An academic institution is an accredited educational institution dedicated to education and research, which grants academic degrees and can include primary, secondary, post-secondary, technical/vocational, professional, or doctorate-level programs.

A health care institution is an organization providing direct patient care services and may include a hospital; clinic; physician, dentist, podiatrist, optometrist, or chiropractic office; home health agency; nursing home; local health department; community health center; mental health agency; hospice; ambulatory surgical center; urgent care center; emergency room; or any other health care provider that provides clinical care.

Any corporation, trust, association, cooperative, or other organization, not including institutes of higher education, that: (1) is operated primarily for scientific, educational, service, charitable, or similar purposes in the public interest; (2) is not organized primaril y for profit; and (3) uses net proceeds to maintain, improve, or expand the operations of the organization.

Any nation or government; any state, province, or other political subdivision thereof; any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory, or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, including any court, arbitrator (public or private); or other body or administrative, regulatory or quasi-judicial authority, agency, department, board, commission or instrumentality of any federal, state, local, or foreign jurisdiction.