Indiana legal term
health care provider in Indiana Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Indiana legislative session
In Indiana criminal law, “health care provider” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Indiana criminal code.
What does “health care provider” mean in Indiana criminal law?
"health care provider" means: (1) a hospital licensed under IC 16-21 ; (2) a health facility licensed under IC 16-28 ; (3) a housing services establishment that is required to file a disclosure statement under IC 12-15 ; (4) a continuing care retirement community that is required to file a disclosure statement under IC 23-2-4 ; (5) a home health agency licensed under IC 16-27 ; (6) a hospice licensed under IC 16-25 ; (7) an entity that provides licensed or certified health care professionals to: (A) a health care provider; or (B) a person who is in need of, or receives, professional health car (Ind. Code § 35-46-7-1)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Pharmacy or NPLEx retailer; sale of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine; maximum purchase amounts; record keeping and electronic transmission of sales to NPLEx; suspicious orders and thefts; liability
- Possession or sale of drug precursors
- Assisting suicide
- Obstruction of delivery of prescription drug
- Regulated transactions; requirement that transaction be executed in writing; penalty
Related terms in the same statutes
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