6 Colo. Code Regs. § 1010-13-2.0

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 20, October 25, 2024

Section 6 CCR 1010-13-2.0 - DEFINITIONS

2.1Approved means acceptable to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment or its authorized agents or employees based on determination of conformance with applicable codes, regulations, standards, and good public health practices.

2.2Correctional Facility means any penal institution under the supervision of the Colorado Department of Corrections in which persons are or may be lawfully held in custody as a result of conviction of a crime.

2.3Day Room means any central lounge, recreation, exercise or other room in a penal institution used for group assemblage by inmates.

2.43dB(a) Scale means a weighed sound pressure level as measured with a sound level meter using the "A" weighing network. The standard notation is dB(a).

2.5Department means the "Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment" and its authorized agents and employees.

2.6Foot Candle means a unit of measuring the intensity of illumination, defined as the amount of light thrown on a surface one foot away from the light source.

2.7Grounds means exterior yard areas or premises.

2.8Holding Facility means a confinement facility, for which the custodial authority is usually less than forty-eight (48) hours, where arrested persons are held pending release, adjudication, or transfer to another facility. Holding facilities shall be exempt from meeting provisions of Sections 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.10, and 8.11.

2.9Housing Unit means a group or cluster of single and/or multiple occupancy cells contiguous to day or activity room.

2.10Inmate means any individual, whether in pretrial, unsentenced, or sentenced status, who is confined in a penal institution.

2.11Local Detention Facility means a city, county, city and county or regional jail, camp, holding facility or other penal institution that detains persons for more than 48 hours and is used as a detention center for persons facing criminal charges and for persons convicted of misdemeanor and felony crimes.

2.12Medical Clinic or Community Clinic means a clinic that meets the licensure requirements of Chapter II and the regulations of Chapter IX of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Standards for Hospitals and Health Facilities.

2.13Multiple Occupancy Cell means any room or rooms in a penal institution used or intended to be used for sleeping or living purposes in which more than one and less than five inmates are confined.

2.14Multiple Occupancy Housing Dormitory means any area, room or rooms in a penal institution used or intended to be used for sleeping or living purposes in which more than four and less than fifty inmates are confined.

2.15Penal Institution means any, local detention center, correctional facility, holding facility, secure residential treatment center, prison, camp, or other facility, in which persons are or may be lawfully held in custody. The term does not include hospitals licensed by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment under provisions of section 25-3-101(1), C.R.S., et. seq., and child care centers defined as such in section 26-6-102 (1.5), C.R.S., et. seq., and licensed by the Colorado Department of Human Services.

2.16 Refuse means all combustible or non combustible, putrescible or non putrescible solid or liquid wastes.

2.17Secure Residential Treatment Center means a facility operated under private ownership that is licensed by the Colorado Department of Human Services to provide twenty-four-hour group care and treatment in a secure setting for five or more children or persons up to age twenty-one years over whom the juvenile court retains jurisdiction pursuant to section 12-2-102(5), C.R.S., et. seq., who are committed by a court pursuant to an adjudication of delinquency or pursuant to a determination of guilt of a delinquent act or having been convicted as an adult and sentenced for an act which would be a crime if committed in Colorado, or in the committing jurisdiction, to be placed in a secure facility.

2.18Single Occupancy Cell means any room or rooms in a penal institution used or intended to be used for sleeping or living purposes in which one inmate is confined.

2.19Solid Waste means garbage, refuse and other discarded materials as defined in section 30-20- 101(6)(a),C.R.S.,et. seq.

2.20Temporary Local Detention Facility means the residential housing and associated facilities operated by a local detention facility for the management of special programs and inmates, such as the residential community corrections programs [pursuant to 17-26-128, C.R.S., et. seq.] commonly known as work release or weekender programs. Inmates are housed for periods of less than 48 hours.

2.21Unencumbered Cell Space means useable space that is not obstructed by furnishings or fixtures. At least one dimension of the space which is not obstructed is no less than seven feet. In determining space which is not obstructed, all fixtures and furnishings must be in operational position.

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