Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 481X - Service Contracts

• Acquittal:
  1. Judgement that a criminal defendant has not been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
  2. A verdict of "not guilty."
   
• Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
• Administrator: means the person in charge of a public or private hospital. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 334-1
• Administrator: means a person appointed or designated by a provider who administers service contracts and service contract plans on behalf of the provider and subject to the requirements of this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 481X-2
• Authorized absence: means absence of a patient from a psychiatric facility for any period of time with permission. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 334-1
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• Commissioner: means the insurance commissioner. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 481X-2
• Consumer: means a natural person who buys, other than for purposes of resale, any tangible personal property that is distributed in commerce and that is normally used for personal, family, or household purposes, and not for business or research purposes. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 481X-2
• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Contract holder: means a person who is the purchaser or holder of a service contract. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 481X-2
• Contractual liability insurance policy: means a policy of insurance that is issued to a provider, insures the provider's service contracts, and may provide:

  (1) Reimbursement to the provider for sums that the provider is legally obligated to pay under the insured service contract; or

  (2) The service that the provider is legally obligated to perform under the insured service contract. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 481X-2

• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
• Court: means any duly constituted court and includes proceedings, hearings of per diem judges as authorized by law. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 334-1
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Dangerous to self: means the person recently has:

  (1) Threatened or attempted suicide or serious bodily harm; or

  (2) Behaved in such a manner as to indicate that the person is unable, without supervision and the assistance of others, to satisfy the need for nourishment, essential medical care, including treatment for a mental illness, shelter or self-protection, so that it is probable that death, substantial bodily injury, or serious physical debilitation or disease will result unless adequate treatment is afforded. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 334-1

• Department: means the department of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 334-1
• Director: means the director of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 334-1
• Discharge: means the formal termination on the records of a psychiatric facility of a patient's period of treatment at the facility. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 334-1
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• 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.
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Judge: means any judge of the family court or per diem judge appointed by the chief justice as provided in section 604-2. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 334-1
• 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.
• Licensed physician: means a physician or surgeon licensed by the State to practice medicine, including a physician and surgeon granted a limited and temporary license under section 453-3(1), (2), and (5) or a resident physician and surgeon granted a limited and temporary license under paragraph (4) thereof, or a medical officer of the United States while in this State in the performance of the medical officer's official duties. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 334-1
• month: means a calendar month; and the word "year" a calendar year. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-20
• 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.
• Patient: means a person under observation, care, or treatment at a psychiatric facility. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 334-1
• Person: means an individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint stock company, reciprocal, syndicate, or any similar entity or combination of entities acting in concert. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 481X-2
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Premium: means the consideration paid to an insurer for a contractual liability insurance policy. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 481X-2
• Provider: means a person who is contractually obligated to the service contract holder under the terms of the service contract. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 481X-2
• Psychiatric facility: means a public or private hospital or part thereof which provides inpatient or outpatient care, custody, diagnosis, treatment or rehabilitation services for mentally ill persons or for persons habituated to the excessive use of drugs or alcohol or for intoxicated persons. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 334-1
• Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• Road hazard: means a hazard that is encountered while driving a motor vehicle, which may include but not be limited to potholes, rocks, wood debris, metal parts, glass, plastic, curbs, or composite scraps. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 481X-2
• Service contract: means a contract or agreement for a separately stated consideration and a specific duration, to perform or indemnify the repair, replacement, or maintenance of property for operational or structural failure due either to a defect in materials or artisanship, or to normal wear and tear, with or without additional provision for incidental payment or indemnity under limited circumstances, including but not limited to towing, rental, and emergency road service. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 481X-2
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
• Treatment: means the broad range of emergency, out-patient, intermediate, domiciliary, and inpatient services and care, including diagnostic evaluation, medical, psychiatric, psychological, and social service care, vocational rehabilitation, career counseling, and other special services which may be extended to handicapped persons. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 334-1
• Unauthorized absence: means absence of a patient from a psychiatric facility for any period of time without permission. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 334-1
• Warranty: means a warranty made without consideration, solely by the manufacturer, importer, or seller of property or services, that is not negotiated or separated from the sale of the product and is incidental to the sale of the product, that provides repair or replacement for defective parts, mechanical or electrical breakdown, labor, or other remedial measures. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 481X-2