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The 1998 Florida Statutes

Title XX
VETERANS
Chapter 296
Veterans' Homes
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296.33  Definitions.--When used in this part, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the term:

(1)  "Administrator" means the licensed person who has been appointed to serve as the chief executive of the home and has the general administrative charge of the facility.

(2)  "Department" means the Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs.

(3)  "Director" means the executive director of the Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs.

(4)  "Resident" means any eligible veteran admitted to the home.

(5)  "Veteran" means a person as defined in s. 1.01(14).

(6)  "Veterans' Nursing Home of Florida," hereinafter referred to as the "home," means a licensed health care facility operated by the department pursuant to the provisions of 1part II of chapter 400.

History.--s. 14, ch. 92-80.

1Note.--Substituted by the editors for a reference to part I of ch. 400, to conform to the redesignation of parts within ch. 400 incident to the compilation of ch. 93-177.