Illinois Administrative Code › Title 77 - PUBLIC HEALTH › Part 980 - HEART DISEASE TREATMENT AND PREVENTION FUND RULES › Section 980.10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
"Act" means Section 55.76 of the Civil Administrative Code of
				Illinois [20 ILCS 2310/55.76 ] (see P.A. 88-666, effective September 16,
				1994).
"Applicant" means any eligible hospital, laboratory,
				educational institution, or other organization in Illinois, the intent of which
				is to conduct research into causes, prevention and treatment of heart disease
				or to conduct public education relating to treatment and prevention of heart
				disease.
"Cause" means that which brings about a particular condition,
				result or effect.
"Department" means the Illinois Department of Public
				Health.
"Detection" means a determination of the presence of heart
				disease.
"Director" means the Director of the Illinois Department of
				Public Health.
"Fellowship" means supervised practical experience for an
				individual in a health care or scientific specialty beyond such experience
				required to earn a doctorate degree or, in the case of medicine, beyond such
				experience provided to hospital resident physicians to broaden expertise in the
				treatment of heart disease.
"Funding Period or Grant Agreement Period" means the time
				during which an award is to be spent in support of a particular research
				project or training course. The funding period may coincide with the
				Department's fiscal year.
"Governmental Unit Code" means the Illinois Comptroller's
				preassigned vendor identification number for governmental agencies and
				municipalities.
"Heart Disease" means any pathological condition of the
				heart.
"Not-for-Profit Corporation" means a corporation as described
				in the General Not-for-Profit Corporation Act of 1986 [805 ILCS 105 ].
"Peer Review Panel" means a group appointed by the Director,
				whose members demonstrate and are acknowledged to have expertise in areas
				dealing with heart disease research.
"Prevention" means the use of various techniques, including the
				adoption of specific health related habits or use of medications, to stop heart
				disease from developing in healthy individuals.
"Principal Investigator" means the person with prime
				responsibility or the lead person for conducting a research project.
"Project Period" means a minimum of one year and a maximum of
				three years (possibility of two continuation grants).
"Research" means a trained inquiry or experimentation related
				to investigating causes, prevention, and treatments for heart disease.
"Research Fund" means the Heart Disease Treatment and
				Prevention Fund which is a special fund in the State Treasury as described in
				the Act.
"Research Fund Checkoff" means a voluntary process by which an
				Illinois taxpayer may use a provision on the standard individual income tax
				form to contribute to the Heart Disease Treatment and Prevention Fund.
"Research Grant" means funding provided to qualified principal
				investigators to investigate specific questions related to heart disease
				research.
"Screening" means examining and testing for heart
				disease.
"TIN" means the nine digit federal Taxpayer Identification
				Number; Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN); Social Security Number;
				or Governmental Unit Code.
"Training and Continuing Education" means expanding or updating
				the knowledge of research scientists, health care professionals and other
				allied persons.
"Treatment" means the management and care of an individual for
				the purpose of combating heart disease.