Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 6 > Article 1 - General Provisions

• AASM: shall mean the American Academy of Sleep Medicine or an organization that is recognized as equivalent. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1799U
• ABGC: shall mean the American Board of Genetic Counseling or an organization that is recognized as equivalent. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1799H
• ABMG: shall mean the American Board of Medical Genetics or an organization that is recognized as equivalent. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1799H
• Active roster: shall mean the record of members, associate members, permittees and holders of a certificate of authorization. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
• Adjunct member: shall mean an adjunct member of the Association, as defined in § 2806(d) of this title. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
• Administrative order: means an order issued by an investigating committee, with the prior approval of the Council pursuant to § 2824(b)(1)g. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
• Adverse action: means : Any action taken by a state psychology regulatory authority which finds a violation of a statute or regulation that is identified by the state psychology regulatory authority as discipline and is a matter of public record. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3501A
• Affiliate member: shall mean an affiliate member of the Association, as defined in § 2806(c) of this title. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
• Allegation: something that someone says happened.
• Applicant: shall mean a person who applies to become licensed as a professional engineer, applies to become certified as engineer intern, applies to become an adjunct member of the association, or applies for a certificate of authorization or permit. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
• Applicant: means an individual who applies to be licensed under this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2002
• Appraisal: A determination of property value.
• Armored car agency: shall mean any person that provides armed secured transportation and protection from 1 place or point to another place or point of money, currency, coins, bullion, securities, bonds, jewelry, negotiables or other valuables in a specially-equipped motor vehicle. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1302
• Armored car guard: shall mean an individual employed by an armored car agency to perform duties as described under the definition of armored car agency. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1302
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Associate member: shall mean an associate member of the Association, as defined in § 2806(b) of this title. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
• Association: shall mean the Delaware Association of Professional Engineers. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
• Athletic injury: is a musculoskeletal or other acute, nonmusculoskeletal sports-related injury resulting from or limiting participation in or training for scholastic, recreational, professional or sanctioned amateur athletic activities. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2602
• Athletic trainer: means a person who is licensed by the State Examining Board of Physical Therapists and Athletic Trainers, to practice "athletic training" after meeting the requirements of this chapter and rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2602
• Athletic training: means the prevention, evaluation, and treatment of athletic injuries by the utilization of therapeutic exercises and modalities such as heat, cold, light, air, water, sound, electricity, massage, and nonthrust mobilizations. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2602
• Attorney-in-fact: A person who, acting as an agent, is given written authorization by another person to transact business for him (her) out of court.
• Authority to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology: means : a licensed psychologist's authority to practice telepsychology, within the limits authorized under this Compact, in another compact state. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3501A
• Automated kiosk: means an interactive device that is permanently installed within a secure retail space and that has the following technological functions:

