515 CMR, § 5.03
Agency. Any institution, department, agency, society, authority, college, university, hospital, or corporation which is authorized pursuant to M.G.L. c. 22C, §§ 56 through 68, to request or petition the Colonel to appoint certain employees of such agency as special state police officers.
Colonel. The Colonel of the Department of State Police.
Department. The Department of State Police, a department within the Executive Office of Public Safety, as created by St. 1991, c. 412.
Qualified Officer of Agency. A person designated by an agency to act as chief or director of the special state police officers of said agency.
Special State Police Officers. Any person employed by an agency and duly appointed by the Colonel as a special state police officer in accordance with M.G.L. c. 22C, §§ 56 through 68.
515 CMR, § 5.03