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§ 18-46-102. Definitions

AR Code § 18-46-102 (2018) (N/A)
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(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:

(A) For damages from a tortfeasor; or

(B) For benefits from an insurer;

(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:

(A) Treat human ailments under the provisions of § 17-95-202 et seq.;

(B) Practice dentistry as defined in § 17-82-102;

(C) Practice chiropractic under the provisions of the Arkansas Chiropractic Practices Act, § 17-81-101 et seq.;

(D) Practice massage therapy under the Massage Therapy Act, § 17-86-101 et seq.; and

(E) Practice physical therapy under the Arkansas Physical Therapy Act, § 17-93-101 et seq.;

(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.

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§ 18-46-102. Definitions