  a. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2301

• Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
• Bankruptcy: means an event that causes a person to cease to be a member as provided in § 18-304 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 18-101
• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• Board: shall mean the Delaware Board of Examiners of Private Investigators and Private Security Agencies. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1302
• Board: means the Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1797
• Board: shall mean the Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1799H
• Board: means the State Examining Board of Physical Therapists and Athletic Trainers which shall administer and enforce this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2602
• Board: means the State Board of Plumbing, Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Examiners. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1802
• Board: shall mean the Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1799U
• Board: means the Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1799FF
• Board: means the Board of Occupational Therapy Practice established in this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2002
• BRPT: shall mean the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists or its successor organization. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1799U
• Bylaw: shall mean a bylaw of the Association. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
• 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
• Certificate of acceptance: means a certificate of acceptance filed in accordance with § 1407 of this title including, except where the context requires otherwise, any amendments thereto and corrections and restatements thereof. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 1401
• Certificate of authorization: shall mean an authorization issued by the Council to engage in the practice of engineering. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
• certificate of incorporation: as used in this chapter , unless the context requires otherwise, includes not only the original certificate of incorporation filed to create a corporation but also all other certificates, agreements of merger or consolidation, plans of reorganization, or other instruments, howsoever designated, which are filed pursuant to § 102, §§ 133-136, § 151, §§ 241-243, § 245, §§ 251-258, §§ 263-264, § 267, § 303, §§ 311-313, or any other section of this title, and which have the effect of amending or supplementing in some respect a corporation's certificate of incorporation. See Delaware Code Title 8 Sec. 104
• Client: means a woman under the care of a midwife and, when applicable in the context of care, the newborn. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1799FF
• Commission: means : the national administration of which all compact states are members. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3501A
• Committee: shall mean a committee appointed by the Council. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
• 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
• Comprehensive community forestry plan: is a document that describes how a government or other organization will manage the tree resources located on publicly owned lands within its jurisdiction. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 1032
• Consent order: means a voluntary agreement between parties attempting resolution of a complaint of a violation under § 2823 of this title or a complaint of unlicensed practice under § 2825 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
• Consumer: means any person or buyer who purchases a "retail" product, as defined in paragraph (9) of this section, other than for further purposes of resale or processing. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2301
• Continuing professional competency: shall mean and refer to compliance with or satisfaction of a published set of guidelines and requirements for the maintenance of professional competency in the practice of engineering. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
• Cooling system: means a system in which heat is removed from air, surrounding surfaces, or both. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1802
• Council: means the Acupuncture Advisory Council. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1797
• Council: means the Polysomnography Advisory Council. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1799U
• Council: means the Midwifery Advisory Council. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1799FF
• Council: shall mean the Council of the Association. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
• Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.
• CPM: means a practitioner who has received certification by the North American Registry of Midwives (NARM) or its equivalent or successor. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1799FF
• Day: means : any part of a day in which psychological work is performed. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3501A
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Department: means the State of Delaware Department of Agriculture and includes, but is not limited to, its officers, inspectors, employees, agents or representatives. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 1601
• Department: shall mean the Department of Agriculture. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 1032
• Department: shall mean the Department of Safety and Homeland Security. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2301
• Devices: means any grain moisture testing devices. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 1601
• Direct supervision: means that the licensed polysomnographer providing supervision must be present in the area where the polysomnographic procedure is being performed and immediately available to furnish assistance and direction throughout the performance of the procedure. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1799U
• Director: shall mean the officer in charge of the Professional Licensing Section of the Division of the Delaware State Police. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1302
• Director: shall mean the officer in charge of the Professional Licensing Section of the Division. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2301
• 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
• Division: means the Delaware Division of Professional Regulation. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2602
• Division: means the Division of Professional Regulation. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1802
• Division: means the Division of Professional Regulation. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2002
• Division: shall mean the Division of the Delaware State Police. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2301
• Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
• Document: means :

