Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 56 > Chapter 48 - Provider-Sponsored Organization Act of 1998

• Balanced budget: A budget in which receipts equal outlays.
• Code: includes the Tennessee Code and all amendments and revisions to the code and all additions and supplements to the code. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Commissioner: means the commissioner of commerce and insurance. See Tennessee Code 56-48-102
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Department: means the department of commerce and insurance. See Tennessee Code 56-1-102
• Health care services: means a health or medical care procedure or service rendered by a health care provider that:
  (A) Provides testing, diagnosis or treatment of a human disease or dysfunction. See Tennessee Code 56-48-102
• HHS: means the United States department of health and human services. See Tennessee Code 56-48-102
• Person: means any association, aggregate of individuals, business, company, corporation, individual, joint-stock company, Lloyds-type organization, organization, partnership, receiver, reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, trustee or society. See Tennessee Code 56-16-102
• Provider: means any person, including a physician or hospital that is licensed or otherwise authorized in this state to provide health care services. See Tennessee Code 56-48-102
• PSO: means a public or private entity that:
  (A) Is established or organized, and operated, by a health care provider, or group of affiliated health care providers. See Tennessee Code 56-48-102
• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105