(a) Subject to
additional definitions contained in subsequent sections of this chapter, the
following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following
meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Act-The Health Care Facilities Act
(35 P. S. §§
448.101-448.904).
Appellant-A person filing an appeal with
the Hearing Board.
Applicant-A person filing an application
for a certificate of need.
Department-The Department of Health of
the Commonwealth.
Documents-Notices, petitions, briefs,
reply briefs, rules, motions, praecipes and other papers.
Health service area-The area served by a
health systems agency as designated in accordance with Title XV of the Public
Health Service Act (42
U.S.C.A. §§
300k-1-300 n-6)
(Repealed).
Health systems agency-An entity which
has been conditionally or fully designated under Title XV of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C.A.
§§
300k-1-300 n-6)
(Repealed).
Hearing Board-The State Health Facility
Hearing Board created under the act.
Party-The appellant, the Department, a
certificate of need applicant and a person who has been granted party status by
order of the Hearing Board. The term is not synonymous with the term "parties
to the proceeding" as used in section 703(a) of the act (35 P. S. §
448.703(a)).
Person-A natural person; corporation
including associations, joint stock companies and insurance companies;
partnership; trust; estate; association; the Commonwealth and a local
governmental unit, authority and agency thereof. The term includes entities
owning or operating a health care facility or health maintenance organization.
Petitioner-A person filing a petition
with the Hearing Board.
Project-A proposal by a person to offer,
develop, construct or otherwise establish or undertake to establish a new
institutional health service.
Specification of objections-The
appellant's reasons for appealing the decision of the Department as set forth
in the notice of appeal and the appeal brief.
