Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 29 > Chapter 79 > Subchapter VI - Division of Health Care Quality.

• 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.
• 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 29 Sec. 7972
• Employer: means a person or other legal entity that employs individuals to work in long-term care facility, home care agency, or for a prescribed pediatric extended care center. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7972
• 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.
• Home care agency: means all programs or agencies licensed under § 122(3)m. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7972
• 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 licensed under Chapter 11 of Title 16. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7972
• Prescribed pediatric extended care center: means any facility licensed under § 122(3)q. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7972
• Private residence: means the domicile of the individual in need of care, either personally owned by that individual or considered the place of residence of that individual. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7972
• 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
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302