Terms Used In New York Laws > Public Health > Article 6-A - Rape Crisis Intervention and Prevention Program

• Accompaniment services: means services that assure the presence of a trained rape crisis worker to assist and support the client, at hospitals, law enforcement agencies, district attorneys' offices, courts and other agencies. See N.Y. Public Health Law 695-A
• Client: means any person seeking or receiving the services of a rape crisis counselor for the purpose of securing counseling or assistance concerning any sex offense, sexual abuse, incest, or attempt to commit a sex offense, sexual abuse, or incest. See N.Y. Public Health Law 695-A
• Community prevention: means public education projects designed to encourage victim use of rape crisis intervention services, educating the general public about the availability and significance of rape crisis intervention services, providing sex offense, sexual abuse or incest prevention and personal safety information, providing other education programs which sensitize service providers and the general public about the nature of sex offenses, sexual abuse or incest and the needs of survivors of a sex offense, sexual abuse or incest. See N.Y. Public Health Law 695-A
• Community support system: means a system of service providers in a community designed to meet the needs of a victim of a sex offense, sexual abuse or incest. See N.Y. Public Health Law 695-A
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Counseling: means individual communication and interaction which helps the client make choices and act upon those choices, provided to a client concerning any sex offense, sexual abuse, incest, or attempt to commit a sex offense, sexual abuse, or incest. See N.Y. Public Health Law 695-A
• Hotline: means twenty-four-hour access to rape crisis intervention and prevention services including telephone hotline and telephone counseling capabilities. See N.Y. Public Health Law 695-A
• Rape crisis intervention and prevention program: means any program which has been approved by the department offering counseling and assistance to clients concerning sex offenses, sexual abuse, or incest. See N.Y. Public Health Law 695-A
• Recruitment and training programs: means programs designed to recruit and train staff or volunteers in a rape crisis intervention and prevention program as well as training or education to other agencies participating in a community support system. See N.Y. Public Health Law 695-A
• Referral: means referral to and assistance with medical services and services of criminal justice agencies, mental health agencies, or other entities providing related services. See N.Y. Public Health Law 695-A