Terms Used In Florida Statutes > Chapter 296 - Veterans' Homes

• Administrator: means the licensed person who has been appointed to serve as the chief executive of the home and has the general administrative charge of the facility. See Florida Statutes 296.33
• Communications services: means the transmission, conveyance, or routing of voice, data, audio, video, or any other information or signals, including video services, to a point, or between or among points, by or through any electronic, radio, satellite, cable, optical, microwave, or other medium or method now in existence or hereafter devised, regardless of the protocol used for such transmission or conveyance. See Florida Statutes 202.11
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• component: means a discrete operational entity within a service provider which is subject to licensing as defined by rule. See Florida Statutes 397.311
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Contractor: means an entity responsible for the day-to-day operations of an adult day health care facility or adult day care center as prescribed by Florida Statutes 296.44
• 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.
• Customer: means :
  1. See Florida Statutes 202.11
• Dealer: means a person registered with the department as a provider of communications services in this state. See Florida Statutes 202.11
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Department: means the Department of Revenue. See Florida Statutes 202.11
• Department: means the Department of Veterans' Affairs. See Florida Statutes 296.44
• Department: means the Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs. See Florida Statutes 296.33
• Department: means the Department of Children and Families. See Florida Statutes 397.311
• Direct-to-home satellite service: has the meaning ascribed in the Communications Act of 1934, Florida Statutes 202.11
• Director: means the executive director of the department. See Florida Statutes 296.44
• Director: means the executive director of the Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs. See Florida Statutes 296.33
• Director: means the chief administrative or executive officer of a service provider or recovery residence. See Florida Statutes 397.311
• Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
• evaluation: means a systematic measurement of a service provider's achievement of desired individual or service outcomes. See Florida Statutes 397.311
• 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.
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• 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.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Home: means a licensed health care facility operated by the department pursuant to part II of chapter 400. See Florida Statutes 296.33
• Home service provider: means the facilities-based carrier or reseller with which the customer contracts for the provision of mobile communications services. See Florida Statutes 202.11
• Individual: means a person who receives alcohol or other drug abuse treatment services delivered by a service provider. See Florida Statutes 397.311
• Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. ^{Source: OCC}
• Intervention: means structured services directed toward individuals or groups at risk of substance abuse and focused on reducing or impeding those factors associated with the onset or the early stages of substance abuse and related problems. See Florida Statutes 397.311
• 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.
• 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}
• Licensed service area: means the geographic area in which the home service provider is authorized by law or contract to provide mobile communications service to the customer. See Florida Statutes 202.11
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Mobile communications service: means commercial mobile radio service, as defined in Florida Statutes 202.11
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. ^{Source: OCC}
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• oath: includes affirmations. See Florida Statutes 1.01
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability: means an entity designated by joint rule of the Legislature or by agreement between the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. See Florida Statutes 1.01
• Operator: means the person designated to have and who has the general administrative charge of an adult day health care facility or adult day care center. See Florida Statutes 296.44
• Participant: means an eligible veteran recipient of basic services or of supportive and optional services provided by an adult day health care facility or adult day care center. See Florida Statutes 296.44
• 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.
• Person: has the meaning ascribed in…. See Florida Statutes 202.11
• person: includes individuals, children, firms, associations, joint adventures, partnerships, estates, trusts, business trusts, syndicates, fiduciaries, corporations, and all other groups or combinations. See Florida Statutes 1.01
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Place of primary use: means the street address representative of where the customer's use of the mobile communications service primarily occurs, which must be:
  (a) The residential street address or the primary business street address of the customer; and
  (b) Within the licensed service area of the home service provider. See Florida Statutes 202.11
• political subdivision: include counties, cities, towns, villages, special tax school districts, special road and bridge districts, bridge districts, and all other districts in this state. See Florida Statutes 1.01
• Prepaid calling arrangement: means :
  (a) A right to use communications services, other than mobile communications services, for which a separately stated price must be paid in advance, which is sold at retail in predetermined units that decline in number with use on a predetermined basis, and which consist exclusively of telephone calls originated by using an access number, authorization code, or other means that may be manually, electronically, or otherwise entered; or
  (b) A right to use mobile communications services that must be paid for in advance and is sold at retail in predetermined units that expire or decline in number on a predetermined basis if:

  1. See Florida Statutes 202.11
• Prevention: means a process involving strategies that are aimed at the individual, family, community, or substance and that preclude, forestall, or impede the development of substance use problems and promote responsible lifestyles. See Florida Statutes 397.311
• Probate: Proving a will
• Program: means a licensed facility operated by the department under part III of chapter 429. See Florida Statutes 296.44
• Purchaser: means the person paying for or obligated to pay for communications services. See Florida Statutes 202.11
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Reseller: means a provider who purchases communications services from another communications service provider and then resells, uses as a component part of, or integrates the purchased services into a mobile communications service. See Florida Statutes 202.11
• Resident: means any eligible veteran, or the spouse or surviving spouse of such veteran, who is admitted to the home. See Florida Statutes 296.33
• Sale: means the provision of communications services for a consideration. See Florida Statutes 202.11
• Sales price: means the total amount charged in money or other consideration by a dealer for the sale of the right or privilege of using communications services in this state, including any property or other service, not described in paragraph (a), which is part of the sale and for which the charge is not separately itemized on a customer's bill or separately allocated under subparagraph (b)8. See Florida Statutes 202.11
• Screening: means the gathering of initial information to be used in determining a person's need for assessment, services, or referral. See Florida Statutes 397.311
• Service address: means :
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section:

  1. See Florida Statutes 202.11
• Serving carrier: means a facilities-based carrier providing mobile communications service to a customer outside a home service provider's or reseller's licensed service area. See Florida Statutes 202.11
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
• Substance abuse: means the misuse or abuse of, or dependence on alcohol, illicit drugs, or prescription medications. See Florida Statutes 397.311
• Substate entity: means a departmental office designated to serve a geographical area specified by the department. See Florida Statutes 397.311
• Treatment plan: means an immediate and a long-range plan based upon an individual's assessed needs and used to address and monitor an individual's recovery from substance abuse. See Florida Statutes 397.311
• Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. ^{Source: OCC}
• Veteran: means a person as defined in…. See Florida Statutes 296.33
• veteran: means a person who served in the active military, naval, or air service and who was discharged or released under honorable conditions only or who later received an upgraded discharge under honorable conditions, notwithstanding any action by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs on individuals discharged or released with other than honorable discharges. See Florida Statutes 1.01
• Video service: means the transmission of video, audio, or other programming service to a purchaser, and the purchaser interaction, if any, required for the selection or use of a programming service, regardless of whether the programming is transmitted over facilities owned or operated by the video service provider or over facilities owned or operated by another dealer of communications services. See Florida Statutes 202.11
• writing: includes handwriting, printing, typewriting, and all other methods and means of forming letters and characters upon paper, stone, wood, or other materials. See Florida Statutes 1.01