Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 25 > Article 1 - General Provisions

• acquisition: means any agreement, arrangement, or activity the consummation of which results in a person acquiring directly or indirectly the control of another person. See Indiana Code 25-1-8.5-1
• active duty: means full-time service in the:

  Indiana Code 25-1-12-2

• advertisement: means any printed, electronic, or oral statement:

  Indiana Code 25-1-10.3-2

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• affiliated: refers to a provider that is a member of the same provider group as another provider. See Indiana Code 25-1-9.1-2
• agency: refers to the Indiana professional licensing agency established by IC 25-1-5-3. See Indiana Code 25-1-13-2
• agency: refers to the Indiana professional licensing agency. See Indiana Code 25-1-16-1
• Allegation: something that someone says happened.
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• applicant: means a person who applies for:

  Indiana Code 25-1-1.2-1

• Appraisal: A determination of property value.
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• approved organization: refers to the following:

  Indiana Code 25-1-4-0.2

• armed forces of the United States: means the active or reserve components of:

  Indiana Code 25-1-12-3

• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Attorney: includes a counselor or other person authorized to appear and represent a party in an action or special proceeding. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• board: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 25-1-1.1-0.5
• board: means an entity that regulates occupations or professions under this title and the department of education as established by IC 20-19-3-1. See Indiana Code 25-1-1.2-2
• board: means any of the entities described in Indiana Code 25-1-4-0.3
• board: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 25-1-5.7-1
• board: means any of the entities described in Indiana Code 25-1-8-1
• board: means any of the entities described in Indiana Code 25-1-9-1
• board: refers to the Indiana board of pharmacy established by IC 25-26-13-3. See Indiana Code 25-1-9.3-2
• board: means any of the entities described in Indiana Code 25-1-11-1
• board: means an entity that regulates a specific regulated occupation. See Indiana Code 25-1-16-2
• board: has the meaning set forth in IC 25-1-8-1. See Indiana Code 25-1-17-1
• board: means any of the entities described in Indiana Code 25-1-21-2
• board members: means members of a regulatory board. See Indiana Code 25-1-3-1
• bureau: means the child support bureau established by IC 31-25-3-1. See Indiana Code 25-1-1.2-3
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• continuing education: means an orderly process of instruction:

  Indiana Code 25-1-4-0.5

• controlled substance: has the meaning set forth in IC 35-48-1-9. See Indiana Code 25-1-9.3-3
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• conviction of concern: means a criminal conviction directly related to the duties and responsibilities of the occupation or profession for which the individual is applying or holds a license or certification as set by the board. See Indiana Code 25-1-1.1-0.7
• covered individual: means an individual who is entitled to coverage under a health plan. See Indiana Code 25-1-9.1-3
• covered individual: means an individual who is entitled to be provided health care services according to a health carrier's network plan. See Indiana Code 25-1-9.8-1
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• deceptive or misleading information: means any information that misrepresents or falsely describes a practitioner's:

  Indiana Code 25-1-10.3-3

• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• dependent: means a natural child, stepchild, or adopted child of a parent who is a member of the armed forces of the United States and who is less than twenty-six (26) years of age and at the time of application under this chapter:

  Indiana Code 25-1-17-1.5

• direct primary care agreement: means a contract entered into between a primary care provider or an employer of a primary care provider and an individual patient or the patient's legal representative in which the primary care provider or the employer of the primary care provider:

  Indiana Code 25-1-10-1

• distant site: means a site at which a practitioner is located while providing health care services through telehealth. See Indiana Code 25-1-9.5-2
• Donor: The person who makes a gift.
• educational degree: means the degree awarded to the practitioner by a college or university in the practitioner's profession, which may be used under the scope of the practitioner's license, including use of its acronym. See Indiana Code 25-1-10.3-3.5
• electronic transmission: has the meaning set forth in IC 25-26-13-2. See Indiana Code 25-1-9.3-4
• emergency medical condition: means a medical condition that arises suddenly and unexpectedly and manifests itself by acute symptoms of such severity, including severe pain, that the absence of immediate medical attention could reasonably be expected by a prudent lay person who possesses an average knowledge of health and medicine to:

  Indiana Code 25-1-9.1-4

• episode of care: means the medical care ordered to be provided for a specific medical procedure, condition, or illness. See Indiana Code 25-1-9.8-1.5
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• eye care professional: means either of the following:

