Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 24 > Chapter 25 > Subchapter V - Pharmaceutical Establishments Other Than Pharmacies

• 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.
• 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.
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Bylaws: means : those bylaws established by the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact Commission pursuant to § 3509A of this title for its governance, or for directing and controlling its actions and conduct. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3501A
• Commission: means : the national administration of which all compact states are members. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3501A
• Compact state: means : a state, the District of Columbia, or United States territory that has enacted this Compact legislation and which has not withdrawn pursuant to § 3512A(c) of this title or been terminated pursuant to § 3511A(b) of this title. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3501A
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Day: means : any part of a day in which psychological work is performed. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3501A
• Distant state: means : the compact state where a psychologist is physically present (not through the use of telecommunications technologies), to provide temporary in-person, face-to-face psychological services. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3501A
• Home state: means : a compact state where a psychologist is licensed to practice psychology. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3501A
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• License: means : authorization by a state psychology regulatory authority to engage in the independent practice of psychology, which would be unlawful without the authorization. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3501A
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Psychologist: means : an individual licensed for the independent practice of psychology. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3501A
• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Rule: means : a written statement by the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact Commission promulgated pursuant to § 3510A of this title that is of general applicability, implements, interprets, or prescribes a policy or provision of the Compact, or an organizational, procedural, or practice requirement of the Commission and has the force and effect of statutory law in a compact state, and includes the amendment, repeal or suspension of an existing rule. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3501A
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• 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
• State: means : a state, commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3501A
• State psychology regulatory authority: means : the board, office, or other agency with the legislative mandate to license and regulate the practice of psychology. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3501A
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Telepsychology: means : the provision of psychological services using telecommunication technologies. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3501A
• Temporary authorization to practice: means : a licensed psychologist's authority to conduct temporary in-person, face-to-face practice, within the limits authorized under this Compact, in another compact state. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3501A
• Testify: Answer questions in court.
• United States: includes its territories and possessions and the District of Columbia. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302