IC 34-6-2.1-165 — "Professional health care provider"
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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 12-7-2.1-78); (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 12-7-2.1-318); (21) a clinical social worker who is licensed under IC 25-23.6-5-2; (22) a provider (as defined in IC 12-7-2.1-267(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.
As added by P.L.186-2025, SEC.176. Amended by P.L.145-2026, SEC.224.
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