655.001(1)

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(1) “Board of governors” means the board created under § 619.04 (3).

655.001(2)

(2) “Claimant” means the person filing a request for mediation under § 655.44 or 655.445.

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(4) “Department” means the department of health services.

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(6) “Fiscal year” means the period beginning on July 1 and ending on the following June 30.

655.001(7)

(7) “Fund” means the injured patients and families compensation fund under § 655.27.

655.001(7m)

(7m) “Graduate medical education program” means a program approved by the medical examining board that provides postgraduate medical education and training for a person who possesses a diploma from a medical or osteopathic college or who has the equivalent education and experience from a foreign medical school recognized by the Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates.

655.001(11)

(11) “Principal place of practice” means any of the following:

655.001(11)(a)

(a) The state in which a health care provider furnishes health care services to more than 50% of his or her patients in a fiscal year.

655.001(11)(b)

(b) The state in which a health care provider derives more than 50% of his or her income in a fiscal year from the practice of his or her profession.

655.001(7t)

(7t) “Health care practitioner” means a health care professional, as defined in § 180.1901 (1m), who is an employee of a health care provider described in § 655.002 (1)(d), (e), (em), or (f) and who has the authority to provide health care services that are not in collaboration with a physician under § 441.15 (2)(b) or under the direction and supervision of a physician or nurse anesthetist.

655.001(8)

(8) “Health care provider” means a person to whom this chapter applies under § 655.002 (1) or a person who elects to be subject to this chapter under § 655.002 (2).

655.001(9)

(9) “Nurse anesthetist” means a nurse licensed under ch. 441 or in a party state, as defined in § 441.50 (2)(j), who is certified as a nurse anesthetist by the American association of nurse anesthetists.

655.001(10)

(10) “Patient” means an individual who received or should have received health care services from a health care provider or from an employee of a health care provider acting within the scope of his or her employment.

655.001(10m)

(10m) “Physician” means a medical or osteopathic physician licensed under ch. 448.

655.001(12)

(12) “Representative” means the personal representative, spouse, parent, guardian, attorney or other legal agent of a patient.

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(13) “Respondent” means the person alleged to have been negligent in a request for mediation filed under § 655.44 or 655.445.