Vermont § 9402 - Definitions As used in this chapter, unless otherwise indicated:

§ 9402. Definitions As used in this chapter, unless otherwise indicated:

• (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Financial Regulation or the Commissioner’s
  designee. (2) “Community report” means the hospital report prepared under section 9405a of this title. (3) “Department” means the Department of Financial Regulation. (4) [Repealed.] (5) “Expenditure analysis” means the expenditure analysis developed pursuant to section 9383 of this title. (6) “Health care facility” means all institutions, whether public or private, proprietary
  or nonprofit, that offer diagnosis, treatment, inpatient, or ambulatory care to two
  or more unrelated persons, and the buildings in which those services are offered.
  The term shall not apply to any facility operated by religious groups relying solely
  on spiritual means through prayer or healing but includes all institutions included
  in subdivision 9432(8) of this title, except health maintenance organizations. (7) “Health care provider” means a person, partnership, or corporation, other than a facility
  or institution, licensed or certified or authorized by law to provide professional
  health care service in this State to an individual during that individual’s medical
  care, treatment, or confinement. (8) “Health insurer” means any health insurance company, nonprofit hospital and medical
  service corporation, managed care organizations, and, to the extent permitted under
  federal law, any administrator of an insured, self-insured, or publicly funded health
  care benefit plan offered by public and private entities. (9) “Health maintenance organization” means any person certified to operate a health maintenance
  organization by the Commissioner pursuant to 8 V.S.A. chapter 139. (10) “Health Resource Allocation Plan” means the plan published by the Green Mountain Care
  Board in accordance with subsection 9405