Arkansas Code Title 18. Property § 18-46-102. Definitions

(1) “Ambulance service provider” means a provider that renders services as defined in § 14-266-103(1) and (2);

(2) “Claim” means the claim of a patient:

(3) “Hospital” means a person that maintains an establishment in which sick and injured persons are given medical and surgical care;

(4) “Injury” means impairment of bodily, nervous, or mental integrity or health;

(5) “Insurer” means a person that by a contract of insurance has undertaken to indemnify a patient against loss through injury resulting from accident or accidental means;

(6) “Patient” means a person injured through the fault or neglect of another person, for the relief or cure of whose injury a practitioner, nurse, or hospital renders service;

(7) “Person” means a natural person, a partnership, an association, or a corporation;

(8) “Practitioner” means a person licensed to:

(9) “Service” means personal service, food, lodging, ambulance service, medical supplies and appliances, and whatever else is reasonably necessary for the care, treatment, and maintenance of a patient; and

(10) “Tortfeasor” means a person through whose fault or neglect a person is injured.