  a. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 17-101

• Dry needling: means an intervention that uses a thin filiform needle to penetrate the skin and stimulate underlying muscular tissue, connective tissues and myofascial trigger points for the management of neuromusculoskeletal pain and movement impairments; is based upon Western medical concepts; and requires a physical therapy examination and diagnosis. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2602
• E-Passport: means : a certificate issued by the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards (ASPPB) that promotes the standardization in the criteria of interjurisdictional telepsychology practice and facilitates the process for licensed psychologists to provide telepsychological services across state lines. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3501A
• Eastern medicine: means the practice of acupuncture, Chinese herbology and Asian bodywork therapy as part of a comprehensive health-care system encompassing a variety of traditional health-care therapies that have been used for more than 3,000 years to diagnose and treat illness, prevent disease and improve well-being. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1797
• Electronic transmission: means any form of communication not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, including the use of, or participation in, 1 or more electronic networks or databases (including 1 or more distributed electronic networks or databases), that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved and reviewed by a recipient thereof and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 17-101
• Engineer: shall mean a person who, by reason of special knowledge and use of the mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences and the principles and methods of engineering analysis and design acquired by an engineering education, through graduation with a baccalaureate degree from a Council-approved 4-year educational program in engineering, in engineering technology or in science related to engineering, is qualified to begin the path to licensure. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
• Engineer intern: shall mean a person certified as an engineer intern by the Council. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
• Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• Examination: shall mean any qualifying examination or examinations required by this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
• Executive session: A portion of the Senate's daily session in which it considers executive business.
• Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
• Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. ^{Source: OCC}
• Gas piping: means any arrangement of piping used to convey fuel gas, supplied by 1 meter, and each arrangement of gas piping serving a building, structure, or premises, whether individually metered or not. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1802
• General supervision: means that the licensed polysomnographer works under the supervision of a person licensed to practice medicine, whether by direct observation and monitoring, by protocols approved by a person licensed to practice medicine, or by orders written or verbally given by a person licensed to practice medicine. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1799U
• Genetic counselor: means an individual who engages in the competent practice of genetic counseling. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1799H
• Grain: means includes, but is not limited to, corn, wheat, rye, oats, barley, flaxseed, sorghum, soybeans, mixed grain and any other food grains, feed grains, hemp, and oilseeds which standards have been established in the United States Grain Standards Act, 7 U. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 1601
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Hearing committee: means a committee of Council members to which the Council has delegated authority to adjudicate a complaint of a violation under § 2823 of this title or allegations of unlicensed practice under § 2825 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
• Hearsay: Statements by a witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but heard about it from someone else. Hearsay is usually not admissible as evidence in court.
• Home birth: means a birth outside of a hospital or an otherwise accredited or licensed hospital or medical facility. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1799FF
• Home state: means : a compact state where a psychologist is licensed to practice psychology. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3501A
• HVACR: means heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1802
• HVACR restricted services: means HVACR services that are limited to 1 of the following specialties:

  a. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1802

• HVACR services: means the design, installation, construction, maintenance, service, repair, alteration, or modification of a product or of equipment including gas piping in heating and air conditioning, refrigeration, ventilation, or process cooling or heating systems. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1802
• Identity history summary: means : a summary of information retained by the FBI, or other designee with similar authority, in connection with arrests and, in some instances, federal employment, naturalization, or military service. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3501A
• Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
• Infant: means a person who has not reached the age of 18 years. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Intangible property: Property that has no intrinsic value, but is merely the evidence of value such as stock certificates, bonds, and promissory notes.
• Investigating committee: means a committee of the Council to which the Council has delegated authority to investigate a complaint of a violation under § 2823 of this title or allegations of unlicensed practice under § 2825 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
• Judgement: The official decision of a court finally determining the respective rights and claims of the parties to a suit.
• Jurisprudence: The study of law and the structure of the legal system.
• Knowledge: means a person's actual knowledge of a fact, rather than the person's constructive knowledge of the fact. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 17-101
• 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}
• License: shall mean a method of regulation whereby businesses, sole proprietors, partnerships for a private security agency, private investigative agency, or armored car agency are required to be licensed by the Board. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1302
• License: means , unless the context requires otherwise, a license issued by the Board to practice acupuncture. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1797
• License: shall mean any document which indicates that a person is currently licensed by the Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline to practice genetic counseling. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1799H
• License: shall mean any document which indicates that a person is currently licensed by the Board to practice polysomnography. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1799U
• License: means a document issued by the Board of Plumbing, Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Examiners certifying that the holder has met the requirements of this chapter and is a master plumber, master HVACR licensee, or master HVACR restricted licensee. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1802
• License: means , unless the context requires otherwise, a license issued by the Board to practice midwifery. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1799FF
• 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
• Licensed: means licensure as a professional engineer under this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
• Licensee: means an individual licensed under this chapter to practice occupational therapy services. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2002
• Licensee: shall mean a person licensed as a professional engineer under this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
• Member: means any patron of a workers cooperative that has been accepted for membership in such workers cooperative and whose membership has not been terminated. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 1401
• Member: shall mean a member of the Association, as defined in § 2806(a) of this title. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
• Midwife: means a person who practices midwifery. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1799FF
• Midwifery: means the practice of providing supervision, care, and advice to a client during prepartum, pregnancy, labor, and the postpartum periods, and conducting deliveries on the midwife's own responsibility or in collaboration with a licensed physician, or licensed Delaware health-care delivery system. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1799FF
• Midwifery student: means a person who is enrolled in an accredited educational program and who may provide midwifery services as a part of that person's educational program. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1799FF
• Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
• Nonvoting stock: means any stock of a workers cooperative that, as of the time of determination, is not voting stock. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 1401
• NSGC: means the National Society of Genetic Counselors or an organization that is recognized as equivalent

