§ 2191. Definitions. For the purposes of this article:

1. "Long-term care facility" or "facility" means a residential health
care facility as defined in section twenty-eight hundred one of this
chapter, adult home as defined in subdivision twenty-five of section two
of the social services law or enriched housing program as defined in
subdivision twenty-eight of section two of the social services law,
adult day health care program in accordance with regulations of the
department, and any other facility providing residential housing for
five or more persons over the age of sixty-five unrelated to the
operator and supportive services including, but not limited to, food
service, housekeeping, laundry, arranging for medical care, and
assistance with daily living.

2. "Documentation" means written evidence from an individual's health
care provider indicating the date and place when the individual received
the influenza vaccine or the pneumococcal vaccine.

3. "Medically contraindicated" means influenza or pneumococcal vaccine
should not be administered to an individual because it may be
detrimental to the individual's health if the individual receives the
vaccine.

4. "Employee" means an individual employed (whether directly, by
contract with another entity or as an independent contractor) by a
long-term care facility, on a part-time or full-time basis.