Terms Used In Ohio Code > Chapter 3722 - Hospitals

• Another: when used to designate the owner of property which is the subject of an offense, includes not only natural persons but also every other owner of property. See Ohio Code 1.02
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• 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.
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• 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 service: means any of the following:

  (1) Pediatric intensive care;

  (2) Solid organ and bone marrow transplantation;

  (3) Stem cell harvesting and reinfusion;

  (4) Cardiac catheterization;

  (5) Open heart surgery;

  (6) Operation of linear accelerators;

  (7) Operation of cobalt radiation therapy units;

  (8) Operation of gamma knives. See Ohio Code 3722.01

• Hospital: includes a children's hospital. See Ohio Code 3722.01
• 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.
• Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
• Political subdivision: means a county, township, municipal corporation, or other body corporate and politic responsible for governmental activities in a geographic area smaller than that of the state. See Ohio Code 3722.01
• Population: means that shown by the most recent regular federal census. See Ohio Code 1.59
• state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
• Whoever: includes all persons, natural and artificial; partners; principals, agents, and employees; and all officials, public or private. See Ohio Code 1.02