  Indiana Code 25-1-9.5-2.2

• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• gender: means the psychological, behavioral, social, and cultural aspects of being male or female. See Indiana Code 25-1-22-1
• gender reassignment surgery: means any medical or surgical service that seeks to surgically alter or remove healthy physical or anatomical characteristics or features that are typical for the individual's sex, in order to instill or create physiological or anatomical characteristics that resemble a sex different from the individual's sex, including genital gender reassignment surgery or nongenital gender reassignment surgery knowingly performed for the purpose of assisting an individual with a gender transition. See Indiana Code 25-1-22-2
• gender transition: means the process in which an individual shifts from identifying with and living as a gender that corresponds to his or her sex to identifying with and living as a gender different from his or her sex, and may involve social, legal, or physical changes. See Indiana Code 25-1-22-3
• gender transition hormone therapy: means :

  Indiana Code 25-1-22-4

• gender transition procedures: means any medical or surgical service, including physician's services, practitioner's services, inpatient and outpatient hospital services, or prescribed drugs related to gender transition, that seeks to:

  Indiana Code 25-1-22-5

• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• good faith estimate: means a reasonable estimate of the price each provider anticipates charging for an episode of care for nonemergency health care services that:

  Indiana Code 25-1-9.8-2

• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• health care entity: means any of the following:

  Indiana Code 25-1-8.5-2

• health care services: includes the following:

  Indiana Code 25-1-9.5-2.5

• health carrier: means an entity:

  Indiana Code 25-1-9.8-3

• health plan: means :

  Indiana Code 25-1-9.1-5

• in network: when used in reference to a practitioner, means that the health care services provided by the practitioner are subject to a health carrier's network plan. See Indiana Code 25-1-9.8-4
• Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. ^{Source: FDIC}
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• INSPECT: refers to the Indiana scheduled prescription electronic collection and tracking program established by section 4 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 25-1-13-3
• jurisdiction: means the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Indiana Code 25-1-21-3
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• license: as used in this chapter shall be construed to mean and include motor vehicle registration licenses, certificates of title showing the ownership of any motor vehicle, except those classed as passenger vehicles. See Indiana Code 25-1-1-2
• license: has the meaning set forth in IC 25-1-2-6. See Indiana Code 25-1-1.2-5
• license: includes a license, certificate, registration, or permit. See Indiana Code 25-1-5.7-2
• license: includes a license, certificate, registration, or permit. See Indiana Code 25-1-9-3
• license: has the meaning set forth in IC 25-1-2-6. See Indiana Code 25-1-10.3-4
• license: includes a license, certificate, registration, or permit. See Indiana Code 25-1-11-3
• license: includes a license, certificate, or registration. See Indiana Code 25-1-15-1
• license: means :

  Indiana Code 25-1-16-4

• license: means an unlimited license regulating the occupation in question. See Indiana Code 25-1-21-4
• licensing agency: means the Indiana professional licensing agency created by IC 25-1-5-3. See Indiana Code 25-1-5.7-3
• Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
• medical record: means written or printed information possessed by a provider (as defined in IC 16-18-2-295) concerning any diagnosis, treatment, or prognosis of the patient, unless otherwise defined. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• merger: means any change of ownership, including:

  Indiana Code 25-1-8.5-3

• military service: means service performed while an active member of any of the following:

  Indiana Code 25-1-17-2

• military spouse: means the husband or wife of an individual who is a member of the armed forces of the United States. See Indiana Code 25-1-17-3
• minor: means an individual who is less than eighteen (18) years of age. See Indiana Code 25-1-22-7
• national criminal history background check: means the criminal history record system maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation based on fingerprint identification or any other method of positive identification. See Indiana Code 25-1-1.1-4
• national guard: means :

  Indiana Code 25-1-12-4

• network: means a group of two (2) or more providers that have entered into:

  Indiana Code 25-1-9.1-6

• network: means a group of provider facilities and practitioners that:

  Indiana Code 25-1-9.8-5

• network plan: means a plan of a health carrier that:

  Indiana Code 25-1-9.8-6

• network provider: means a provider described in section 6 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 25-1-9.1-7
• nonemergency health care service: means a discrete service or series of services ordered by a practitioner for an episode of care for the:

  Indiana Code 25-1-9.8-7

• nongenital gender reassignment surgery: means medical procedures knowingly performed for the purpose of assisting an individual with a gender transition, including the following:

  Indiana Code 25-1-22-8

• occupational license: means a nontransferable and exclusive authorization in law in which the general assembly establishes the personal qualifications necessary to engage in an occupation or profession. See Indiana Code 25-1-16.5-1
• occupational regulation: means a regulation, rule, policy, fee, condition, test, permit, administrative practice, or other provision in which a public agency establishes the personal qualifications necessary to engage in an occupation or profession. See Indiana Code 25-1-16.5-2
• office: refers to the office of management and budget. See Indiana Code 25-1-16-4.5
• ophthalmic device: means either of the following:

