Sec. 13. "Health care" means an act or treatment performed or furnished, or that should have been performed or furnished, by a health care provider for, to, or on behalf of a patient during the patient's medical care, treatment, or confinement.
Ind. Code § 34-18-2-13
"Health care"
Applied in 8 court decisions — leading case Community Hospital & Fitness Pointe Health Club v. Avant (2003)
Most recently applied in Amy K. Metz, as Mother and Next Friend of Kiara K. Metz, an incapacitated minor v. Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center-Plymouth Campus, Inc. (mem. dec.) (November 2018)
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.
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Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.