Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 457G – Occupational Therapy Practice
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- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Department: means the department of commerce and consumer affairs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 457G-1
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- Director: means the director of commerce and consumer affairs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 457G-1
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- 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.
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Occupational therapist: means a person who engages in the practice of occupational therapy in this State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 457G-1
- Occupational therapy assistant: means a person who engages in the practice of occupational therapy under the supervision of and in partnership with an occupational therapist. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 457G-1
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.