In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,

1. (1) “commissioner” means the commissioner of family and community services;
2. (2) “court” means the superior court of the state;
3. (3) “crime against a person” means an offense set out in AS 11.41;
4. (4) “delinquent minor” means a minor found to be within the jurisdiction of the court under AS 47.12.020;
5. (5) “department” means the Department of Family and Community Services;
6. (6) “gravely disabled” has the meaning given in AS 47.30.915;
7. (7) “juvenile detention facility” means a secure facility for the detention of delinquent minors in the custody of the department under AS 47.12.240 or 47.12.250;
8. (8) “juvenile probation officer” means an officer described in AS 47.12.270;
9. (9) “juvenile treatment facility” means a secure facility for treatment of minors adjudicated delinquent and committed by a court to the care and custody of the department under AS 47.12.120(b)(1);
10. (10) “mental health professional” has the meaning given in AS 47.30.915, except that, if the minor is placed in another state by the department, “mental health professional” also includes a professional listed in the definition of “mental health professional” in AS 47.30.915 who is not licensed to practice by a board of this state but is licensed by a corresponding licensing authority to practice in the state in which the minor is placed;
11. (11) “mental illness” has the meaning given in AS 47.30.915;

12. (12) “minor” means a person who is

    1. (A) under 18 years of age at the time the person commits an offense; and
    2. (B) subject to the jurisdiction of the court under this chapter;
13. (13) “peace officer” has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900;
14. (14) “residential child care facility” has the meaning given in AS 47.32.900;
15. (15) “secure residential psychiatric treatment center” has the meaning given “residential psychiatric treatment center” in AS 47.32.900;
16. (16) “temporary secure juvenile holding area” means separate quarters that are used for the temporary detention of delinquent minors pending a court order or transportation to a juvenile detention facility and that are not within sight or sound of any adult prisoners;
17. (17) “victim” has the meaning given in AS 12.55.185.