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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 18 NYCRR 351.2(l) Requirements for domestic violence screening, assessment, and referral for services, public assistance program waivers. (g) Definitions 3. Victim of domestic violence means an individual who has been subjected to: iii. physical acts that resulted in, or could result in, physical injury to the individual; iv. sexual abuse; v. sexual activity involving a dependent child; vi. being forced as the caretaker relative of a dependent child to engage in nonconsensual sexual acts or activities; vii. threats of, or attempts at, physical or sexual abuse; viii. mental abuse; or ix. neglect or the deprivation of medical care; and, x. such act or acts have or are alleged to have been committed by a family or household member. 4. For the above purposes, family or household members mean the following persons: i. persons related by blood or marriage; ii. persons legally married to one another; iii. persons formerly married to one another regardless of whether they still reside in the same household; iv. persons who have a child in common regardless of whether such persons are married or have lived together at any time; v. unrelated persons who are continually or at regular intervals living in the same household or who have in the past continually or at regular intervals lived in the same household; vi. unrelated persons who have had intimate or continuous social contact with one another and who have access to one another's household; or vii. any other persons referenced in section 459-A(2) of the Social Services Law. (f) Domestic violence liaison. 1. Responsibilities. Domestic violence liaisons are responsible for the following tasks: i. assessing the credibility of the applicant/recipient's assertion of domestic violence based upon information and corroborating evidence;