Section 13-301 - Definitions.
§ 13-301. Definitions.
(a) In general.- In this subtitle, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) Annual contract.- "Annual contract" means, as to any fiscal year, the contract required by this subtitle to be entered into between the University and the Medical System Corporation stating the obligations between them for that fiscal year.
(c) Board of Directors.- "Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of the Medical System Corporation.
(d) Board of Regents.- "Board of Regents" means the Board of Regents of the University.
(e) Chief Executive Officer.- "Chief Executive Officer" means the individual elected Chief Executive Officer by the Board of Directors of the Medical System Corporation and also appointed by the Board of Regents as Vice President for the medical system.
(f) Community naturally served.- "Community naturally served" means the hospital's historic service population and those neighborhoods traditionally served by the hospital as well as any additional population the Medical System Corporation determines with the approval of the Maryland Health Care Commission and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
(g) Comprehensive services.- "Comprehensive services" means comprehensive health care services.
(h) Dental school.- "Dental school" means the School of Dentistry of the University.
(i) Includes or including.- "Includes" or "including" means includes or including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation.
(j) Institute.- "Institute" means the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems.
(k) Medical system.- "Medical system" means the University Medical System, consisting of those health care delivery components of the University that are in Baltimore City rendering patient care services and more particularly identified by the Board of Public Works at the time of conveying medical system assets to the Medical System Corporation, including University Hospital, the University Cancer Center, and the clinical component of the Institute.
(l) Medical system assets.- "Medical system assets" means all assets allocated to the medical system as shown on the financial statements of the medical system at the transfer date and as more particularly or additionally identified or supplemented by the Board of Regents and approved by the Board of Public Works and transferred to the Medical System Corporation, including (unless further defined by the Board of Public Works) all related land and buildings and funds deposited with the State Treasurer.
(m) Medical System Corporation.- "Medical System Corporation" means University of Maryland Medical System Corporation, a private, nonprofit, nonstock corporation formed under the general corporation laws of this State.
(n) Medical System Corporation employees.- "Medical System Corporation employees" means employees of the Medical System Corporation.
(o) Medical system liabilities.- "Medical system liabilities" means all liabilities allocated to the medical system as shown on the financial statements of the medical system at the transfer date.
(p) Medical system personnel.- "Medical system personnel" means both medical system University personnel and Medical System Corporation employees.
(q) Medical system University personnel.- "Medical system University personnel" means those employees of the University who report to the Chief Executive Officer and for whose services the Medical System Corporation contracts with the University.
(r) President.- "President" means the President of the University of Maryland, Baltimore.
(s) School of Medicine.- "School of Medicine" means the School of Medicine of the University.
(t) Transfer date.- "Transfer date" means any date from July 1, 1984, to June 1, 1985, both inclusive, determined by the Board of Public Works and filed with the Secretary of State and the Department of Legislative Services.
(u) University.- "University" means the University of Maryland.
[1984, ch. 288; 1988, ch. 246, § 2; 1996, ch. 10, § 16; 1997, ch. 114, § 1; ch. 635, § 9; ch. 636, § 9; 1999, ch. 34, § 1; ch. 702, § 5; 2006, ch. 44, § 6.]