Indiana Code

Ind. Code § 34-18-2-14 (2026)

"Health care provider"

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     Sec. 14. "Health care provider" means any of the following:

(1) An individual, a partnership, a limited liability company, a corporation, a professional corporation, a facility, or an institution licensed or legally authorized by this state to provide health care or professional services as a physician, psychiatric hospital, hospital, health facility, emergency ambulance service (IC 16-18-2-107), dentist, registered or licensed practical nurse, physician assistant, certified nurse midwife, anesthesiologist assistant, optometrist, podiatrist, chiropractor, physical therapist, respiratory care practitioner, occupational therapist, psychologist, paramedic, advanced emergency medical technician, or emergency medical technician, or a person who is an officer, employee, or agent of the individual, partnership, corporation, professional corporation, facility, or institution acting in the course and scope of the person's employment.

(2) A college, university, or junior college that provides health care to a student, faculty member, or employee, and the governing board or a person who is an officer, employee, or agent of the college, university, or junior college acting in the course and scope of the person's employment.

(3) A blood bank, community mental health center, community intellectual disability center, community health center, or migrant health center.

(4) A home health agency (as defined in IC 16-27-1-2).

(5) A health maintenance organization (as defined in IC 27-13-1-19).

(6) A health care organization whose members, shareholders, or partners are health care providers under subdivision (1).

(7) A corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or professional corporation not otherwise qualified under this section that:

(A) as one (1) of its functions, provides health care;

(B) is organized or registered under state law; and

(C) is determined to be eligible for coverage as a health care provider under this article for its health care function.

Coverage for a health care provider qualified under this subdivision is limited to its health care functions and does not extend to other causes of action.

[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-2-14.]

As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.205-2003, SEC.43; P.L.77-2012, SEC.61; P.L.232-2013, SEC.23; P.L.117-2015, SEC.44; P.L.182-2016, SEC.4.

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 29 cases (8 in the last 5 years), 1999–2026 · leading case: Kroger Co. v. Est. of Hinders, 773 N.E.2d 303 (Ind. Ct. App. 2002).
Kroger Co. v. Est. of Hinders, 773 N.E.2d 303 (Ind. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 10× “Ind.Code § 34-18-2-14 (1998). The current statute reads: “Health care provider” means any of the following: (1) An individual, a partnership, a limited liability company, a corporation, a professional corporation, a facility, or an institution licensed or legally authorized by…”
Nasser v. St. Vincent Hosp. & Health Servs., 926 N.E.2d 43 (Ind. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 3× “§ 34-18-2-14(1). Each party to an action has the right to select one health care provider, and upon selection, the two health care providers thus selected then select the third panelist.”
H.D. v. BHC Meadows Hosp., Inc., 884 N.E.2d 849 (Ind. Ct. App. 2008). · cites it 2× “"Health care provider" is defined by I.C. § 34-18-2-14. It is undisputed that Meadows Hospital is a qualifying "health care provider.”
Harris v. Raymond, 715 N.E.2d 388 (Ind. 1999). · cites it 2× “[or] dentist_” Ind.Code § 34-18-2-14(1) (1998). Given the goal of the Act, it is appropriate to construe the terms “based on health care or professional services,” as used both in § 34-18-7-l(b) and § 34-18-2-18, to include the asserted negligent insertion of a dental implant…”
Linda Martinez, as the Pers. Rep. of the Est. of Roy Martinez v. Oaklawn Psychiatric Ctr., 128 N.E.3d 549 (Ind. Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 2× “Indiana Code section 34-18-2-14 defines a "health care provider" in pertinent part as: An individual, a partnership, a limited liability company, a corporation, a professional corporation, a facility, or an institution licensed or legally authorized by this state to provide…”
B.R. ex rel. Todd v. State, 1 N.E.3d 708 (Ind. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 2× “I.C. § 34-18-2-14 (emphasis added). We are not persuaded by the Health Center's reliance on this "catch-all provision.”
Winona Mem'l Hosp., Ltd. P'ship v. Kuester, 737 N.E.2d 824 (Ind. Ct. App. 2000). · cites it 2× “The statutory definition of health care provider contained in Indiana Code § 34-18-2-14 includes an organization like Winona or a representative member of Winona’s credentialing body.”
Est. of O'Neal Ex Rel. Pers. Rep. Newkirk v. Bethlehem Wood Nursing & Rehabilation Ctr., LLC, 878 N.E.2d 303 (Ind. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “The MMA’s statute of limitation, for example, "applies,” if, among other things, the defendant is a "health care provider” within the meaning of Indiana Code section 34-18-2-14 and is "qualified” within the meaning of Indiana Code section 34-18-3-2.”
Moyer v. Three Unnamed Physicians From Marion Cnty. & Delaware Cnty., 845 N.E.2d 252 (Ind. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “See Ind.Code §§ 34-18-2-14, -8-4, 8-7. In the lawsuit, the Moyers also named Dr.”
Thayer v. OrRico, 792 N.E.2d 919 (Ind. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “See Ind.Code § 34-18-2-14 (1998). Under the Act, a patient is defined as “an individual who receives or should have received health care from a health care provider, under a contract, express or implied, and includes a person having a claim of any kind, whether derivative or…”
Curts v. Miller's Health Sys., Inc., 972 N.E.2d 966 (Ind. Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 2× “Indiana Code section 34-18-2-14 defines “health care provider," and includes in its definition "registered or licensed practical nurse.”
Mullins v. Parkview Hosp., Inc., 830 N.E.2d 45 (Ind. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 2× “See Ind.Code § 34-18-2-14. 4 . We note that although there were numerous briefs filed in this case, only Parkview and St.”
— Ind. Code § 34-18-2-14(1) — 7 cases
Nasser v. St. Vincent Hosp. & Health Servs., 926 N.E.2d 43 (Ind. Ct. App. 2010). “§ 34-18-2-14(1). Each party to an action has the right to select one health care provider, and upon selection, the two health care providers thus selected then select the third panelist.”
Harris v. Raymond, 715 N.E.2d 388 (Ind. 1999). “[or] dentist_” Ind.Code § 34-18-2-14(1) (1998). Given the goal of the Act, it is appropriate to construe the terms “based on health care or professional services,” as used both in § 34-18-7-l(b) and § 34-18-2-18, to include the asserted negligent insertion of a dental implant…”
M v. v. Charter Terre Haute Behavioral Health Sys., Inc., 712 N.E.2d 1064 (Ind. Ct. App. 1999).
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