Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 40 > Chapter 11 > Part II-D - Licensing of Home- and Community-Based Service Providers

• 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.
• 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.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Department: means the Louisiana Department of Health. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2120.2
• Financial viability: means that the provider seeking a home- and community-based service provider license is able to provide verification and maintenance of:

              (a) A line of credit issued from a federally insured, licensed lending institution in the amount of at least fifty thousand dollars. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2120.2

• functionally impaired adults: shall mean individuals aged seventeen years of age and older who are physically, mentally, or socially impaired to a degree that supervision is necessary. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2120.2
• Home- and community-based service provider: means an agency, institution, society, corporation, person or persons, or any other individual or group that provides one or more home- and community-based services as defined in this Section. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2120.2
• Home- and community-based services: means one or more of the following services:

              (a) Personal care attendant services, which are defined as services required by a person with a disability in order to become physically independent or to remain in or return to the community. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2120.2

• Infirm elderly: means an individual sixty years of age or older who requires continuous care and supervision due to the infirmities of old age. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2120.2
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
• person with a disability: shall mean a person with a physical, mental, or medical condition or an adult who requires assistance with activities of daily living. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2120.2