Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 25 > Article 22.5 > Chapter 5.5 - Physician Noncompete Agreements

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• 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
• Physician: means any person who holds the degree of doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathy or its equivalent and who holds a valid unlimited license to practice medicine or osteopathic medicine in Indiana. See Indiana Code 25-22.5-1-1.1
• Population: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• primary care physician: refers to a physician practicing in one (1) or more of the following:

  Indiana Code 25-22.5-5.5-1.5

• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5