695-A – Definitions.

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