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- 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.
- Appraisal: A determination of property value.
- Care and supervision: means the facility assumes responsibility for, or provides or promises to provide in the future, ongoing assistance with activities of daily living without which the resident's physical health, mental health, safety, or welfare would be endangered. See California Health and Safety Code 1569.2
- 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.
- Department: means the State Department of Social Services. See California Health and Safety Code 1569.2
- Director: means the Director of Social Services. See California Health and Safety Code 1569.2
- 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.
- Instrumental activities of daily living: means any of the following: housework, meals, laundry, taking of medication, money management, appropriate transportation, correspondence, telephoning, and related tasks. See California Health and Safety Code 1569.2
- 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.
- License: means a basic permit to operate a residential care facility for the elderly. See California Health and Safety Code 1569.2
- Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
- Parent organization: means an organization in control of another organization either directly or through one or more intermediaries. See California Health and Safety Code 1569.2
- Person: means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. See California Health and Safety Code 19
- Personal care: means assistance with personal activities of daily living, to help provide for and maintain physical and psychosocial comfort. See California Health and Safety Code 1569.2
- Plans and specifications: means the unit price catalog and the job order contract technical specifications. See California Public Contract Code 20919.21
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- Project: means the specific requirements and work to be accomplished by the job order contractor in connection with an individual job order. See California Public Contract Code 20919.21
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- Residential care facility for the elderly: means a housing arrangement chosen voluntarily by persons 60 years of age or over, or their authorized representative, where varying levels and intensities of care and supervision, protective supervision, or personal care are provided, based upon their varying needs, as determined in order to be admitted and to remain in the facility. See California Health and Safety Code 1569.2
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- Supportive services: means resources available to the resident in the community that help to maintain their functional ability and meet their needs as identified in the individual resident assessment. See California Health and Safety Code 1569.2