Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 334D - Diversion Program for Chemically Dependent Nurses

• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Board: means the board of nursing. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 334D-2
• Chemically dependent: means a condition wherein a nurse's cognitive, interpersonal, or psychomotor skills are affected by the habitual or intemperate use of alcohol or drugs, or both. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 334D-2
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the 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.
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
• Diversion program: means a program administered by professionals to assist chemically dependent nurses in obtaining evaluation, counseling, monitoring, and ongoing support for rehabilitative purposes. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 334D-2
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Nurse: means a person who has been or is currently licensed under chapter 457. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 334D-2
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Peer assistance program: means a program administered by professionals for the purpose of assisting nurses who are chemically dependent in obtaining evaluation, counseling, monitoring of progress, and ongoing support for rehabilitative purposes. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 334D-2
• Professional association: means a national or statewide association or committee of professionals, or a nonprofit organization operated in support of a professional association that is recognized by the board and designated to administer and monitor the diversion program. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 334D-2
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Surplus funds: means the excess of the insurer's assets over its liabilities, including its capital stock as a liability. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 431:4-101