Indiana Code 34-30-12.5-2. “Health care provider”
(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:
Terms Used In Indiana Code 34-30-12.5-2
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
(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.
As added by P.L.136-2003, SEC.2.