Terms Used In Oregon Statutes > Chapter 328 > General Provisions > Temporary provisions relating to reviews of standards are compiled as notes following ORS 329.045

• Academic content standards: means expectations of student knowledge and skills adopted by the State Board of Education under ORS § 329. See Oregon Statutes 329.007
• Action: includes recoupment, counterclaim, setoff, suit in equity and any other proceeding in which rights are determined, including an action for possession. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
• Application fee: means a fee charged to an individual or individuals, prior to execution of a residency agreement, apart from an entrance fee. See Oregon Statutes 101.020
• Continuing care: means directly furnishing or indirectly making available, upon payment of an entrance fee and under a residency agreement, housing and health related services for a period greater than one year to an individual not related by blood or marriage to the continuing care retirement community provider that is furnishing care. See Oregon Statutes 101.020
• 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.
• council: means a body of residents of a continuing care retirement community who are elected by the residents and recognized by the provider as representing the interests of the residents. See Oregon Statutes 101.020
• Department: means the Department of Education. See Oregon Statutes 329.007
• Dwelling unit: means a structure or the part of a structure that is used as a home, residence or sleeping place by one person who maintains a household or by two or more persons who maintain a common household. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
• Entrance fee: means an initial or deferred transfer to a provider of a sum of money or other property made or promised to be made as full or partial consideration for acceptance of one or more residents in a continuing care retirement community. See Oregon Statutes 101.020
• Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
• Facility: means a manufactured dwelling park or a marina. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
• local government: means all cities, counties and local service districts located in this state, and all administrative subdivisions of those cities, counties and local service districts. See Oregon Statutes 174.116
• Manager: means a person, corporation, partnership, association or other legal entity that enters into a contractual arrangement with the provider to manage the continuing care retirement community. See Oregon Statutes 101.020
• 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.
• Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
• Provider: means an owner or operator, whether a natural person, partnership, trust, limited liability company, corporation or unincorporated association, however organized, of a new or existing continuing care retirement community, whether operated for profit or not, that provides, plans to provide or agrees to provide continuing care to one or more unrelated residents under a residency agreement. See Oregon Statutes 101.020
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Regular periodic charges: means basic monthly fees charged to a resident on an ongoing basis. See Oregon Statutes 101.020
• Rental agreement: includes a lease. See Oregon Statutes 90.100
• Residency agreement: means a contract between a provider and a resident for the provision of continuing care for a period greater than one year. See Oregon Statutes 101.020
• Resident: means a person who enters into a residency agreement with a provider or who is designated in a residency agreement to be a person being provided with continuing care. See Oregon Statutes 101.020
• School district: includes common and union high school districts. See Oregon Statutes 328.001
• state board: means the State Board of Education. See Oregon Statutes 329.007