Section 34-6-2-117 - "Professional health care provider" "Professional health care provider", for purposes of IC 34-30-15, means:
(1) a physician licensed under IC 25-22.5;(2) a dentist licensed under IC 25-14;(3) a hospital licensed under IC 16-21;(4) a podiatrist licensed under IC 25-29;(5) a chiropractor licensed under IC 25-10;(6) an optometrist licensed under IC 25-24;(7) a psychologist licensed under IC 25-33;(8) a pharmacist licensed under IC 25-26;(9) a health facility licensed under IC 16-28-2;(10) a registered or licensed practical nurse licensed under IC 25-23;(11) a physical therapist licensed under IC 25-27;(12) a home health agency licensed under IC 16-27-1;(13) a community mental health center (as defined in IC 12-7-2-38);(14) a health care organization whose members, shareholders, subsidiaries, affiliates, or partners are: (A) professional health care providers described in subdivisions (1) through (13);(B) professional corporations comprised of health care professionals (as defined in IC 23-1.5-1-8); or(C) professional health care providers described in subdivisions (1) through (13) and professional corporations comprised of persons described in subdivisions (1) through (13);(15) a private psychiatric hospital licensed under IC 12-25;(16) a preferred provider organization (including a preferred provider arrangement or reimbursement agreement under IC 27-8-11);(17) a health maintenance organization (as defined in IC 27-13-1-19) or a limited service health maintenance organization (as defined in IC 27-13-34-4);(18) a respiratory care practitioner licensed under IC 25-34.5;(19) an occupational therapist licensed under IC 25-23.5;(20) a state institution (as defined in IC 12-7-2-184);(21) a clinical social worker who is licensed under IC 25-23.6-5-2;(22) a managed care provider (as defined in IC 12-7-2-127(b));(23) a nonprofit health care organization affiliated with a hospital that is owned or operated by a religious order, whose members are members of that religious order;(24) a nonprofit health care organization with one (1) or more hospital affiliates;(25) a health care organization that owns or controls, in whole or in part, one (1) or more entities described in subdivisions (1) through (24);(26) A provider organization (as defined in IC 16-18-2-296);(27) a paramedic licensed under IC 16-31;(28) an emergency medical technician certified under IC 16-31;(29) an emergency medical responder certified under IC 16-31; or(30) an advanced emergency medical technician certified under IC 16-31.Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-4-12.6-1(a).
Amended by P.L. 79-2016, SEC. 2, eff. 7/1/2016.Amended by P.L. 29-2013, SEC. 2, eff. 7/1/2013.As added by P.L. 1-1998, SEC.1. Amended by P.L. 60-2000, SEC.29; P.L. 223-2001, SEC.11; P.L. 197-2007, SEC.92.