As used in this chapter:
(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: For damages from a tortfeasor; or
(3) For benefits from an insurer;
(4) “Hospital” means a person that maintains an establishment in which sick and injured persons are given medical and surgical care;
(5) “Injury” means impairment of bodily, nervous, or mental integrity or health;
(6) “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;
(7) “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;
(8) “Person” means a natural person, a partnership, an association, or a corporation;
(9) “Practitioner” means a person licensed to: Treat human ailments under the provisions of § 17-95-202 et seq.;
(10) Practice dentistry as defined in § 17-82-102;
(11) Practice chiropractic under the provisions of the Arkansas Chiropractic Practices Act, § 17-81-101 et seq.;
(12) Practice massage therapy under the Massage Therapy Act, § 17-86-101 et seq.; and
(13) Practice physical therapy under the Arkansas Physical Therapy Act, § 17-93-101 et seq.;
(14) “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
(15) “Tortfeasor” means a person through whose fault or neglect a person is injured.