the jurisdiction of the department, but does not include any facility for which the department is required to establish standards pursuant to section 1208 or 1208?A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 1001
- Corrections officer: means a person who is responsible for the custody or direct supervision of a person confined in a jail, prison or state correctional facility pursuant to an order of a court or as a result of an arrest and who possesses a current and valid certificate issued by the Board of Trustees of the Maine Criminal Justice Academy pursuant to Title 25, section 2803-A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 3101
- Juvenile: means juvenile client or juvenile detainee. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 3101
- Juvenile client: means a juvenile committed to a juvenile correctional facility who is either residing at the facility or is on community reintegration status, or ordered confined in a juvenile correctional facility pursuant to Title 12, section 6004, 8004 or 10608; Title 15, section 3314, subsection 1, paragraph H; Title 15, section 3314, subsection 7; or Title 29?A, section 115. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 1001
- Juvenile detainee: means a juvenile detained at a departmental juvenile facility pending a court proceeding or pursuant to Title 15, section 3312, subsection 3, paragraph D. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 1001
- Labor: means the period of time before a birth during which contractions are of sufficient frequency, intensity and duration to bring about effacement and progressive dilation of the cervix. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 3101
- Postpartum recovery: means , as determined by a woman's physician, the period immediately following delivery, including the entire period the woman is in the hospital or infirmary after giving birth. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 3101
- Prison: means the Maine State Prison. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 1001
- Prisoner: means an adult person sentenced and committed to, transferred to or detained in the custody of the department, including a person on supervised community confinement. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 1001
- Restraints: means any physical restraint or mechanical device used to control the movement of a prisoner's or juvenile's body or limbs, including, but not limited to, disposable or soft restraints, handcuffs, a security restraint system that combines handcuffs with a rigid component, leg irons, belly chains, a security or tether chain and a convex shield. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 34-A Sec. 3101
2. Juvenile. “Juvenile” means juvenile client or juvenile detainee.
[PL 2015, c. 315, §4 (NEW).]
3. Labor. “Labor” means the period of time before a birth during which contractions are of sufficient frequency, intensity and duration to bring about effacement and progressive dilation of the cervix.
[PL 2015, c. 315, §4 (NEW).]
4. Postpartum recovery. “Postpartum recovery” means, as determined by a woman’s physician, the period immediately following delivery, including the entire period the woman is in the hospital or infirmary after giving birth.
[PL 2015, c. 315, §4 (NEW).]
5. Restraints. “Restraints” means any physical restraint or mechanical device used to control the movement of a prisoner‘s or juvenile’s body or limbs, including, but not limited to, disposable or soft restraints, handcuffs, a security restraint system that combines handcuffs with a rigid component, leg irons, belly chains, a security or tether chain and a convex shield.
[PL 2015, c. 315, §4 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2015, c. 315, §4 (NEW).