Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 4 > Article 4 > Chapter 38 - Broadband Grants for Unserved Areas

• abortion: has the meaning set forth in IC 16-18-2-1. See Indiana Code 16-34-6-1
• any other disability: means any disease, defect, or disorder that is genetically inherited. See Indiana Code 16-34-4-1
• Autism: means a neurological condition as described in the most recent edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• children: refers to children with special health care needs. See Indiana Code 16-35-2-1
• Clerk: means the clerk of the court or a person authorized to perform the clerk's duties. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• 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.
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Down syndrome: means a chromosomal disorder associated with an extra chromosome 21 or an effective trisomy for chromosome 21. See Indiana Code 16-34-4-2
• 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.
• 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.
• food instrument: means an electronic benefit transfer card that can be taken to a WIC vendor for exchange for a specified quantity of food. See Indiana Code 16-35-1.5-1
• fund: refers to the rural broadband fund established by Indiana Code 4-4-38-0.3
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• 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.
• mandatory reporter: means any person providing health care services, including:

  Indiana Code 16-34-6-2

• medical record: means written or printed information possessed by a provider (as defined in IC 16-18-2-295) concerning any diagnosis, treatment, or prognosis of the patient, unless otherwise defined. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• minor: means a person less than eighteen (18) years of age. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• municipal corporation: means a:

  Indiana Code 16-35-1-1

• office: refers to the office of community and rural affairs established by Indiana Code 4-4-38-1
• 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.
• physician: means any person licensed to practice medicine in Indiana. See Indiana Code 16-34-6-3
• potential diagnosis: refers to the presence of some risk factors that indicate that a health problem may occur. See Indiana Code 16-34-4-3
• qualified broadband project: means a project for the deployment of broadband infrastructure for the provision of qualified broadband service, regardless of the delivery technology, in unserved areas in Indiana. See Indiana Code 4-4-38-2
• qualified broadband provider: means any company, firm, corporation, partnership, or association that, at the time of submission of a grant application under this chapter:

  Indiana Code 4-4-38-4

• qualified broadband service: means a connection to the Internet that provides capacity for transmission at an actual speed of at least ten (10) megabits per second downstream and at least one (1) megabit per second upstream, regardless of the technology or medium used to provide the connection. See Indiana Code 4-4-38-5
• Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
• reproductive health care facility: means any office, clinic, or other physical location licensed by the state to provide surgical or medical abortions, abortion counseling, abortion referrals, contraceptives, contraceptive counseling, sex education, or gynecological services. See Indiana Code 16-34-6-4
• sex selective abortion: means an abortion that is performed solely because of the sex of the fetus. See Indiana Code 16-34-4-4
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• unserved area: means a geographic area of Indiana, identified at the census block level, in which there is not at least one (1) provider of terrestrial broadband service offering a connection to the Internet that provides capacity for transmission at an actual speed of at least ten (10) megabits per second downstream and at least one (1) megabit per second upstream. See Indiana Code 4-4-38-6
• WIC: refers to the women, infants, and children nutrition program. See Indiana Code 16-35-1.5-2
• WIC office: refers to an office providing assistance to a WIC participant. See Indiana Code 16-35-1.6-3
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5