Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 25 > Article 22.5 > Chapter 1 - Definitions and Exclusions

• Agency: refers to the Indiana professional licensing agency under IC 25-1-5. See Indiana Code 25-22.5-1-1.1
• Board: refers to the medical licensing board of Indiana. See Indiana Code 25-22.5-1-1.1
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Drug or medicine: means any medicine, compound, or chemical or biological preparation intended for internal or external use of humans, and all substances intended to be used for the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, or prevention of diseases or abnormalities of humans, which are recognized in the latest editions published of the United States Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary, or otherwise established as a drug or medicine. See Indiana Code 25-22.5-1-1.1
• Judgment: means all final orders, decrees, and determinations in an action and all orders upon which executions may issue. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Licensee: means any individual holding a valid unlimited license issued by the board under this article. See Indiana Code 25-22.5-1-1.1
• Medical school: means a nationally accredited college of medicine or of osteopathic medicine approved by the board. See Indiana Code 25-22.5-1-1.1
• Nursing school: includes a hospital nursing school, a nursing program, and a nursing department of a postsecondary educational institution. See Indiana Code 25-22.5-1-1.2
• Physician: means any person who holds the degree of doctor of medicine or doctor of osteopathy or its equivalent and who holds a valid unlimited license to practice medicine or osteopathic medicine in Indiana. See Indiana Code 25-22.5-1-1.1
• Physician assistant: means an individual who:

  Indiana Code 25-22.5-1-1.1

• Practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine: means any one (1) or a combination of the following:

  Indiana Code 25-22.5-1-1.1

• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5