048.0082.1.3
Ch. 1, § 3. Definitions
Cite as 988 Rules, Ch. 1, § 3
(a) The following definitions apply to these Rules, unless otherwise specified:
(i) "988" means the designated three-digit dialing code that will route callers to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (NSPL) and a local 988 Center.
(ii) "988 Center" means a vendor in Wyoming that has been certified to answer calls, texts, chats, or other modalities from the NSPL. This term is equivalent to the statutory term "Crisis Center" or "Crisis Hotline Center." When interpreting and construing these rules, the term "988 center" is used in lieu of "Crisis Center" or "Crisis Hotline."
(iii) "Data" means the minimum information necessary to operate a 988 Center, the program, and respond to crises, excluding information used for technical assistance.
(iv) "Deidentified or Aggregate data" means data summarized across a population that cannot reasonably be linked to an individual.
(v) "Help Seeker" means an individual making contact with a 988 Center.
(vi) "National Suicide Prevention Lifeline" means the national network of local 988 Centers that provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress in the United States twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
(vii) "Network Administrator" means the vendor selected at the federal level to administer the 988 network. When interpreting and construing these rules, the term "Network Administrator" is used in lieu of "Administrator."