As used in ORS 423.010 to 423.070, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) “Department” means the Department of Corrections.
(2) “Department of Corrections institutions” has the meaning given that term in ORS 421.005.
(3) “Director” means the Director of the Department of Corrections. [1965 c.616 §1; 1969 c.597 §96; 1983 c.505 §13; 1987 c.320 §210; 1997 c.249 §135; 2001 c.295 §15; 2007 c.71 §115]