Section 1950. Definitions

Emergency—An emergency is an event or events that causes or threatens the destruction or partial destruction of court facilities, significantly interrupts the performance of court operations, or poses a threat to the health or safety of court personnel, court users or the public.

Continuity of Operations—Continuity of operations is the process, during and following an emergency, by which a court maintains at least minimum levels of service.

Court Facility—Court facility includes the courtrooms, judicial chambers, witness rooms, jury deliberation rooms, attorney conference rooms, court administrative offices and any other office or space under the control of or supervised by the judiciary.

President Judge—For the purposes of these Rules, ‘‘president judge’’ refers to the president judge of the judicial district.

Security Incident—A security incident is an event that has the potential to cause, or has in fact caused, personal injury or property damage.

Official Note

See also definitions in Pa.R.J.A. No. 102.

The provisions of Rule 1950 are adopted December 28, 2009, effective immediately, 40 Pa.B. 218.