"Patient"
Sec. 22. "Patient" means an individual who receives or should
have received health care from a health care provider, under a
contract, express or implied, and includes a person having a claim of
any kind, whether derivative or otherwise, as a result of alleged
malpractice on the part of a health care provider. Derivative claims
include the claim of a parent or parents, guardian, trustee, child,
relative, attorney, or any other representative of the patient including
claims for loss of services, loss of consortium, expenses, and other
similar claims.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.
Last modified: May 24, 2006