Section 137-32-002. Definitions.

For the purpose of this chapter the following words shall have the following meanings:

(1) "Department" means the department of corrections.

(2) "Adult correctional institution" and "institution" mean a facility identified in RCW 72.01.050(2) and any similar facility hereafter established.

(3) "Secretary" means the secretary of the department of corrections.

(4) "Deputy secretary" means the deputy secretary of the prisons division of the department, or the deputy secretary's designee.

(5) "Superintendent" means the superintendent of an institution, or the superintendent's designees.

(6) "Hearing officer" means the person named by a superintendent to act for the superintendent in reviewing the cases of inmates assigned to administrative segregation status.

(7) "Inmate" means any person assigned to the custody of the department, including any person transferred to an institution from another state or the federal government.

(8) "Administrative segregation status" means segregation of an inmate of an institution for nondisciplinary reasons.

(9) "Intensive management status" means an assignment to administrative segregation for an extended period after other alternatives have been explored.

(10) "Facility risk management team meeting" means a multidisciplinary meeting with an inmate held to:

(a) Determine whether the inmate should be placed on administrative segregation status, continued on administrative segregation status, placed on intensive management status, continued on intensive management status, released to the general inmate population, recommended for either an in-state or out-of-state transfer; and/or

(b) Develop an action plan, expectations and goals relative to the rehabilitation of the inmate.

(11) "Working days" means Monday through Friday excluding holidays.

[WSR 12-11-054, § 137-32-002, filed 5/14/12, effective 6/14/12. WSR 07-08-063, § 137-32-002, filed 3/29/07, effective 4/29/07. WSR 00-09-063, § 137-32-002, filed 4/17/00, effective 5/19/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 72.01.090. WSR 85-01-059 (Order 84-15), § 137-32-002, filed 12/17/84.]

Reviser's note: Under RCW 34.05.030 (1)(c), as amended by section 103, chapter 288, Laws of 1988, the above section was not adopted under the Administrative Procedure Act, chapter 34.05 RCW, but was published in the Washington State Register and codified into the Washington Administrative Code exactly as shown by the agency filing with history notes added by the code reviser's office.

WSR 12-11-054, § 137-32-002, filed 5/14/12, effective 6/14/12. WSR 07-08-063, § 137-32-002, filed 3/29/07, effective 4/29/07. WSR 00-09-063, § 137-32-002, filed 4/17/00, effective 5/19/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 72.01.090. WSR 85-01-059 (Order 84-15), § 137-32-002, filed 12/17/84.