"Health care provider"
Sec. 14. "Health care provider" means any of the following:
(1) An individual, a partnership, a limited liability company, 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 physician, psychiatric
hospital, hospital, health facility, emergency ambulance service
(IC 16-18-2-107), dentist, registered or licensed practical nurse,
physician assistant, midwife, optometrist, podiatrist,
chiropractor, physical therapist, respiratory care practitioner,
occupational therapist, psychologist, paramedic, emergency
medical technician-intermediate, emergency medical
technician-basic advanced, or emergency medical technician, 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, faculty member, or 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
mental retardation 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, limited liability company, partnership, or
professional corporation not otherwise qualified under this
section that:
(A) as one (1) of its functions, provides health care;
(B) is organized or registered under state law; and
(C) is determined to be eligible for coverage as a health care
provider under this article for its health care function.
Coverage for a health care provider qualified under this
subdivision is limited to its health care functions and does not
extend to other causes of action.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.205-2003,
SEC.43.
Last modified: May 24, 2006