Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 269 > Part II - Consumer Advocate

• 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.
• Carrier: means a dental insurer, a health maintenance organization, an insurer, a nonprofit hospital and medical service corporation, a mutual benefit society, or other entity responsible for the payment of benefits or provision of services under a group contract. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 432G-1
• Commissioner: means the insurance commissioner. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 432G-1
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• 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.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Dental care services: include the practices, acts, and operations pertaining to dentistry as defined in section 448-1. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 432G-1
• Dental insurer: means any person who undertakes to provide or to arrange for or administer one or more dental insurance plans and who has met the requirements of chapter 423. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 432G-1
• Discontinuance: means the termination of the contract between a group contract holder and a dental insurer due to the insolvency of the dental insurer, and does not refer to the termination of any agreement between any individual subscriber and a dental insurer. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 432G-1
• Enrollee: means an individual who is covered by a dental insurer. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 432G-1
• 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.
• insolvency: means that the dental insurer has been declared insolvent and placed under an order of supervision, rehabilitation, or liquidation by the commissioner or a court of competent jurisdiction. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 432G-1
• 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.
• Net worth: means the excess of total assets over total liabilities; provided that liabilities shall not include fully subordinated debt. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 432G-1
• 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.
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Provider: means any person licensed to practice dentistry as defined in section 448-1. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 432G-1
• Replacement coverage: means the benefits provided by a succeeding carrier. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 432G-1