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Indiana Code Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure § 34-6-2.1-165

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 165. “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 provider (as defined in IC 12-7-2-149.1(5));

(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.

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