Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 36 > Chapter 38 > Article 1 - General Provisions

• Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• 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 information organization: means an organization that oversees and governs the exchange of individually identifiable health information among organizations according to nationally recognized standards. See Arizona Laws 36-3801
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Opt out: means an individual's written decision that the individual's individually identifiable health information cannot be shared through a health information organization. See Arizona Laws 36-3801
• Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Written: means in handwriting or through an electronic transaction that meets the requirements of Title 44, Chapter 26. See Arizona Laws 36-3801