Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 323D > Part III – Subarea Health Planning Councils
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- Certificate of need: means an authorization, when required pursuant to § 323D-43, to construct, expand, alter, or convert a health care facility or to initiate, expand, develop, or modify a health care service. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 323D-2
- county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Health: includes physical and mental health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 323D-2
- 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.
- Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
- Person: means an individual or a natural person, a trust or estate, a society, a firm, an assembly, a partnership, a corporation, a professional corporation, an association, the State, any political subdivision of the State, a county, a state agency or any instrumentality of the State, a county agency or any instrumentality of a county. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 323D-2
- Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
- State agency: means the state health planning and development agency established in § 323D-11. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 323D-2
- State health services and facilities plan: means the comprehensive plan for the economical delivery of health services in the State prepared by the statewide council. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 323D-2
- Statewide council: means the statewide health coordinating council established in § 323D-13. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 323D-2
- Subarea: means one of the geographic subareas designated by the state agency pursuant to section 323D-21. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 323D-2