As used in the Oklahoma Medical Professional Liability Trusts Act:

1. “Allied health care professional” shall mean a physician’s assistant, a certified registered nurse anesthetist or a nurse practitioner who is duly licensed by the appropriate licensing entity of the state and is supervised or employed by a physician and/or health care institution;

2. “Association” shall mean a nonprofit corporation that has been in continuous existence for a period of at least ten (10) years, the purpose of which is to federate into one organization all duly licensed physicians, allied health care professionals and/or health care institutions in this state;

3. “Commissioner” shall mean the Insurance Commissioner;

4. “Department” shall mean the Insurance Department;

5. “Health care institutions” shall mean hospitals, outpatient treatment facilities and facilities licensed pursuant to the Nursing Home Care Act;

6. “Medical professional liability claim” shall mean a claim or cause of action against a physician and/or a health care institution for treatment, lack of treatment, or other claimed departure from accepted standards of health care or safety which proximately results in injury to or death of the patient, whether the patient’s claim or cause of action sounds in tort or contract;

7. “Physician” shall mean a doctor of medicine or osteopathy legally authorized to practice medicine and surgery in this state;

8. “Insureds” shall mean the physician, allied health care professional and health care institution members of an association that have medical professional liability coverage through the trust. “Insureds” shall also include entities and individuals specified in subsection C of Section 60 of this act if authorized by the trust; and

9. “Trust” shall mean a medical professional liability trust created pursuant to the Oklahoma Medical Professional Liability Trusts Act.

Added by Laws 2004, c. 368, § 59, eff. July 1, 2004.