PART I. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS



 



§323F-1  Definitions.  As used in this
chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:



"Consumer" means any individual who
may utilize a Hawaii health systems facility for health services and is not a
provider.



"Corporation" means the body
corporate and politic known as the Hawaii health systems corporation.



"Corporation board" means the board
of directors of the corporation.



"Department" means the department of
health.



"Director" means the director of
health.



"Division" means the programs,
services, and facilities operated by the department of health, division of
community hospitals, prior to the transfer date.



"Health facility" means any one of
the facilities that constitute the division of community hospitals.



"Health systems assets" means all
property or rights in property, real, personal and mixed, tangible or
intangible, existing on the transfer date, used by or accruing to the division
in the normal course of its operations.



"Provider" means any supplier of
medical or health care goods and services of the type provided at a Hawaii health systems facility.



"Regional system board" means a
community-based governing board of directors of a regional system of the
corporation.



"Transfer date" means a date agreed
to by the department and the corporation for the transfer of health systems
assets to and the assumption of health systems liabilities, which includes
without limitation, all debts or other obligations, contingent or certain,
owing on such date, by the corporation. [L 1996, c 262, pt of §2; am L 2007, c
290, §17]