Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 16 > Chapter 11 > Subchapter IV - Criminal Background Checks; Mandatory Drug Screening; Long-Term Care Facilities; Nursing Home Compliance with Title XIX of the Social Security Act.

• 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.
• Applicant: means any of the following:

  a. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1141

• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Criminal history: means a report from the Department regarding its review of the applicant's entire federal criminal history from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, under Public Law 92-544 as amended (28 U. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1141
• Department: means the Department of Health and Social Services. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1102
• Facility: means any facility licensed under subchapter I of this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1141
• 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.
• Long-term care facility: includes all of the following:

  1. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1102

• Person: means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, joint stock company, limited partnership, limited liability company, or any other legal entity, and includes a legal successor of those entities. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1102
• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• SBI: means the State Bureau of Identification. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1141
• Secretary: means the Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services or such persons as may be designated by the Secretary. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 101
• State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• sterilization: means any surgical or medical procedure intended to render a person permanently unable to procreate. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 5701
• Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302