Terms Used In West Virginia Code > Chapter 29 > Article 29 - Volunteer for Nonprofit Youth Organizations Act

• Applicant: means any emergency medical service applicant, law-enforcement applicant or medical services applicant, that is registered as a volunteer of the nonprofit organization, making application for a nonprofit volunteer permit under the provisions of this article. See West Virginia Code 29-29-3
• Appropriate licensing agency: means the board, department, division or other agency in each jurisdiction charged with the licensing, certification or permitting of persons performing services of the nature and kind described or duties provided for in this article. See West Virginia Code 29-29-3
• Emergency medical service applicant: means a person authorized to provide emergency medical services in West Virginia, or in another state who but for this article would be required to obtain a certification from the Commissioner of the Bureau for Public Health pursuant to article eight, chapter . See West Virginia Code 29-29-3
• 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.
• Law-enforcement applicant: means a person authorized to work as a law-enforcement officer in West Virginia, or in another state who but for this article would be required to obtain authorization pursuant to article twenty-nine, chapter . See West Virginia Code 29-29-3
• Medical services applicant: means a person authorized to provide medical services in West Virginia, or in another state who but for this article would be required to obtain authorization to practice in this state, and who is a:

  (1) Practitioner of medicine, surgery or podiatry as defined in article three, chapter . See West Virginia Code 29-29-3

• Nonprofit volunteer organization medical director: means an individual licensed in West Virginia as a practitioner of medicine or surgery pursuant to article three, chapter . See West Virginia Code 29-29-3
• organization: means any nonprofit organization, including any subsidiary, affiliated or other related entity within its corporate or business structure, that has been chartered by the United States Congress to help train young people to do things for themselves and others, and that has established an area of at least six thousand contiguous acres within West Virginia in which to provide adventure or recreational activities for these young people and others. See West Virginia Code 29-29-3
• permit: means a permit issued to an applicant pursuant to the provisions of this article. See West Virginia Code 29-29-3
• permittee: means a person holding a nonprofit volunteer permit issued under the provisions of this article. See West Virginia Code 29-29-3
• State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10