Montana Code Annotated 1997

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     41-5-1901. Definitions. As used in this part, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply:
     (1) "Attendant care" means the direct supervision of youth by a trained attendant in a physically unrestricting setting.
     (2) "Board" means the board of crime control provided for in 2-15-2006.
     (3) "County" means a county, city-county consolidated government, or a youth detention region created pursuant to 41-5-1805.
     (4) "Home detention" means the use of a youth's home for the purpose of ensuring the continued custody of the youth pending adjudication or final disposition of his case.
     (5) "Plan" means a county plan for providing youth detention services as required in 41-5-1903.
     (6) "Secure detention" means the detention of youth in a physically restricting facility designed to prevent a youth from departing at will.
     (7) "Youth detention service" means service for the detention of youth in facilities separate from adult jails. The term includes the services described in 41-5-1902.

     History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 799, L. 1991; Sec. 41-5-1001, MCA 1995; redes. 41-5-1901 by Sec. 47, Ch. 286, L. 1997.

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