Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 56 > Chapter 40 - Indemnified Employee Welfare Benefit Plans

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Department: means the department of commerce and insurance. See Tennessee Code 56-1-102
• Durable power of attorney for health care: means a durable power of attorney to the extent that it authorizes an attorney in fact to make health care decisions for the principal. See Tennessee Code 34-6-201
• Health care: means any care, treatment, service or procedure to maintain, diagnose or treat an individual's physical or mental condition, and includes medical care as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 34-6-201
• Health care decision: means consent, refusal of consent or withdrawal of consent to health care. See Tennessee Code 34-6-201
• Health care institution: means a health care institution as defined in §. See Tennessee Code 34-6-201
• Health care provider: means a person who is licensed, certified or otherwise authorized or permitted by the laws of this state to administer health care in the ordinary course of business or practice of a profession. See Tennessee Code 34-6-201
• Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. ^{Source: FDIC}
• 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}
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105