For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions apply:

(1) "Committee" means a youth placement committee appointed by the youth court judge pursuant to 41-5-121, MCA.

(2) "Committee records" means written documents submitted to the committee by the juvenile probation or parole officer, but does not include recording or documents required by the department for audits or monitoring of the committee process as required by 41-5-2006, MCA.

(3) "Department" means the Department of Corrections as authorized in 2-15-2301, MCA.