Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 16 > Chapter 11 > Subchapter VI - Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsperson

• Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Agency: means any private or public agency operating in the State, one of whose purposes is the funding, provision or regulation of health care services. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1151
• Child: means a person who has not reached the age of 18 years. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Department: means the Department of Health and Social Services. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1102
• Division: shall mean the Division of Health Care Quality;

  (4) a. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1102

• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• 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.
• Long-term care facility: means any facility as defined in § 1102 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1151
• Ombudsperson: means the person designated under the Older Americans Act, as amended (42 U. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1151
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Person: means an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, joint stock company, limited partnership, limited liability company, or any other legal entity, and includes a legal successor of those entities. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1102
• Record: means any medical, social, or financial information pertaining to a resident of a long-term care facility which is maintained by any agency regulated under this chapter or Chapter 10 of this title; provided, however, that "record" does not include criminal investigative files. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1151
• Resident: means an individual, whether identified as a patient, guest, or other designation, residing and receiving services in a long-term care facility. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 1102
• State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• sterilization: means any surgical or medical procedure intended to render a person permanently unable to procreate. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 5701