Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 36 > Chapter 21 > Article 1 - General Provisions

• Advance practice provider: means a physician assistant as defined in section 32-2501 or a registered nurse practitioner as defined in section 32-1601. See Arizona Laws 36-2171
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Behavioral health provider: means a physician who is a board-certified or board-eligible psychiatrist, a psychologist, a physician assistant or a registered nurse practitioner who is certified to practice as a behavioral health specialist or a person who is licensed pursuant to title 32 as a clinical social worker, professional counselor or marriage and family therapist. See Arizona Laws 36-2171
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Department: means the department of health services. See Arizona Laws 36-2171
• Federal poverty guidelines: means the poverty guidelines as updated annually in the federal register by the United States department of health and human services. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Population: means the population according to the most recent United States decennial census. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Rural: means either of the following:

  (a) A county with a population of less than four hundred thousand persons according to the most recent United States decennial census. See Arizona Laws 36-2171

• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215