Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 90 > Article 28 - Self-Referrals by Health Care Providers

• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Board: means any of the following boards created in Chapter 90 of this Article relating respectively to the professions of medicine, dentistry, optometry, osteopathy, chiropractic, nursing, podiatry, psychology, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech and language pathology and audiology. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-405
• 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.
• Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services of the State of North Carolina. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-405
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Designated health care services: means , and includes for purposes of this section, any health care procedure and service provided by a health care provider that is covered by or insured under any health benefit plan regulated by Chapter 58 of the N. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-405
• Entity: means any individual, partnership, firm, corporation, or other business that provides health care services. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-405
• 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.
• following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
• Group practice: means a group of two or more health care providers legally organized as a partnership, professional corporation, or similar association:

  a. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-405

• Health care provider: is a ny person who, pursuant to Chapter 90 of the N. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-405
• Immediate family member: means a health care provider's spouse or dependent minor child. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-405
• in writing: may be construed to include printing, engraving, lithographing, and any other mode of representing words and letters: Provided, that in all cases where a written signature is required by law, the same shall be in a proper handwriting, or in a proper mark. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
• Investment interest: means an equity or debt security issued by an entity, or a lease or retained interest in real property held by an entity, including, without limitation, shares of stock in a corporation, units or other interests in a partnership, bonds, debentures, notes, leases, options or contracts related to real property or other equity interests or debt instruments. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-405
• Investor: means an individual or entity owning a legal or beneficial ownership or investment interest, directly or indirectly (including without limitation, through an immediate family member, trust, affiliate, or another entity related to the investor). See North Carolina General Statutes 90-405
• 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}
• 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.
• property: shall include all property, both real and personal. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Referral: means any referral of a patient for designated health care services, including, without limitation:

  a. See North Carolina General Statutes 90-405

• state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3