LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does legal representative mean? 

• LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE (noun)
  The noun LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE has 1 sense:

1. a personal representative with legal standing (as by power of attorney or the executor of a will)

  Familiarity information: LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A personal representative with legal standing (as by power of attorney or the executor of a will)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("legal representative" is a kind of...):

personal representative (a person who manages the affairs of another)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

 Context examples 

EXAMPLE(S): part, department, center, legal representative.

(Organization Relationship Type Code, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

EXAMPLE(S): The relationship between an organization and its legal representative, the whole/part relationship between an organization and its sub organizations (e.g. departments, divisions).

(Organization Relationship, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

An indicator that can be set or unset in order to signal whether a signed authorization from a patient, or his legal representative, or clinical study participant for the use or disclosure of oral, written, or electronic form of confidential health information that identifies the individual and relates to the medical history, diagnosis, treatment, or prognosis of his condition has been obtained.

(Authorization for Release of Confidential Health Information Indicator, NCI Thesaurus)

A required by the HIPAA Privacy Rule signed authorization from a patient, or his legal representative, or clinical study participant for the use or disclosure of oral, written, or electronic form of confidential health information that identifies the individual and relates to the medical history, diagnosis, treatment, or prognosis of his condition.

(Authorization for Release of Confidential Health Information, NCI Thesaurus)