Sec. 179. (a) “Hospital”, except as provided in subsections (b) through (g), means a hospital that is licensed under IC 16-21-2.

     (b) “Hospital”, for purposes of IC 16-21, means an institution, a place, a building, or an agency that holds out to the general public that it is operated for hospital purposes and that it provides care, accommodations, facilities, and equipment, in connection with the services of a physician, to individuals who may need medical or surgical services. The term does not include the following:

(1) Freestanding health facilities.

(2) Hospitals or institutions specifically intended to diagnose, care, and treat the following:

(A) Individuals with a mental illness (as defined in IC 12-7-2-117.6).

(B) Individuals with developmental disabilities (as defined in IC 12-7-2-61).

(3) Offices of physicians where patients are not regularly kept as bed patients.

(4) Convalescent homes, boarding homes, or homes for the aged.

(5) Rural emergency hospitals.

     (c) “Hospital”, for purposes of IC 16-22-8, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-22-8-5.

     (d) “Hospital”, for purposes of IC 16-23.5, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-23.5-1-9.

     (e) “Hospital” or “tuberculosis hospital”, for purposes of IC 16-24, means an institution or a facility for the treatment of individuals with tuberculosis.

     (f) “Hospital”, for purposes of IC 16-34, means a hospital (as defined in subsection (b)) that:

(1) is required to be licensed under IC 16-21-2; or

(2) is operated by an agency of the United States.

     (g) “Hospital”, for purposes of IC 16-41-12, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-41-12-6.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citations: 16-1-8-1 part; 16-1-8.5-1; 16-8-7-1(b) part; 16-10-1-6(a); 16-12-21-1; 16-12.1-1-2(d), 35-1-58.5-1(c).]

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.144-1996, SEC.1; P.L.162-1999, SEC.3; P.L.2-2007, SEC.186; P.L.99-2007, SEC.154; P.L.147-2023, SEC.1.