Section 45.01. Definitions

When used in this article:
    1. "Commission"  means  the  state  commission  on quality of care and
  advocacy for persons with disabilities.
    2. "Council" means the advisory council to the commission.
    3. "Boards of visitors" means  the  boards  of  visitors  as  used  in
  article seven and article thirteen of this chapter.
    4. "Board" means the mental hygiene medical review board.
    5. "Mental   hygiene   facility"   means  a  facility  as  defined  in
  subdivision six of section 1.03 of this chapter and facilities  for  the
  operation  of  which  an  operating  certificate is required pursuant to
  article sixteen or thirty-one of this chapter and including family  care
  homes.  "Mental hygiene facility" also means a secure treatment facility
  as defined by article ten of this chapter.
    6. "Disability" means disability as defined in subdivision  twenty-one
  of section two hundred ninety-two of the executive law.