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: (A) For damages from a tortfeasor; or(B) For benefits from an insurer;(3) 'Hospital' means a person that maintains an establishment in which sick and injured persons are given medical and surgical care;(4) 'Injury' means impairment of bodily, nervous, or mental integrity or health;(5) '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;(6) '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;(7) 'Person' means a natural person, a partnership, an association, or a corporation;(8) 'Practitioner' means a person licensed to:(A) Treat human ailments under the provisions of § 17-95-202 et seq.;(B) Practice dentistry as defined in § 17-82-102;(C) Practice chiropractic under the provisions of the Arkansas Chiropractic Practices Act, § 17-81-101 et seq.;(D) Practice massage therapy under seq.;(B) Practice dentistry as defined in § 17-82-102;(C) Practice chiropractic under the provisions of the Arkansas Chiropractic Practices Act, § 17-81-101 et seq.;(D) Practice massage therapy under the Massage Therapy Act, § 17-86-101 et seq.; and(E) Practice physical therapy under the Arkansas Physical Therapy Act, § 17-93-101 et seq.;(9) '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(10) 'Tortfeasor' means a person through whose fault or neglect a person is injured.Acts 1933, No. 130, § 1; Pope's Dig., §§ 7989, 10818; Acts 1971, No. 194, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 51-801; Acts 1991, No. 1156, § 1; 1993, No. 271, § 2; 2001, No. 363, § 1; 2005, No. 1671, § 1.
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