Hawaii Revised Statutes 323D-71 – Definitions
Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 323D-71
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- Health: includes physical and mental health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 323D-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
- Person: means an individual or a natural person, a trust or estate, a society, a firm, an assembly, a partnership, a corporation, a professional corporation, an association, the State, any political subdivision of the State, a county, a state agency or any instrumentality of the State, a county agency or any instrumentality of a county. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 323D-2
For the purpose of this part, unless the context requires otherwise:
“Acquisition” means any acquisition by a person or persons of an ownership or controlling interest in a hospital, whether by purchase, merger, lease, gift, or otherwise, that results in a change of ownership or control of twenty per cent or greater or which results in the acquiring person or persons holding a fifty per cent or greater interest in the ownership or control of that hospital.
“Agency” means the state health planning and development agency.
“Hospital” means an institution with an organized medical staff, regulated under section 321-11(10) which admits patients for inpatient care, diagnosis, observation, and treatment, but does not include a public health facility under chapter 323F.
“Person” has the meaning found in § 323D-2.