501-A - Actions against persons designated foster parents of the division; defense and indemnification.

§ 501-a. Actions  against  persons  designated  foster  parents of the  division;  defense  and  indemnification.  The  provisions  of   section  seventeen  of  the public officers law shall apply to persons designated  foster parents whose duties involve the care, treatment  or  supervision  of  persons  admitted  to institutions operated by the division, whether  within such institutions or released therefrom pursuant to section  five  hundred twenty-three of this article or whose duties involve services to  or for applicants while rendering such care, treatment or services.