Sec.17a-16-7. Definitions

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As used in sections 17a-16-6 through 17a-16-18, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Children & Families;
(b) "Department" means the Department of Children & Families;
(c) "Contraband" means weapons, unauthorized drugs, and other items which pose a danger to a child or youth or others;
(d) "Mechanical restraint" means any externally applied mechanical device which limits the voluntary movement of a child or youth;
(e) "Seclusion" means isolation from the general population of an institution of the commissioner enforced by a locked door.

(Effective February 1, 1994)

                    
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