Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 16 > Article 39 - Health Records

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• 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
• challenge: means notice that:

  Indiana Code 4-4-38.5-1.6

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• covered entity: has the meaning set forth in 45 C. See Indiana Code 16-39-10-1
• deployed: means , with respect to the availability of minimum broadband Internet at a location, that an eligible broadband service provider:

  Indiana Code 4-4-38.5-1.7

• eligible broadband project: means a project for the deployment of terrestrial broadband infrastructure for the provision of eligible broadband service, regardless of the delivery technology:

  Indiana Code 4-4-38.5-2

• eligible broadband service: means a connection to the Internet that provides an actual speed of at least:

  Indiana Code 4-4-38.5-3

• eligible broadband service provider: means any company, firm, corporation, partnership, or association that:

  Indiana Code 4-4-38.5-4

• eligible student: means a student who is:

  Indiana Code 4-4-38.5-4.5

• 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.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• fund: refers to the rural broadband fund established by section 11 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 4-4-38.5-5
• fund: refers to the rural broadband fund established by Indiana Code 4-4-41-2
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• immunization: means the treatment of an individual with a vaccine to produce immunity against COVID-19. See Indiana Code 16-39-11-2
• immunization status: means the status of whether an individual:

  Indiana Code 16-39-11-4

• in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Indiana governmental entity: means :

  Indiana Code 16-39-11-4.5

• Judgment: means all final orders, decrees, and determinations in an action and all orders upon which executions may issue. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• law enforcement official: has the meaning set forth in 45 C. See Indiana Code 16-39-10-2
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• medical record: means written or printed information possessed by a provider (as defined in Ind. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• minimum broadband Internet: means a terrestrial connection to the Internet that provides an actual speed of at least one hundred (100) megabits per second downstream and at least twenty (20) megabits per second upstream, regardless of the technology or medium used to provide the connection. See Indiana Code 4-4-38.5-5.6
• minor: means a person less than eighteen (18) years of age. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• office: refers to the office of community and rural affairs established by Indiana Code 4-4-38.5-6
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Population: has the meaning set forth in Ind. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• 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}
• Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• protected health information: has the meaning set forth in 45 C. See Indiana Code 16-39-10-3
• rural area: means :

  Indiana Code 4-4-38.5-7

• rural health clinic: means a building that is:

  Indiana Code 4-4-38.5-7.1

• state agency: means an authority, a board, a branch, a commission, a committee, a department, a division, or another instrumentality of the executive, including the administrative, department of state government. See Indiana Code 4-4-38.5-8
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• training or educational purposes: means for the purpose of:

  Indiana Code 16-39-7.1-1.5

• Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Verified: when applied to pleadings, means supported by oath or affirmation in writing. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5