Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 4 > Article 4 > Chapter 38 - Broadband Grants for Unserved Areas

• Allegation: something that someone says happened.
• 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.
• appropriate facility: has the meaning set forth in IC 12-7-2-82(3). See Indiana Code 16-36-3-1
• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• attending: means the physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant who has the primary responsibility for the treatment and care of the patient. See Indiana Code 16-36-5-1.1
• Attorney: includes a counselor or other person authorized to appear and represent a party in an action or special proceeding. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• child: means a child who is:

  Indiana Code 16-35-8-1

• consent: means authorization to provide, withhold, or withdraw treatment. See Indiana Code 16-36-6-1
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• 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.
• declarant: means a person:

  Indiana Code 16-36-5-3

• declarant: means a qualified person:

  Indiana Code 16-36-6-2

• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• DNR: means do not resuscitate. See Indiana Code 16-36-5-4
• 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.
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• fund: refers to the rural broadband fund established by Indiana Code 4-4-38-0.3
• fund: refers to the hearing aid fund established by section 3 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 16-35-8-2
• 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.
• health care: means any care, treatment, service, or procedure to maintain, diagnose, or treat an individual's physical or mental condition. See Indiana Code 16-36-1-1
• in the presence of: has the meaning set forth in section 7. See Indiana Code 16-36-5-4.3
• in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• incapacitated: has the meaning set forth in IC 16-36-7-15. See Indiana Code 16-36-5-4.2
• Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
• 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.
• life prolonging procedures will declarant: means a person who has executed a life prolonging procedures will declaration under section 11 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 16-36-4-2
• living will declarant: means a person who has executed a living will declaration under section 10 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 16-36-4-3
• medical record: means written or printed information possessed by a provider (as defined in Ind. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• mental health provider: means any of the following:

  Indiana Code 16-36-1.5-2

• Mentally incompetent: means of unsound mind. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• minor: means a person less than eighteen (18) years of age. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• office: refers to the office of community and rural affairs established by Indiana Code 4-4-38-1
• out of hospital: refers to a location other than an acute care hospital licensed under IC 16-21-2. See Indiana Code 16-36-5-5
• out of hospital DNR declaration and order: means a document executed under sections 11 and 12 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 16-36-5-6
• out of hospital DNR identification device: means a device developed by the emergency medical services commission under section 17 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 16-36-5-7
• 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 who is the recipient of mental health services. See Indiana Code 16-36-1.5-3
• pilot program: means the opioid addiction recovery pilot program for pregnant women and women with newborns established by section 2 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 16-35-10-1
• POST form: refers to a physician order for scope of treatment (POST) form developed by the state department under section 9 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 16-36-6-4
• Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. ^{Source: OCC}
• presence: means a process of signing and witnessing a DNR declaration in which:

  Indiana Code 16-36-5-7.7

• present: has the meaning set forth in section 7. See Indiana Code 16-36-5-7.9
• Probate: Proving a will
• proxy: has the meaning set forth in IC 16-36-7-20. See Indiana Code 16-36-5-8.1
• proxy: has the meaning set forth in IC 16-36-7-20. See Indiana Code 16-36-6-4.5
• psychiatric advance directive: means a written instrument that expresses the individual's preference and consent to the administration of treatment measures for a specific diagnosis for the care and treatment of the individual's mental illness during subsequent periods of incapacity. See Indiana Code 16-36-1.7-1
• qualified broadband project: means a project for the deployment of broadband infrastructure for the provision of qualified broadband service, regardless of the delivery technology, in unserved areas in Indiana. See Indiana Code 4-4-38-2
• qualified broadband provider: means any company, firm, corporation, partnership, or association that, at the time of submission of a grant application under this chapter:

  Indiana Code 4-4-38-4

• qualified broadband service: means a connection to the Internet that provides capacity for transmission at an actual speed of at least ten (10) megabits per second downstream and at least one (1) megabit per second upstream, regardless of the technology or medium used to provide the connection. See Indiana Code 4-4-38-5
• qualified patient: means a patient who has been certified as a qualified patient under section 13 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 16-36-4-4
• qualified person: means an individual certified as a qualified person under section 10 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 16-36-5-8
• qualified person: refers to an individual who has at least one (1) of the following:

  Indiana Code 16-36-6-5

• representative: means :

  Indiana Code 16-36-1-2

• representative: means a person's:

  Indiana Code 16-36-5-9

• representative: means an individual described in section 7(a)(2) of this chapter. See Indiana Code 16-36-6-6
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• superintendent: has the meaning set forth in IC 12-7-2-188(3). See Indiana Code 16-36-3-2
• telephonic interaction: means interaction through the use of any technology, now known or later developed, that enables two (2) or more people to speak to and hear each other in real time even if one (1) or more of the persons cannot see each other. See Indiana Code 16-36-5-9.5
• terminal condition: means a condition caused by injury, disease, or illness from which, to a reasonable degree of medical certainty:

  Indiana Code 16-36-4-5

• Testate: To die leaving a will.
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• unserved area: means a geographic area of Indiana, identified at the census block level, in which there is not at least one (1) provider of terrestrial broadband service offering a connection to the Internet that provides capacity for transmission at an actual speed of at least ten (10) megabits per second downstream and at least one (1) megabit per second upstream. See Indiana Code 4-4-38-6
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5