Section 3627. Definitions  


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  • As used or referred to in this title, unless a
      different meaning clearly appears from the context:
        1. "Board" means the board of directors of the corporation established
      by section thirty-six hundred twenty-eight of this title.
        2. "Bonds" means the bonds, notes, or other evidences of  indebtedness
      issued  by the corporation pursuant to this title, and the provisions of
      this title relating to bonds and  bondholders  shall  apply  with  equal
      force  and  effect  to  notes  and noteholders, respectively, unless the
      context otherwise clearly requires.
        3. "Corporation" means  the  public  benefit  corporation  created  by
      section thirty-six hundred twenty-eight of this title, known as the Erie
      County Medical Center Corporation.
        4. "County" means the county of Erie.
        5.  "Health  facility"  means  a  building, structure, or unit, or any
      improvement  to  real  property,  including  all  necessary  and   usual
      attendant and related equipment, facilities, or fixtures, or any part or
      parts  thereof,  or  any combination or combinations thereof, including,
      but not limited to, a general hospital, psychiatric hospital, ambulatory
      clinic or center, chronic disease hospital, nursing home,  extended-care
      facility,  dispensary,  or laboratory, or any other related facility, or
      any combination of the foregoing, constructed,  acquired,  or  otherwise
      provided by or for the use of the corporation or the county in providing
      medical research and health and medical services to the public.
        6.  "Director"  means  a  voting director appointed to the corporation
      pursuant to section thirty-six hundred twenty-eight of this title.
        7. "Network" shall mean the  Erie  County  Medical  Center  healthcare
      network.