45:9-22.4 - Definitions - New Jersey Statutes

45:9-22.4.   Definitions 
     For the purposes of this act:

    "Health care service" means a business entity which provides on an inpatient or outpatient basis: testing for or diagnosis or treatment of human disease or dysfunction; or dispensing of drugs or medical devices for the treatment of human disease or dysfunction. Health care service includes, but is not limited to, a bioanalytical laboratory, pharmacy, home health care agency, rehabilitation facility, nursing home, hospital, or a facility which provides radiological or other diagnostic imagery services, physical therapy, ambulatory surgery, or ophthalmic services. 

    "Immediate family" means the practitioner's spouse and children, the practitioner's siblings and parents, the practitioner's spouse's siblings and parents, and the spouses of the practitioner's children. 

    "Practitioner" means a physician, chiropractor or podiatrist licensed pursuant to Title 45 of the Revised Statutes. 

    "Significant beneficial interest" means any financial interest; but does not include ownership of a building wherein the space is leased to a person at the prevailing rate under a straight lease agreement, or any interest held in publicly traded securities. 

    L.1989,c.19,s.1; amended 1991,c.187,s.83.