§ 12-25-17 - Definitions.
SECTION 12-25-17
§ 12-25-17 Definitions. – As used in this chapter:
(1) "Administrator" means the program administrator of thischapter.
(2) "Child" means an unmarried person who is under eighteen(18) years of age and includes a stepchild or an adopted child.
(3) "Court" means the superior court.
(4) "Dependent" means a person wholly or partially dependentupon the income of the victim at the time of his or her death or would havebeen so dependent but for the incapacity due to the injury from which the deathresulted. The term includes a child of the victim born after the death of thevictim.
(5) "Office" means the office of the general treasurer.
(6) "Pecuniary loss" includes:
(i) For personal injury:
(A) Medical expenses (including psychiatric care) for whichthe victim is not compensated by any other source;
(B) Hospital expenses for which the victim is not compensatedby any other source;
(C) Loss of past earnings for which the victim is notcompensated by any other source;
(D) Loss of future earnings because of a disability resultingfrom the personal injury for which the victim is not compensated by any othersource.
(ii) For death:
(A) Funeral and burial expenses for which the victim's estateis not compensated by any other source; and
(B) Loss of support to the dependents of the victim for whichthe dependents are not compensated by any other source.
(iii) Any other expenses actually and necessarily incurred asa result of the personal injury or death for which the victim or his or herestate is not compensated by any other source, but it does not include propertydamage.
(7) "Personal injury" means actual bodily harm, mental ornervous shock, and a pregnancy resulting from sexual attack.
(8) "Relative" means a spouse, parent, grandparent,stepfather, stepmother, child, grandchild, brother, sister, half-brother,half-sister, and a spouse's parents.
(9) "Resident" means any person who has his or her residencewithin the state of Rhode Island.
(10) "State" includes the District of Columbia, the fifty(50) states, and the United States' territories and possessions.
(11) "Treasurer" means the general treasurer of the state ofRhode Island or his or her designee.
(12) "Victim" means a person who is injured or killed by anyact of a person or persons which is within the description of any of theoffenses specified in § 12-25-20 and which act occurs in the state ofRhode Island. "Victim" also means a resident of the state of Rhode Island whois a victim of an act of terrorism as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 2331occurring outside the United States.
(13) "1972 Act" means the Criminal Injuries Compensation Actof 1972, established pursuant to former §§ 12-25-1 – 12-25-12.1.
(14) "1996 Act" means the Criminal Injuries Compensation Actof 1996, established pursuant to §§ 12-25-16 – 12-25-30.