32A-30-2: Definitions.

As used in the Office of Child Advocate Act:

A. "child in custody" means a minor who is placed by the department in custodial or residential care, including foster care, kinship care or care within a group home, a residential treatment center, a juvenile justice facility, a semi-independent living program or an emergency shelter, pursuant to a court order or otherwise sanctioned by the court and does not live with either of the child's birth parents;

B. "committee" means the state child advocate selection committee;

C. "department" means the children, youth and families department;

D. "near fatality" means an injury or condition caused by abuse or neglect that results in a child:

(1) being placed in serious or critical condition, as certified by a licensed physician; and

(2) receiving critical care for at least twenty-four hours following the child's admission to a critical care unit; and

E. "office" means the office of child advocate.