Section 590-630-1 - DefinitionsFor purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
A.Affiliate of or affiliated with. "Affiliate of or affiliated with" refers to a person or entity who directly or indirectly controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the person specified.B.Affiliated company. "Affiliated company" means any health care provider or health care facility that is or will be effectively controlled by, or merged into, any of the following: the party initiating the restructuring, any subsidiary of said party, or any entity that will be created by or in conjunction with the restructuring.C.Baseline information. "Baseline information" means corporate organizational information including locations of affiliate or subsidiary entities as of a specified date.D.Health care facility."Health care facility" means a public or private, proprietary or not-for-profit entity or institution providing health services including but not limited to, a radiological facility licensed under 22 M.R.S.A., chapter 160, a health care facility licensed under 22 M.R.S.A., chapter 405 or certified under chapter 405-D, an independent radiological service center, a federally qualified health center, a rural health clinic, or a rehabilitation agency certified or otherwise approved by the Division of Licensing and Certification within the Department of Health and Human Services, a home health care provider licensed under 22 M.R.S.A., chapter 419, a residential care facility licensed under 22 M.R.S.A., chapter 1665, a hospice provider licensed under 22 M.R.S.A., chapter 1681, a retail store drug outlet licensed under 32 M.R.S.A., chapter 117, a state institution and mental health facility as defined under 34-B M.R.S.A., chapter 1.E.Hospital. "Hospital" means any acute care institution required to be licensed pursuant to 22 M.R.S.A., chapter 405.F.MHDO. "MHDO" means the Maine Health Data Organization.G.M.R.S.A. "M.R.S.A." means Maine Revised Statutes Annotated.H.Parent entity. A "parent entity" means the person, organization or corporation that has control, directly or indirectly through majority ownership, affiliation, contract or membership of a hospital and/or any affiliated health care facility. A parent entity may be an individual hospital or, as a parent of a health care facility, considered a health care facility.I.Person. "Person" means any individual, partnership, group practice, trust, estate, corporation, including associations, joint stock companies, cooperative, government or governmental subdivision or agency or other legal entity recognized by state law that is providing health care services.J.Subsidiary. "Subsidiary" means a health care facility corporation, partnership, group practice, association or similar organization that is majority controlled or owned either directly or indirectly by a parent company.90-590 C.M.R. ch. 630, § 1