{"data":{"id":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-17-1801","jurisdiction":"us-nyc","citation":"N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 17-1801","heading":"§ 17-1801 Definitions.","body":"For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:\n\nArrestee. The term \"arrestee\" has the same meaning as set forth in subdivision a of section 14-163.\n\nCorrectional health services. The term \"correctional health services\" means any health care entity designated by the city of New York as the agency or agencies responsible for health services for incarcerated individuals in the care and custody of the New York city department of correction. When the responsibility is contractually shared with an outside provider, this term shall also apply.\n\nHealth care provider. The term \"health care provider\" means any person licensed or certified under federal or New York state law to provide medical services, including but not limited to doctors, nurses and emergency personnel.\n\nHealth evaluation. The term \"health evaluation\" means any evaluation of an incarcerated individual's health and mental health upon their admission to the custody of the department of correction pursuant to minimum standards of incarcerated individual care established by the board of correction.\n\nIncarcerated Individual. The term \"Incarcerated Individual\" means any person in the custody of the New York city department of correction.\n\nScreened. The term \"screened\" means evaluated by a health care provider.\n\n(L.L. 2016/124, 10/18/2016, eff. 4/18/2017; Am. L.L. 2019/190, 11/17/2019, eff. 3/16/2020; Am. 2021 N.Y. Laws Ch. 322, 8/2/2021, eff. 8/2/2021)","path":["New York City Administrative Code","Title 17","Chapter 18: Police and Correctional Healthcare Evaluation and Sharing"],"source_url":"https://files.amlegal.com/pdffiles/NewYorkCity/Admin/XML.zip","current_through":"Local Law 2026/135 (enacted August 31, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T02:48:57Z","sha256":"e77da43f204dae0c074d0973c218dc58aae1c932a29e7db397d80844ad71a101","source_id":"us-nyc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-17-1709","next":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-17-1802"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}