Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 5-48.1 - Patient Protection Act

• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• 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.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Director: means the director of the Rhode Island department of health. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-48.1-2
• 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.
• Facility: means any healthcare facility licensed by the department of health or the department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals under the provisions of title 23 and title 40. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-48.1-2
• 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.
• Healthcare provider: means any person licensed, registered, or certified by this state to provide, or lawfully providing healthcare services. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-48.1-2
• Healthcare services: means acts of diagnosis, treatment, medical evaluation, or counseling, or any other acts that may be permissible under the healthcare licensing statutes of this state. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-48.1-2
• in writing: include printing, engraving, lithographing, and photo-lithographing, and all other representations of words in letters of the usual form. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16
• 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.
• 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}
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• 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: means any individual, trust or estate, partnership, corporation (including associations, joint stock companies, and insurance companies), state, or political subdivision or instrumentality of a state. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-48.1-2
• person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• real estate: may be construed to include lands, tenements, and hereditaments and rights thereto and interests therein. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-10
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Taxable period: means any period for which a tax return is required by law to be filed with the tax administrator. See Rhode Island General Laws 44-6.2-2
• Taxable period: means any period for which a tax return is required by law to be filed with the tax administrator;

  (2)  "Taxpayer" means any person, corporation, or other entity subject to any tax imposed by any law of the state of Rhode Island and payable to the state of Rhode Island and collected by the tax administrator. See Rhode Island General Laws 44-6.3-2

• Taxable period: means any period for which a tax return is required by law to be filed with the tax administrator;

  (2)  "Taxpayer" means any person, corporation, or other entity subject to any tax imposed by any law of the state of Rhode Island and payable to the state of Rhode Island and collected by the tax administrator. See Rhode Island General Laws 44-6.4-2

• Taxable period: means any period for which a tax return is required by law to be filed with the tax administrator. See Rhode Island General Laws 44-6.5-2
• Taxpayer: means any person, corporation, or other entity subject to any tax imposed by any law of the state of Rhode Island and payable to the state of Rhode Island and collected by the tax administrator. See Rhode Island General Laws 44-6.2-2
• Taxpayer: means any person, corporation, or other entity subject to any tax imposed by any law of the state of Rhode Island and payable to the state of Rhode Island and collected by the tax administrator. See Rhode Island General Laws 44-6.5-2
• town: may be construed to include city; the words "town council" include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9
• town council: include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9
• Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. ^{Source: OCC}
• United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8