  Indiana Code 25-1-9.5-2.8

• originating site: means any site at which a patient is located at the time health care services through telehealth are provided to the individual. See Indiana Code 25-1-9.5-3
• out of network provider: means a provider that is not described in section 6 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 25-1-9.1-8
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• person: means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, or a limited liability company. See Indiana Code 25-1-11-4
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Personal property: includes goods, chattels, evidences of debt, and things in action. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• personal qualifications: means criteria related to an individual's personal background and characteristics, including the following:

  Indiana Code 25-1-16.5-3

• physician: means an individual who is licensed under Indiana Code 25-1-22-9
• Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
• practitioner: means a person that holds:

  Indiana Code 25-1-1.2-6

• practitioner: means an individual who holds:

  Indiana Code 25-1-9-2

• practitioner: means an individual who holds an unlimited license to practice as any of the following in Indiana:

  Indiana Code 25-1-9.5-3.5

• practitioner: means the following:

  Indiana Code 25-1-9.8-8

• practitioner: means an individual who holds a license issued by a board described in Indiana Code 25-1-10.3-5
• practitioner: means a person that holds:

  Indiana Code 25-1-11-2

• practitioner: means an individual who holds:

  Indiana Code 25-1-12-5

• practitioner: refers to any of the following:

  Indiana Code 25-1-15-2

• practitioner: means an individual who provides health services and holds:

  Indiana Code 25-1-22-10

• prescriber: means any of the following:

  Indiana Code 25-1-9.3-5

• prescriber: means any of the following:

  Indiana Code 25-1-9.5-4

• prescriber: refers to a practitioner who maintains an Indiana controlled substance registration and a federal Drug Enforcement Administration registration. See Indiana Code 25-1-9.7-1
• prescription: has the meaning set forth in IC 25-26-13-2. See Indiana Code 25-1-9.3-6
• price: means the negotiated rate between the:

  Indiana Code 25-1-9.8-8.5

• primary care health services: includes any of the following services that are provided within the primary care provider's scope of practice and for the purpose of promotion of health or the detection and management of disease or injury:

  Indiana Code 25-1-10-3

• primary care provider: means a person that is licensed, certified, or registered under IC 12, IC 16, or this title to provide primary care health services in Indiana. See Indiana Code 25-1-10-2
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• profession: means the name or title of the profession of which a practitioner is a member, as specifically allowed for use by individuals who hold a license, license by endorsement, certificate, or registration from a board described in Indiana Code 25-1-10.3-6
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• provider: means a practitioner described in IC 25-1-9-2(a)(1). See Indiana Code 25-1-9.1-9
• provider: means :

  Indiana Code 25-1-9.8-9

• provider facility: means any of the following:

  Indiana Code 25-1-9.8-10

• provider group: means a legal entity:

  Indiana Code 25-1-9.1-10

• puberty blocking drugs: means :

  Indiana Code 25-1-22-11

• public agency: includes the following:

  Indiana Code 25-1-16.5-4

• referral: means a recommendation or direction made by a provider to a covered individual that the covered individual receive a health care item or service rendered by another provider that is not affiliated with the first provider. See Indiana Code 25-1-9.1-11
• refraction: means a test that is performed to measure an individual's prescription for eye glasses or contact lenses. See Indiana Code 25-1-9.5-4.5
• regulated occupation: has the meaning set forth in IC 25-1-7-1. See Indiana Code 25-1-16-5
• regulatory board: means any state board, commission, or state agency which licenses persons in order to regulate the practice of a particular profession or professions. See Indiana Code 25-1-3-1
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• scleral tattooing: means the practice of producing an indelible mark or figure on the human eye by scarring or inserting a pigment on, in, or under:

  Indiana Code 25-1-19-1

• secretary: means the executive secretary or other person charged with the administration of the affairs of a regulatory board. See Indiana Code 25-1-3-1
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
• sex: means the biological state of being male or female, based on the individual's sex organs, chromosomes, and endogenous hormone profiles. See Indiana Code 25-1-22-12
• sexual contact: means :

  Indiana Code 25-1-9-3.5

• store and forward: means the transmission of a patient's medical information from an originating site to the practitioner at a distant site without the patient being present. See Indiana Code 25-1-9.5-5
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• telehealth: means the delivery of health care services using interactive electronic communications and information technology, in compliance with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), including:

  Indiana Code 25-1-9.5-6

• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Verified: when applied to pleadings, means supported by oath or affirmation in writing. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5