Maine Revised Statutes > Title 22 > Subtitle 4 > Part 3 > Chapter 1603 – Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring
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- Actuary: means a member of the American Academy of Actuaries who is also a member of the Society of Actuaries or the Casualty Actuarial Society and is qualified to sign a statement of actuarial opinion. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 6201
- Acute pain: means pain that is the normal, predicted physiological response to a noxious chemical or thermal or mechanical stimulus. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 7246
- Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
- Administer: means an action to apply a prescription drug directly to a person by any means by a licensed or certified health care professional acting within that professional's scope of practice. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 7246
- Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
- 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
- Chronic pain: means pain that persists beyond the usual course of an acute disease or healing of an injury. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 7246
- Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 1-A
- Continuing care: means furnishing shelter for the life of the individual or for a period in excess of one year and either health care, supportive services, or both, under an agreement requiring prepayment as defined in subsection 12, whether or not the shelter and services are provided at the same location, to 3 or more older individuals not related by blood or marriage to the providers. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 6201
- Continuing care agreement: means the contract or contracts which create the obligation to provide continuing care, including, but not limited to, mutually terminable contracts. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 6201
- Controlled substance: means a controlled substance included in schedules II, III or IV of 21 United States Code § 812 or 21 C. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 7246
- Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 6201
- Dispenser: means :
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 7246Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings. Entrance fee: means an initial payment of a sum of money or any other consideration that assures a subscriber a place in a facility for a term of years or for life. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 6201 Facility: means a physical plant in which continuing care is provided in accordance with this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 6201 Fiscal year: means the provider's fiscal year. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 6201 Fund: means the Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program Fund established in section 7247. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 7246 Health care: means the provision of any one or more of the following services:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 6201Home health services: means those services performed by home health care providers required to be licensed under Title 22, chapter 419. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 6201 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. Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity. Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants. Maintenance fee: means any fee which a subscriber is required to pay to the provider on a regular basis to cover the cost of shelter, health care or supportive services, or any combination thereof, provided to the subscriber. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 6201 Operational facility: means a facility for which the provider has obtained a final certificate of authority from the superintendent and 60% of the residential units are occupied by subscribers. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 6201 Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit. Preliminary marketing: means , for the purpose of evaluating market demand for a proposed facility:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 6201Prepayment: means funding shelter, supportive services or health care entirely or in part by entrance fees or by maintenance fees paid more than one year prior to the time the shelter or service is rendered. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 6201 Prescriber: means a licensed health care professional with authority to prescribe controlled substances. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 7246 Prescription monitoring information: means information submitted to and maintained by the program. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 7246 Program: means the Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program established under section 7248. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 22 Sec. 7246 Provider: means the owner of an institution, building, residence or other place, whether operated for profit or not, in which the owner undertakes to provide continuing care. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 6201 Records: means the financial and other information and personnel data maintained by the provider for the proper operation of the facility pursuant to this chapter. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 6201 Residential unit: means an apartment, room or other area within a facility set aside for the exclusive and independent living use of one or more identified subscribers. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 6201 Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party. Subscriber: means a purchaser or beneficiary of a continuing care agreement. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 6201 Superintendent: means the Superintendent of Insurance. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 6201 Supportive services: means providing assistance in the activities of daily living or other social services, or both. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 6201 Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.