Terms Used In Oregon Statutes > Chapter 438 > Clinical Laboratories > Inspection and Evaluation

• Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
• Conservator: means a person appointed as a conservator under the provisions of this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 125.005
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• Fiduciary: means a guardian or conservator appointed under the provisions of this chapter or any other person appointed by a court to assume duties with respect to a protected person under the provisions of this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 125.005
• 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.
• Guardian: means a person appointed as a guardian under the provisions of this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 125.005
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
• Protected person: means a person for whom a protective order has been entered. See Oregon Statutes 125.005
• Protective order: means an order of a court appointing a fiduciary or any other order of the court entered for the purpose of protecting the person or estate of a respondent or protected person. See Oregon Statutes 125.005
• Protective proceeding: means a proceeding under this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 125.005