§ 153A-217. Definitions. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 153A‑217. Definitions.

Unless otherwise clearly required by the context, the words and phrasesdefined in this section have the meanings indicated when used in this Part:

(1)        "Commission" means the Social Services Commission.

(2)        "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health andHuman Services.

(3)        "Department" means the Department of Health andHuman Services.

(4)        "Governing body" means the governing body of acounty or city or the policy‑making body for a district or regionalconfinement facility.

(5)        "Local confinement facility" includes a county orcity jail, a local lockup, a regional or district jail, a juvenile detentionfacility, a detention facility for adults operated by a local government, andany other facility operated by a local government for confinement of personsawaiting trial or serving sentences except that it shall not include a countysatellite jail/work release unit governed by Part 3 of Article 10 of Chapter153A.

(6)        "Prisoner" includes any person, adult or juvenile,confined or detained in a confinement facility.

(7)        "Unit," "unit of local government," or"local government" means a county or city. (1967, c. 581, s. 2; 1969, c. 981, s. 1; 1973, c. 476,s. 138; c. 822, s. 1; 1987, c. 207, s. 2; 1997‑443, s. 11A.118(a); 1998‑202,s. 4(cc).)