Kentucky Statutes > Chapter 222 – Kentucky Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment Law
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- Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Administrator: means the person or the designee of the person, in charge of the operation of substance use disorder prevention, intervention, or treatment program. See Kentucky Statutes 222.005
- Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
- Agency: means a legal entity operating hospital-based or nonhospital-based substance use disorder prevention, intervention, or treatment programs. See Kentucky Statutes 222.005
- 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.
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- Attorney: means attorney-at-law. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
- Bequest: Property gifted by will.
- Cabinet: means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. See Kentucky Statutes 222.005
- Certified mail: means any method of governmental, commercial, or electronic delivery that allows a document or package to have proof of:
(a) Sending the document or package. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010 - City: includes town. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
- 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.
- Corporation: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- 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.
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- 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.
- Federal: refers to the United States. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- 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.
- Hospital: means an establishment with organized medical staff and permanent facilities with inpatient beds which provide medical services, including physician services and continuous nursing services for the diagnosis and treatment of patients who have a variety of medical conditions, both surgical and nonsurgical. See Kentucky Statutes 222.005
- Intoxication: means being under the influence of alcohol or other drugs, or both, which significantly impairs a person's ability to function. See Kentucky Statutes 222.005
- 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.
- Month: means calendar month. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
- Other drugs: means controlled substances as defined in KRS Chapter 218A and volatile substances as defined in KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 222.005
- Patient: means any person admitted to a hospital or a licensed substance use disorder treatment program. See Kentucky Statutes 222.005
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
- Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
- Program: means a set of services rendered directly to the public that is organized around a common goal of either preventing, intervening, or treating substance use disorder problems. See Kentucky Statutes 222.005
- Secretary: means the secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. See Kentucky Statutes 222.005
- State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
- Substance use disorder: means a cluster of cognitive, behavioral, and physiological symptoms indicating that the individual continues using the substance despite significant substance-related problems. See Kentucky Statutes 222.005
- Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
- Treatment: includes those services provided by the cabinet in KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 222.005
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
- Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010