Section Juv 102.01 - Definitions(a) "Administrative release to parole" means "administrative release to parole" as defined in RSA 170-H:2, I, namely "an administrative procedure to provide a period of community adjustment before parole status is granted."(b) "Board" means the juvenile parole board created pursuant to RSA 170-H.(c) "Chairman" means the chairman of the board.(d) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of health and human services or designee.(e) "Committed juvenile" means a person under the age of 17, unless jurisdiction exists or has been extended beyond age 17 pursuant to RSA 169-B:4, who has been committed to the custody of the department of health and human services pursuant to RSA 169-B:19,I(j).(f) "Department" means the department of health and human services (DHHS).(g) "Division" means the division for juvenile justice services (DJJS), of DHHS.(h) "Hearings" means collectively parole hearing, preliminary hearing and revocation hearing.(i) "Hearing officer" means a neutral and detached individual designated by the board to conduct preliminary hearings.(j) "Juvenile Probation and Parole Officer (JPPO)" means DHHS juvenile probation and parole officers who are responsible for investigating and supervising juveniles referred to DHHS pursuant to RSA 169-B and RSA 169-D, including those juvenile probation and parole assistants who have the responsibility for supervising committed juveniles.(k) "Juvenile" means a person under the age of 17 unless jurisdiction exists or has been extended beyond age 17 pursuant to RSA 169-B:4(l) "Juvenile parolee" means a committed juvenile who has been paroled by the board.(m) "Member" means a member of the board.(n) "Parole hearing" means the proceeding conducted by the board to determine whether to parole a committed juvenile.(o) "Preliminary hearing" means the proceeding conducted by a hearing officer to determine if there is probable cause to believe that there is a violation of a juvenile parolee's conditions of parole which warrants a parole revocation hearing.(p) "Presiding officer" means, for purposes of conducting parole hearings or revocation hearings, the chairman of the board or a designated member.(q) "Revocation hearing" means the proceeding conducted by the board to determine whether to revoke the parole of a juvenile parolee.(r) "Sununu youth services center (SYSC)" means the architecturally secure juvenile facility in Manchester, NH, described in RSA 621 as the youth development center.N.H. Admin. Code § Juv 102.01
(See Revision Note at chapter heading for Juv 100) #7842, eff 3-6-03; amd by #10008-A, eff 9-30-11