  (9) The "practice of genetic counseling" shall include any or all of the following activities:

  a. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1799H

• Occupational therapist: means a person who is licensed to practice occupational therapy under this chapter and offers such services to the public under any title incorporating the words "occupational therapy" "occupational therapist" or any similar title or description of occupational therapy services. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2002
• Occupational therapy assistant: means a person licensed to assist in the practice of occupational therapy under the supervision of an occupational therapist. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2002
• Occupational therapy services: includes any of the following:

  1. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2002

• Patron: means any person that:

  a. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 1401

• Patronage: means services (i) performed (directly or indirectly) by a person for a workers cooperative or (ii) received by a person (directly or indirectly) from a workers cooperative. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 1401
• Pawnbroker: means any person, company, corporation, or member or members of a partnership or firm who:

  a. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2301

• Person: means a natural person, partnership (whether limited or general), limited liability company, trust (whether common law or business), estate, association, corporation, custodian, nominee or any other entity. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 1401
• Person: shall mean an individual (sole proprietorship), firm, association, company, partnership, corporation, nonprofit organization, institution, or similar entity. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1302
• Person: means a natural person, partnership (whether general or limited), limited liability company, trust (including a common law trust, business trust, statutory trust, voting trust or any other form of trust), estate, association (including any group, organization, co-tenancy, plan, board, council or committee), corporation, government (including a country, state, county or any other governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality), custodian, nominee or any other individual or entity (or series thereof) in its own or any representative capacity, in each case, whether domestic or foreign. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 17-101
• Person: means a corporation, company, association,or partnership, or an individual. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2002
• Physical therapist: means a person who is licensed to practice physical therapy. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2602
• Physical therapist assistant: means a person who assists licensed physical therapists subject to this chapter and rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2602
• Plumber: is a n individual who provides plumbing services. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1802
• Plumbing services: means the design, installation, construction, replacement, service, repair, alteration, or modification of the pipes, fixtures, and other apparatus used for bringing the water supply into a building and removing liquid and water-carried wastes from a building. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1802
• Polysomnographer: means an allied health professional, practicing polysomnography under the direction of a person licensed to practice medicine, who is responsible for direct and indirect services in the treatment, management, diagnostic testing, control, and care of patients with deficiencies and abnormalities associated with the human sleep wake cycle. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1799U
• Practice of acupuncture: means the use of needles with or without electrical stimulation for the purpose of normalizing energetic physiological functions including pain control, and for the promotion, maintenance, and restoration of health. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1797
• practice of genetic counseling: shall include any or all of the following activities:

  a. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1799H

• Practice of occupational therapy: means the use of goal-directed activities with individuals who are limited by physical limitations due to injury or illness, psychiatric and emotional disorders, developmental or learning disabilities, poverty and cultural differences, or the aging process, in order to maximize independence, prevent disability, and maintain health. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2002
• Practice of physical therapy: means :

  1. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2602

• Practice of polysomnography: means the performance of any of the following tasks as directly related to the diagnosis and treatment of sleep-related disorders, under the general supervision of a licensed physician:

  a. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1799U

• Preliminary hearing: A hearing where the judge decides whether there is enough evidence to make the defendant have a trial.
• Private investigative agency: means any person who engages in the business or accepts employment to obtain or furnish information or to conduct investigations with reference to:

  a. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1302

• Private investigator: shall mean an individual employed by a private investigative agency (even as a sole proprietor) to perform 1 or more duties as described under the definition of "private investigative agency. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1302
• Private security agency: shall mean any person engaging in the business of or undertaking to provide a private watchperson, guard or street patrol service on a contractual basis for another person and performing any 1 or more of the following or similar functions:

