§ 6-01 Definitions.
RCNY § 6-01
For the purposes of this chapter: (a) "Caretaker" means a birth parent; adoptive parent; step parent; court-appointed guardian, custodian, or conservator; foster care parent; a sponsor of a minor appointed by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR); an employee from the New York City Administration for Children's Services (ACS), New York State Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD), New York State Department of Health (NYS DOH), New York State Office of Mental Health (NYS OMH), New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH), a designated ACS foster care agency, or an agency or facility, including a residential care facility, that is operated, licensed, certified or funded by OPWDD, NYS DOH, NYS OMH or NYC DOHMH; a cohabitant of an applicant who has been determined by OPWDD to be a person with a developmental disability; an applicant's Social Security representative payee; or such other categories of individuals that HRA may designate as caretakers in the future pursuant to subdivision (f) of 68 RCNY § 6-07.
(b)"IDNYC Card" has the same meaning as "New York City identity card," as provided in § 3-115(a) of the Administrative Code of the City of New York.
(c)"HRA" means the New York City Human Resources Administration.
(d)"Individual who lacks a stable residence" means a person who lacks permanent housing, who may live on the streets, in a vehicle or abandoned building, or reside at a location where there is a maximum stay of 30 days or less.
(e)"Machine readable" describes a document with data that can be verified by electronic means by the IDNYC Card Program application system.
(f)A "new applicant" means an individual who is applying for their first IDNYC card or who was previously issued an IDNYC card that expired and is outside the renewal period as established by HRA pursuant to 68 RCNY § 6-10(b).
(g)A "qualifying school" is any New York City Department of Education or accredited charter, parochial or private school located in New York City that HRA has designated as a school that it will accept a school verification form from pursuant to 68 RCNY § 6-04(d).
(h)"Renewal period" means the time period established by HRA pursuant to 68 RCNY § 6-10(b) in which a cardholder can renew their card and not be treated as a new applicant.
(i)"Resident" has the same meaning as provided in § 3-115(a) of the Administrative Code of the City of New York.
(j)"State" means any of the 50 states of the United States, and shall also be deemed to include the District of Columbia, and any of the territories of the United States.
(k)"Territories" means American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
(l)"Submitted" means submitted to HRA, as administering agency of the IDNYC Program, in accordance with this chapter. (Amended City Record 3/24/2016, eff. 4/23/2016; amended City Record 7/2/2018, eff. 8/1/2018; amended City Record 9/20/2019, eff. 12/2/2019)
