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Minnesota Statutes 2003, 244.052 Page I oflO Minnesota Statutes 2003. Table of Chapters Table of contents for Chapter 244 244.052 Predatory offenders; notice. Subdivision 1. Definitions. As used in this section: (1) ttconfinement" means confinement in a state correctional facility or a state treatment facility; (2) "inunediate household" means any and all individuals who live in the same household as the offender; (3) "law enforcement agency" means the law enforcement agency having primary jurisdiction over the location where the offender expects to reside upon release; (4) "residential facility" means a facility that is licensed as a residential program, as defined in section 245A.02, subdivision 14, by the commissioner of human services under chapter 245A, or the commissioner of corrections under section 241.021, whose staff are trained in the supervision of sex offenders; and (5) "predatory offender" and .'offender" mean a person who is required to register as a predatory offender under section 243.166. However, the terms do not include persons required to register based solely on a delinquency adjudication. Subd. 2. Risk assessment scale. By January 1, 1997, the commdssioner of corrections shall develop a risk assessment scale which assigns weights to the various risk factors listed in subdivision 3, paragraph (g), and specifies the risk level to which offenders with various risk assessment scores shall be assigned. In developing this scale, the conunissioner shall consult with county attorneys, treatment professionals, law enforcement officials, and probation officers. Subd. 3. Bnd-of-confinement review COIIIIIl1.ttee. (a) The commissioner of corrections shall establish and administer end-of-confinement review commdttees at each state correctional facility and at each state treatment facility where predatory offenders are confined. The conunittees shall assess on a case-by-case basis the public risk posed by predatory offenders who are about to be released from confinement. (b) Each committee shall be a standing committee and shall consist of the following members appointed by the commissioner: (1) the chief executive officer or head of the correctional or treatment facility where the offender is currently confined, or that person's designee; (2) a law enforcement officer; (3) a treatment professional who is trained in the assessment of sex offenders; http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.uslstats/244/052.html 4/9/2004 L_