Definitions
Sec. 1. (a) The definitions set forth in this section apply
throughout this chapter.
(b) "Claim statement" means an insurance policy, a document, or
a statement made in support of or in opposition to a claim for
payment or other benefit under an insurance policy, or other evidence
of expense, injury, or loss. The term includes statements made orally,
in writing, or electronically, including the following:
(1) An account.
(2) A bill for services.
(3) A bill of lading.
(4) A claim.
(5) A diagnosis.
(6) An estimate of property damages.
(7) A hospital record.
(8) An invoice.
(9) A notice.
(10) A proof of loss.
(11) A receipt for payment.
(12) A physician's records.
(13) A prescription.
(14) A statement.
(15) A test result.
(16) X-rays.
(c) "Coin machine" means a coin box, vending machine, or other
mechanical or electronic device or receptacle designed:
(1) to receive a coin, bill, or token made for that purpose; and
(2) in return for the insertion or deposit of a coin, bill, or token
automatically:
(A) to offer, provide, or assist in providing; or
(B) to permit the acquisition of;
some property.
(d) "Credit card" means an instrument or device (whether known
as a credit card or charge plate, or by any other name) issued by an
issuer for use by or on behalf of the credit card holder in obtaining
property.
(e) "Credit card holder" means the person to whom or for whose
benefit the credit card is issued by an issuer.
(f) "Customer" means a person who receives or has contracted for
a utility service.
(g) "Drug or alcohol screening test" means a test that:
(1) is used to determine the presence or use of alcohol, a
controlled substance, or a drug in a person's bodily substance;
and
(2) is administered in the course of monitoring a person who is:
(A) incarcerated in a prison or jail;
(B) placed in a community corrections program;
(C) on probation or parole;
(D) participating in a court ordered alcohol or drug treatment
program; or
(E) on court ordered pretrial release.
(h) "Entrusted" means held in a fiduciary capacity or placed in
charge of a person engaged in the business of transporting, storing,
lending on, or otherwise holding property of others.
(i) "Identifying information" means information that identifies an
individual, including an individual's:
(1) name, address, date of birth, place of employment, employer
identification number, mother's maiden name, Social Security
number, or any identification number issued by a governmental
entity;
(2) unique biometric data, including the individual's fingerprint,
voice print, or retina or iris image;
(3) unique electronic identification number, address, or routing
code;
(4) telecommunication identifying information; or
(5) telecommunication access device, including a card, a plate,
a code, a telephone number, an account number, a personal
identification number, an electronic serial number, a mobile
identification number, or another telecommunications service
or device or means of account access that may be used to:
(A) obtain money, goods, services, or any other thing of
value; or
(B) initiate a transfer of funds.
(j) "Insurance policy" includes the following:
(1) An insurance policy.
(2) A contract with a health maintenance organization (as
defined in IC 27-13-1-19) or a limited service health
maintenance organization (as defined in IC 27-13-1-27).
(3) A written agreement entered into under IC 27-1-25.
(k) "Insurer" has the meaning set forth in IC 27-1-2-3(x). The term
also includes the following:
(1) A reinsurer.
(2) A purported insurer or reinsurer.
(3) A broker.
(4) An agent of an insurer, a reinsurer, a purported insurer or
reinsurer, or a broker.
(5) A health maintenance organization.
(6) A limited service health maintenance organization.
(l) "Manufacturer" means a person who manufactures a recording.
The term does not include a person who manufactures a medium
upon which sounds or visual images can be recorded or stored.
(m) "Make" means to draw, prepare, complete, counterfeit, copy
or otherwise reproduce, or alter any written instrument in whole or
in part.
(n) "Metering device" means a mechanism or system used by a
utility to measure or record the quantity of services received by a
customer.
(o) "Public relief or assistance" means any payment made, service
rendered, hospitalization provided, or other benefit extended to a
person by a governmental entity from public funds and includes
township assistance, food stamps, direct relief, unemployment
compensation, and any other form of support or aid.
(p) "Recording" means a tangible medium upon which sounds or
visual images are recorded or stored. The term includes the
following:
(1) An original:
(A) phonograph record;
(B) compact disc;
(C) wire;
(D) tape;
(E) audio cassette;
(F) video cassette; or
(G) film.
(2) Any other medium on which sounds or visual images are or
can be recorded or otherwise stored.
(3) A copy or reproduction of an item in subdivision (1) or (2)
that duplicates an original recording in whole or in part.
(q) "Slug" means an article or object that is capable of being
deposited in a coin machine as an improper substitute for a genuine
coin, bill, or token.
(r) "Utility" means a person who owns or operates, for public use,
any plant, equipment, property, franchise, or license for the
production, storage, transmission, sale, or delivery of electricity,
water, steam, telecommunications, information, or gas.
(s) "Written instrument" means a paper, a document, or other
instrument containing written matter and includes money, coins,
tokens, stamps, seals, credit cards, badges, trademarks, medals, retail
sales receipts, labels or markings (including a universal product code
(UPC) or another product identification code), or other objects or
symbols of value, right, privilege, or identification.
As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.3. Amended by Acts 1977,
P.L.340, SEC.49; P.L.321-1983, SEC.4; P.L.182-1984, SEC.3;
P.L.180-1991, SEC.8; P.L.216-1991, SEC.1; P.L.193-1991, SEC.2;
P.L.247-1993, SEC.1; P.L.150-1994, SEC.2; P.L.2-1995, SEC.127;
P.L.84-2001, SEC.2; P.L.180-2001, SEC.1; P.L.22-2003, SEC.1;
P.L.160-2003, SEC.27; P.L.73-2005, SEC.170; P.L.171-2005,
SEC.1; P.L.181-2005, SEC.5.
Last modified: May 24, 2006