[Part iV.]  PUBLIC-PRIVATE partnerships for the delivery of

 health care services at MAUI REGIONAL SYSTEM FACILITIES

     [§323F-51]  Definitions.  As used in this part:

     "Nonprofit management entity" means a nonprofit organization duly authorized to transact business in the State, the sole shareholder or member of which is the private entity, whose principal purpose is to manage and operate a medical care facility.

     "Pre-transfer facility" means a facility of the Maui regional system prior to its transformation into a transferred facility.

     "Private entity" means a business organization duly authorized to transact business in the State that:

     (1)  Has a certificate of need to operate one or more licensed hospitals in the State obtained from the state health planning and development agency pursuant to part V of chapter 323D; or

     (2)  Is the sole member of a nonprofit management entity or hospital that has a certificate of need to operate one or more licensed hospitals in the State obtained from the state health planning and development agency pursuant to part V of chapter 323D.

     "Transfer completion date" means the date specified as the transfer completion date in an agreement entered into pursuant to section 323F-52, including any extensions allowed under the terms of such agreement.

     "Transferred facility" means a medical facility of the Maui regional system for which the right and responsibility to manage, operate, and otherwise provide health care services at the facility is transferred to a private entity or its nonprofit management entity pursuant to this part. [L 2015, c 103, pt of §2]