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TITLE 37PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS
PART 11TEXAS JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER 355NON-SECURE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES
SUBCHAPTER ADEFINITIONS
RULE §355.100Definitions

  (26) Physical Training Program--Any program that requires participants to engage in and perform structured physical training and activity. This does not include recreational team activities or activities related to the educational curriculum (i.e., physical education).

  (27) Positive Screening--A scored result of a completed mental health screening instrument (i.e., MAYSI-2) recommending services requiring a primary service by a mental health provider as described on the MAYSI-2 reference card.

  (28) Premises--One or more buildings together with their grounds or other appurtenances.

  (29) Program Hours--The time period when the facility schedules activities for the resident population.

  (30) Qualified Individual--A person who may supervise residents when working with residents in a capacity that relates to the person's qualifications.

  (31) Qualified Mental Health Professional--An individual employed by the local mental health authority or an entity who contracts as a service provider with the local mental health authority who meets the definition of a qualified mental health professional in the administrative rules adopted by the Texas Department of State Health Services.

  (32) Rated Capacity--The maximum number of beds available in a facility that were architecturally designed or redesigned as a housing unit.

  (33) Resident--A juvenile who is placed in the non-secure correctional facility.

  (34) Riot--A situation in which three or more residents in the facility intentionally participate in conduct that constitutes a clear and present danger to persons or property and substantially obstructs the performance of facility operations or a program therein. Rebellion is a form of riot.

  (35) Safety Data Sheet--A document prepared by the supplier or manufacturer of a product clearly stating its hazardous nature, ingredients, precautions to follow, health effects, and safe handling/storage information.

  (36) Secondary Screening--A triage process that is brief and designed to clarify if a resident is in need of intervention or a more comprehensive assessment and what type of intervention or assessment is needed.

  (37) Single-Occupancy Housing Unit (SOHU)--A housing unit designed and constructed with separate and individual resident sleeping quarters.

  (38) TJJD--The Texas Juvenile Justice Department.

  (39) Volunteer--An individual who agrees to perform services without compensation and may have regular or periodic supervised contact with juveniles under the direction of the non-secure correctional facility.

  (40) Youth-on-Youth Sexual Conduct--Two or more juveniles, regardless of age, who engage in deviate sexual intercourse, sexual contact, sexual intercourse, or sexual performance as those terms are defined in subparagraphs (A) - (D) of this paragraph:

    (A) "Deviate sexual intercourse" means:

      (i) any contact between any part of the genitals of one person and the mouth or anus of another person; or

      (ii) the penetration of the genitals or the anus of another person with an object.

    (B) "Sexual contact" means the following acts, if committed with the intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person:

      (i) any touching by a person, including touching through clothing, of the anus, breast, or any part of the genitals of a person; or

      (ii) any touching of any part of the body of a person, including touching through clothing, with the anus, breast, or any part of the genitals of a person.

    (C) "Sexual intercourse" means any penetration of the female sex organ by the male sex organ.

    (D) "Sexual performance" means acts of a sexual or suggestive nature performed in front of one or more persons, including simulated or actual sexual intercourse, deviate sexual intercourse, sexual bestiality, masturbation, sado-masochistic abuse, or lewd exhibition of the genitals, the anus, or any portion of the female breast below the top of the areola.

    (E) A juvenile may not consent to the acts as defined in this paragraph under any circumstances. Consent may not be implied regardless of the age of the juvenile.


Source Note: The provisions of this §355.100 adopted to be effective November 15, 2013, 38 TexReg 7973; amended to be effective February 1, 2018, 42 TexReg 5701

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