  a. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1302

• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Professional engineer: shall mean a person who has been duly licensed as a professional engineer by the Council. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
• 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.
• Receiving state: means : a compact state where the client/patient is physically located when the telepsychological services are delivered. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3501A
• Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. ^{Source: FDIC}
• 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.
• Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
• Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
• Respiratory care: means the allied health profession, under the direction of a person certified to practice medicine, which is responsible for direct and indirect services in the treatment, management, diagnostic testing, control, and care of patients with deficiencies and abnormalities associated with the cardiopulmonary system. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1776
• Responsible charge: means a professional engineer's supervision of, control over, and possession of detailed professional knowledge of an engineering work. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• Retail: means the sale or purchase for final consumption in contrast to a sale for further sale or processing, or a sale to the final consumer, rather than a sale to a retailer or one who intends to resell. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2301
• Retired member: shall mean a person who has elected to claim retired status as defined in § 2806(g) of this title. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
• 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
• Scrap metal processor: means any person, company, corporation, or member or members of a partnership or firm engaged in the business of selling or receiving any worn out or discarded metal, old iron, used plumbing fixtures, other metals, automobiles, automobile parts, chain, copper, lead, brass, or other parts of machinery. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2301
• secondhand dealer: includes any individual engaged in the business of receiving tangible personal property by means of an automated kiosk. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2301
• Secretary: shall mean the Secretary of the Department of Safety and Homeland Security. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1302
• Secretary: shall mean the Secretary of Agriculture. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 1032
• Secretary: shall mean the Secretary of the Department of Safety and Homeland Security. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2301
• Series: means a designated series of limited partners, general partners, partnership interests or assets that is a protected series or a registered series, or that is neither a protected series nor a registered series. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 17-101
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• Significant investigatory information: means either of the following:

  a. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 3501A

• State: means the State of Delaware. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2602
• State: means the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any state, territory, possession, or other jurisdiction of the United States other than the State of Delaware. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 17-101
• 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
• Substantially related: means the nature of the criminal conduct, for which the person was convicted, has a direct bearing on the fitness or ability to perform 1 or more of the duties or responsibilities necessarily related to the practice of physical therapy or athletic training. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2602
• Substantially related: means the nature of the criminal conduct, for which the person was convicted, has a direct bearing on the fitness or ability to perform 1 or more of the duties or responsibilities necessarily related to the work of a master plumber, master HVACR licensee, or master HVACR licensee restricted. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1802
• Substantially related: means the nature of the criminal conduct for which a person was convicted has a direct bearing on the fitness or ability to perform 1 or more of the duties or responsibilities necessarily related to the practice of occupational therapy. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2002
• Substantially related: shall mean the nature of the criminal conduct, for which the person was convicted, has a direct bearing on the fitness or ability to perform 1 or more of the duties or responsibilities necessarily related to the practice of engineering. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
• Superintendent: shall mean the Superintendent of the Division. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2301
• Supervision: means control and oversight by a master licensee who is an owner or full-time employee of the entity providing services. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 1802
• Supervision: means the interactive process between a licensed occupational therapist and an occupational therapy assistant, and requires more than a paper review or cosignature. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2002
• 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
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• to practice engineering: includes any professional service performed for the general public such as consultation, investigation, evaluation, planning, design, or responsible supervision of construction or operation in connection with any public or private buildings, structures, utilities, machines, equipment, processes, works, or projects wherein the public welfare or the safeguarding of life, health or property is concerned or involved when such professional service requires the application of engineering principles and data, but it does not include the work ordinarily performed by persons who operate or maintain machinery or equipment, neither does it include engineering services performed by an employee of a firm or corporation that does not offer professional engineering services to the general public. See Delaware Code Title 24 Sec. 2803
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. ^{Source: OCC}
• Urban and community forestry: shall mean the planting, protection, care and management of trees and other related natural resources located on publicly owned lands within a city, town or municipality. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 1032
• Voting stock: means any stock of a workers cooperative that, as of the time of determination, is entitled to vote on any matter submitted to stockholders. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 1401
• Workers cooperative: means any corporation that:

  a. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 1401