41-5-1901. Definitions. As used in this part, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply:

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(1)”Attendant care” means the direct supervision of youth by a trained attendant in a physically unrestricting setting.

(2)”Board” means the board of crime control provided for in 2-15-2008.

(3)”County” means a county, city-county consolidated government, or a youth detention region created pursuant to 41-5-1805.

(4)”Home detention” means the use of a youth’s home for the purpose of ensuring the continued custody of the youth pending adjudication or final disposition of the youth’s case.

(5)”Plan” means a county plan for providing youth detention services as required in 41-5-1903.

(6)”Secure detention” means the detention of youth in a physically restricting facility designed to prevent a youth from departing at will.

(7)”Youth detention service” means service for the detention of youth in facilities separate from adult jails. The term includes the services described in 41-5-1902.