§ 695-A — Definitions

§ 695-a. Definitions. As used in this article:\n 1. "Rape crisis intervention and prevention program" means any program\nwhich has been approved by the department offering counseling and\nassistance to clients concerning sex offenses, sexual abuse, or incest.\n 2. "Community support system" means a system of service providers in a\ncommunity designed to meet the needs of a victim of a sex offense,\nsexual abuse or incest.\n 3. "Comprehensive services" means hotline, counseling, community\nprevention, recruitment and training programs, accompaniment services,\nand referral.\n 4. "Counseling" means individual communication and interaction which\nhelps the client make choices and act upon those choices, provided to a\nclient concerning any sex offense, sexual abuse, incest, or attempt to\ncommit a sex offense, sexual abuse, or incest.\n 5. "Client" means any person seeking or receiving the services of a\nrape crisis counselor for the purpose of securing counseling or\nassistance concerning any sex offense, sexual abuse, incest, or attempt\nto commit a sex offense, sexual abuse, or incest.\n 6. "Hotline" means twenty-four-hour access to rape crisis intervention\nand prevention services including telephone hotline and telephone\ncounseling capabilities.\n 7. "Community prevention" means public education projects designed to\nencourage victim use of rape crisis intervention services, educating the\ngeneral public about the availability and significance of rape crisis\nintervention services, providing sex offense, sexual abuse or incest\nprevention and personal safety information, providing other education\nprograms which sensitize service providers and the general public about\nthe nature of sex offenses, sexual abuse or incest and the needs of\nsurvivors of a sex offense, sexual abuse or incest. "Community\nprevention" also means and includes public education projects designed\nto teach the general public about the problem of acquaintance rape,\nincluding but not limited to: (a) the importance of promptly respecting\nthe decision of another person not to engage in sexual conduct; and (b)\nthe right of every individual to make such a decision and have it\nrespected.\n 8. "Recruitment and training programs" means programs designed to\nrecruit and train staff or volunteers in a rape crisis intervention and\nprevention program as well as training or education to other agencies\nparticipating in a community support system.\n 9. "Accompaniment services" means services that assure the presence of\na trained rape crisis worker to assist and support the client, at\nhospitals, law enforcement agencies, district attorneys' offices, courts\nand other agencies.\n 10. "Referral" means referral to and assistance with medical services\nand services of criminal justice agencies, mental health agencies, or\nother entities providing related services.\n