Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 321 > Part XLI - Compassionate Care for Sexual Assault Victims

• Board: means the board of private detectives and guards described in section 463-2. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 463-1
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Compulsion: means absence of consent, or a threat, express or implied, that places a person in fear of public humiliation, property damage, or financial loss. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 321-511
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Department: means the department of health unless otherwise specified in this part. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 321-511
• Emergency contraception: means one or more prescription drugs used separately or in combination that are:

  (1) Used postcoitally within a recommended amount of time;

  (2) Used for the purposes of preventing pregnancy; and

  (3) Approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 321-511

• Firm: means a sole proprietor, corporation, joint venture, limited liability partnership, limited liability corporation, partnership, association, or any other legal business entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 463-1
• Guard: means a registered uniformed or nonuniformed person responsible for the safekeeping of a client's properties and persons within contractually prescribed boundaries, and for observation and reporting relative to such safekeeping. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 463-1
• Guard agency: means a licensed firm engaged in the guard business. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 463-1
• Hospital: means any institution with an organized medical staff, regulated under sections 321-11(10) and 321-14. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 321-511
• 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.
• Principal detective: means a licensed detective designated as the detective agency's primary licensee who is fully responsible for the direct management and control of the agency and the agency's employees. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 463-1
• Principal guard: means a licensed guard designated as the guard agency's primary licensee who is fully responsible for the direct management and control of the agency and the agency's employees. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 463-1
• Sexual assault: means vaginal penetration without the person's consent, by compulsion or strong compulsion. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 321-511
• Sexual assault victim: means a person who alleges or is alleged to have been sexually assaulted and as a result of the sexual assault presents as a patient at a hospital. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 321-511
• Strong compulsion: means the use of or attempt to use one or more of the following to overcome a person:

  (1) A threat, express or implied, that places a person in fear of bodily injury to the person or another person, or in fear that the person or another person will be kidnapped;

  (2) A dangerous instrument; or

  (3) Physical force. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 321-511