Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 16 > Article 48 - Other Health Care Providers and Services

• anatomic pathology service: means any of the following performed by a physician or under the supervision of a physician on a sample taken from a human body:

  Indiana Code 16-48-1-1

• Attorney: includes a counselor or other person authorized to appear and represent a party in an action or special proceeding. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• physician: includes a physician group practice. See Indiana Code 16-48-1-2
• provider: means a health care provider or a clinical laboratory. See Indiana Code 16-48-1-3
• second opinion: means consultation, histologic processing, or additional testing performed on a sample by a second provider after an anatomic pathology service is performed on the sample by a first provider. See Indiana Code 16-48-1-4