Section 25-51-102 - Definitions

As used in this article 51, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) 'Adverse health-care incident' means an objective and definable outcome arising from or related to patient care that results in the death or physical injury of a patient.(2)(a) 'Health-care provider' means any person who is licensed, certified, registered, or otherwise permitted by state law to administer health care in the ordinary course of business or in the practice of a profession.(b) 'Health-care provider' includes a professional service corporation, limited liability company, or registered limited liability partnership organized pursuant to state law for the practice of a health-care profession.(3) 'Health facility' means a facility licensed or certified by the department of public health and environment pursuant to section 25-1.5-103(1)(a).(4)(a) 'Open discussion' means all communications that are made under section 25-51-103 and includes memoranda, work product, documents, and other materials that: (I) Are prepared for, or submitted in the course of or in connection with, communications under section 25-51-103; and(II) Are not materials described in subsection (4)(b) of this section.(b) 'Open

: (I) Are prepared for, or submitted in the course of or in connection with, communications under section 25-51-103; and(II) Are not materials described in subsection (4)(b) of this section.(b) 'Open discussion' does not include communications, memoranda, work product, documents, or other materials that are otherwise subject to discovery and that were not prepared specifically for use in an open discussion under section 25-51-103 as specified in section 25-51-105(2).(5) 'Patient' means a person who receives health care from a health-care provider, or the person's legal representative if the person is an unemancipated minor under the age of eighteen, deceased, or incapacitated. If the patient is deceased, 'patient' includes the parties recognized under section 13-21-201.(6) 'Public employee' has the same meaning as in section 24-10-103(4).(7) 'Public entity' has the same meaning as in section 24-10-103(5).Added by 2019 Ch. 144,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2019.L. 2019: Entire article added, (SB 19-201), ch. 1752, p. 1752, § 1, effective July 1.