Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 41 > Chapter 27 > Article 3 - Definitions

• Administer: means the direct application of an epinephrine auto-injector to the body of an individual. See South Carolina Code 44-99-10
• Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Authorized entity: means any entity or organization, other than a school described in § 59-63-95, in connection with or at which allergens capable of causing anaphylaxis may be present including, but not limited to, recreation camps, colleges and universities, daycare facilities, places of worship, youth sports leagues, amusement parks, restaurants, places of employment, and sports arenas. See South Carolina Code 44-99-10
• Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• Board: means any of the boards created pursuant to Title 40, as amended, to license, certify, or register health care professionals. See South Carolina Code 44-113-20
• 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.
• Contractor: means the department, division, or other unit of a person responsible for the performance under a contract with a state agency. See South Carolina Code 44-107-20
• Controlled substance: means a controlled substance in Article 3, Chapter 53 of this title. See South Carolina Code 44-107-20
• Conviction: means a finding of guilt, including a plea of nolo contendere or imposition of sentence, or both, by any judicial body charged with the responsibility to determine violations of the federal or state criminal drug statutes. See South Carolina Code 44-107-20
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• 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.
• Department: means the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. See South Carolina Code 44-113-20
• Department: means the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. See South Carolina Code 44-99-10
• Designated health services: means any health care procedure, service, or item provided by a health care provider. See South Carolina Code 44-113-20
• Drug-free workplace: means a site for the performance of work done in connection with a specific grant or contract of an entity at which employees of the entity are prohibited from engaging in the unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensation, possession, or use of a controlled substance in accordance with the requirements of this chapter. See South Carolina Code 44-107-20
• Employee: means the employee of a grantee or contractor engaged in the performance of work pursuant to the provisions of the grant or contract. See South Carolina Code 44-107-20
• Entity: means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, or other business entity. See South Carolina Code 44-113-20
• Epinephrine auto-injector: means a single-use device used for the automatic injection of a premeasured dose of epinephrine into the human body. See South Carolina Code 44-99-10
• Grantee: means the department, division, or other unit of a person responsible for the performance under a grant. See South Carolina Code 44-107-20
• Group practice: means a group of two or more health care professionals legally organized as a partnership, professional corporation, not-for-profit corporation, faculty practice plan, or similar association in which:
  
  (a) each health care professional who is a member, employee, or independent contractor of the group provides substantially the full range of services which the professional routinely provides including consultation, diagnosis, and treatment through the use of office space, facilities, equipment, and personnel of the group;
  
  (b) substantially all of the services of the health care professionals who are members of the group are provided through the group and are billed in the name of the group and amounts so received are treated as receipts of the group; and
  
  (c) the overhead expenses of and the income from the practice are distributed by methods previously determined by the group. See South Carolina Code 44-113-20
• 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.
• Health care facility: means a health care facility as defined in § 44-7-130(10). See South Carolina Code 44-113-20
• Health care practitioner: means a physician, an advanced practice registered nurse authorized to prescribe medication pursuant to § 40-33-34, or a physician assistant authorized to prescribe medication pursuant to §§ 40-47-955 through 40-47-965. See South Carolina Code 44-99-10
• health care professional: means a person licensed, certified, or registered under the laws of this State to provide health care services. See South Carolina Code 44-113-20
• Immediate family member: means a health care provider's spouse, child, child's spouse, grandchild, grandchild's spouse, parent, parent-in-law, or sibling. See South Carolina Code 44-113-20
• Investment interest: means an equity or debt security issued by an entity including, except as provided below, but not limited to, shares of stock in a corporation, units or other interests in a partnership, bonds, debentures, notes, other equity interests, or debt instruments. See South Carolina Code 44-113-20
• Investor: means a person or entity owning a legal or beneficial ownership or investment interest, directly or indirectly including, but not limited to, through an immediate family member, trust, or corporation, the stock of which is owned in whole or in part by the investor or another entity related to the investor. See South Carolina Code 44-113-20
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• 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.
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• 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 a person authorized to practice medicine pursuant to Article 1, Chapter 47 of Title 40. See South Carolina Code 44-99-10
• Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
• Provide: means the supply of one or more epinephrine auto-injectors to an individual. See South Carolina Code 44-99-10
• Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Referral: means a referral of a patient by a health care provider for health care services including, but not limited to:
  
  (a) the forwarding of a patient by a health care provider to another health care provider or to an entity outside the health care professional's office or group practice which provides or supplies designated health services or any other health care item or service; or
  
  (b) the request or establishment of a plan of care by a health care provider, which includes the provision of a designated health service or any other health care item or service outside the health care professional's office or group practice. See South Carolina Code 44-113-20
• Rural area: means a county with a population of one hundred thousand persons or less according to the latest United States census. See South Carolina Code 44-113-20
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.