N.D. Admin. Code 33-03-31-01
Unless otherwise defined, or made inappropriate by context, all words used in this chapter have the meanings given to them under North Dakota Century Code chapter 23-17.5, except:
1. "Applicant" or "applicants" means the party or parties to a cooperative agreement for which a certificate of approval is sought under this chapter.
2. "Certificate" means a certificate of public advantage issued under this chapter.
3. "Competition" means that state of the relevant market in which individual buyers and sellers do not influence price by their purchases or sales.
4. "Relevant geographic market" means that geographic area from which the applicants traditionally draw significant patronage in the relevant product market, or, in the case of a new product, that area from which the applicants may reasonably anticipate significant patronage.
5. "Relevant product market" means a product or group of products offered by the applicants under the cooperative agreement and all products or groups of products that a reasonable health care consumer would find to be acceptable substitutes.
N.D. Admin Code 33-03-31-01
General Authority: NDCC 23-01-03, 28-32-02
Law Implemented: NDCC 23-17.5-01