Terms Used In California Codes > Health and Safety Code > Division 107 > Part 2 > Chapter 2.6 > Article 8 - Health Care Market Trends

• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Board: means the Health Care Affordability Board established by Section 127501. See California Health and Safety Code 127500.2
• Chambers: A judge's office.
• 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.
• County: includes city and county. See California Health and Safety Code 14
• department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
• Director: means the Director of the Department of Health Care Access and Information. See California Health and Safety Code 127500.2
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• 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.
• Exempted provider: means a provider that meets standards established by the board for exemption from either of the following:

  California Health and Safety Code 127500.2

• Health care entity: means a payer, provider, or a fully integrated delivery system. See California Health and Safety Code 127500.2
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Material change: means any change in ownership, operations, or governance for a health care entity, involving a material amount of assets of a health care entity. See California Health and Safety Code 127500.2
• Person: means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. See California Health and Safety Code 19
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• Provider: means any of the following that delivers or furnishes health care services:

  California Health and Safety Code 127500.2

• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.