Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 16 > Article 27 > Chapter 1 - Licensure of Home Health Agencies

• Attorney: includes a counselor or other person authorized to appear and represent a party in an action or special proceeding. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• health care professional: means any of the following:

  Indiana Code 16-27-1-1

• home health agency: means a person that provides or offers to provide:

  Indiana Code 16-27-1-2

• home health aide services: means only home health services that may be performed by a home health aide. See Indiana Code 16-27-1-4
• home health services: means services that:

  Indiana Code 16-27-1-5

• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• patient: means an individual who has been accepted for care by a home health agency. See Indiana Code 16-27-1-6
• Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. ^{Source: OCC}
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.