§ 34-30-12.5-2 — "Health care provider"

Indiana § 34-30-12.5-2

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 34: CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE
• Art. 30: IMMUNITY FROM CIVIL LIABILITY
• Ch. 12.5: Health Care: Immunity of Hospitals and Certain

Text

As used in this chapter, "health care
provider" means the following:
(1) An individual, a partnership, a professional corporation, a
facility, or an institution licensed or legally authorized by the state
to provide health care or professional services as any of the
following:
(A) A licensed physician.
(B) A psychiatric hospital.
(C) A hospital.
(D) A health facility.
(E) A nurse licensed under IC 25-23.
(F) A paramedic.
(G) An emergency technician.
(H) An advanced emergency technician.
(2) An employee of an individual or entity described in
subdivision (1).
(3) A member of the medical staff of an individual or entity
described in subdivision (1).
(4) An individual who has been authorized by the governing
board of an individual or entity described in subdivision (1) to
provide health care services on the individual's or entity's
premises or on the individual's or entity's behalf.
(5) An individual who, under contract with an individual or entity
described in subdivision (1), administers an inoculation or
another medical countermeasure against an actual or a potential
bioterrorist incident or another actual or potential public health
emergency under the circumstances described in section 1 of this
chapter.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.136-2003, SEC.2.