(a)Except as provided in subsection (c),
"health care provider", for purposes of IC 16-21 and IC 16-41, means
any of the following:
(1)An individual, a partnership, a corporation, a professional
corporation, a facility, or an institution licensed or legally
authorized by this state to provide health care or professional
services as a licensed physician, a psychiatric hospital, a hospital,
a health facility, an emergency ambulance service (IC 16-31-3),
a dentist, a registered or licensed practical nurse, a midwife, an
optometrist, a pharmacist, a podiatrist, a chiropractor, a physical
therapist, a respiratory care practitioner, an occupational therapist,
a psychologist, a paramedic, an emergency medical technician, an
advanced emergency medical technician, an athletic trainer, or a
person
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(a) Except as provided in subsection (c),
"health care provider", for purposes of IC 16-21 and IC 16-41, means
any of the following:
(1) An individual, a partnership, a corporation, a professional
corporation, a facility, or an institution licensed or legally
authorized by this state to provide health care or professional
services as a licensed physician, a psychiatric hospital, a hospital,
a health facility, an emergency ambulance service (IC 16-31-3),
a dentist, a registered or licensed practical nurse, a midwife, an
optometrist, a pharmacist, a podiatrist, a chiropractor, a physical
therapist, a respiratory care practitioner, an occupational therapist,
a psychologist, a paramedic, an emergency medical technician, an
advanced emergency medical technician, an athletic trainer, or a
person who is an officer, employee, or agent of the individual,
partnership, corporation, professional corporation, facility, or
institution acting in the course and scope of the person's
employment.
(2) A college, university, or junior college that provides health
care to a student, a faculty member, or an employee, and the
governing board or a person who is an officer, employee, or agent
of the college, university, or junior college acting in the course
and scope of the person's employment.
(3) A blood bank, community mental health center, community
intellectual disability center, community health center, or migrant
health center.
(4) A home health agency (as defined in IC 16-27-1-2).
(5) A health maintenance organization (as defined in IC 27-13-1-19).
(6) A health care organization whose members, shareholders, or
partners are health care providers under subdivision (1).
(7) A corporation, partnership, or professional corporation not
otherwise qualified under this subsection that:
(A) provides health care as one (1) of the corporation's,
partnership's, or professional corporation's functions;
(B) is organized or registered under state law; and
(C) is determined to be eligible for coverage as a health care
provider under IC 34-18 for the corporation's, partnership's, or
professional corporation's health care function.
Coverage for a health care provider qualified under this subdivision is
limited to the health care provider's health care functions and does not
extend to other causes of action.
(b) "Health care provider", for purposes of IC 16-35, has the
meaning set forth in subsection (a). However, for purposes of IC 16-35,
the term also includes a health facility (as defined in section 167 of this
chapter).
(c) "Health care provider", for purposes of IC 16-32-5, IC 16-36-5,
IC 16-36-6, and IC 16-41-10 means an individual licensed or
authorized by this state to provide health care or professional services
as:
(1) a licensed physician;
(2) a registered nurse;
(3) a licensed practical nurse;
(4) an advanced practice registered nurse;
(5) a certified nurse midwife;
(6) a paramedic;
(7) an emergency medical technician;
(8) an advanced emergency medical technician;
(9) an emergency medical responder, as defined by section 109.8
of this chapter;
(10) a licensed dentist;
(11) a home health aide, as defined by section 174 of this chapter;
or
(12) a licensed physician assistant.
The term includes an individual who is an employee or agent of a
health care provider acting in the course and scope of the individual's
employment.
(d) "Health care provider", for purposes of IC 16-36-7, has the
meaning set forth in IC 16-36-7-12.
(e) "Health care provider", for purposes of IC 16-40-4, means any
of the following:
(1) An individual, a partnership, a corporation, a professional
corporation, a facility, or an institution licensed or authorized by
the state to provide health care or professional services as a
licensed physician, a psychiatric hospital, a hospital, a health
facility, an emergency ambulance service (IC 16-31-3), an
ambulatory outpatient surgical center, a dentist, an optometrist, a
pharmacist, a podiatrist, a chiropractor, a psychologist, or a
person who is an officer, employee, or agent of the individual,
partnership, corporation, professional corporation, facility, or
institution acting in the course and scope of the person's
employment.
(2) A blood bank, laboratory, community mental health center,
community intellectual disability center, community health
center, or migrant health center.
(3) A home health agency (as defined in IC 16-27-1-2).
(4) A health maintenance organization (as defined in IC 27-13-1-19).
(5) A health care organization whose members, shareholders, or
partners are health care providers under subdivision (1).
(6) A corporation, partnership, or professional corporation not
otherwise specified in this subsection that:
(A) provides health care as one (1) of the corporation's,
partnership's, or professional corporation's functions;
(B) is organized or registered under state law; and
(C) is determined to be eligible for coverage as a health care
provider under IC 34-18 for the corporation's, partnership's, or
professional corporation's health care function.
(7) A person that is designated to maintain the records of a person
described in subdivisions (1) through (6).
(f) "Health care provider", for purposes of IC 16-45-4, has the
meaning set forth in 47 CFR 54.601(a).
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citations: 16-1-9.5-9; 16-8-11-3;
16-8-12-1(3).]