CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS; DEFINITIONS
IC 21-44
ARTICLE 44. MEDICAL EDUCATION SYSTEM
IC 21-44-1
Chapter 1. General Provisions; Definitions
IC 21-44-1-1
Applicability
Sec. 1. The definitions in this chapter apply throughout this
article.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.285.
IC 21-44-1-2
"Anatomical education program"
Sec. 2. "Anatomical education program" means a program that
provides for the:
(1) acquisition of cadavers for educational purposes for use in
health education programs at postsecondary educational
institutions;
(2) distribution of the cadavers to eligible institutions;
(3) use of the cadavers for educational purposes by eligible
institutions; and
(4) final disposition of the cadavers.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.285.
IC 21-44-1-3
"Board"
Sec. 3. (a) "Board", for purposes of IC 21-44-5, refers to the
medical education board established by IC 21-44-5-1.
(b) "Board", for purposes of IC 21-44-6, refers to the mental
health services development programs board established by
IC 21-44-6-1.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.285. Amended by P.L.170-2009,
SEC.5.
IC 21-44-1-4
"Cadaver"
Sec. 4. "Cadaver" means a whole human postmortem body that:
(1) has been donated under IC 29-2-16.1;
(2) is unclaimed by a relative or other legal representative and
that would otherwise be required to be buried at public expense;
or
(3) is otherwise legally procured by the Indiana University
School of Medicine.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.285. Amended by P.L.147-2007,
SEC.10.
IC 21-44-1-5
"Center"
Sec. 5. "Center", for purposes of IC 21-44-4, refers to a center for
comprehensive medical education established under IC 21-44-4.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.285.
IC 21-44-1-6
"Clinical teaching and training program"
Sec. 6. "Clinical teaching and training program", for purposes of
IC 21-44-5, refers to a clinical teaching and training program
established under the plan under IC 21-44-5.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.285.
IC 21-44-1-7
"Family practice"
Sec. 7. "Family practice" means that medical specialty that:
(1) is called family practice; and
(2) provides personal physicians who:
(A) serve as first medical contacts for patients;
(B) provide a means of entering the health care system; and
(C) accept responsibility for a patient's total health care.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.285.
IC 21-44-1-8
"Fund"
Sec. 8. "Fund" refers to the family practice residency fund
established by IC 21-44-5-18.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.285.
IC 21-44-1-9
"Director"
Sec. 9. "Director", for purposes of IC 21-44-4, refers to the
director appointed under IC 21-44-4 for a center.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.285.
IC 21-44-1-10
"Eligible institution"
Sec. 10. "Eligible institution", for purposes of:
(1) sections 2 and 11 of this chapter and IC 21-44-2, means a
university, college, or other educational institution that:
(A) operates in the United States; and
(B) offers a health education program leading to a
baccalaureate, graduate, or postgraduate degree in a health
related field including:
(i) medicine;
(ii) dentistry;
(iii) optometry;
(iv) nursing;
(v) physical therapy;
(vi) occupational therapy; or
(vii) other allied health fields; and
(2) IC 21-44-3, refers to a postsecondary educational institution
that qualifies as an eligible institution under IC 21-44-3-1(4).
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.285. Amended by P.L.126-2009,
SEC.1.
IC 21-44-1-11
"Health education program"
Sec. 11. "Health education program" refers to an accredited
program of study offered by an eligible institution in which the
curriculum requires the observation, examination, or dissection of a
cadaver by a student enrolled in the program.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.285.
IC 21-44-1-12
"Intern, residency, and graduate program"
Sec. 12. "Intern, residency, and graduate program", for purposes
of IC 21-44-5, refers to an intern, residency, and graduate program
for which the medical education board establishes policies under
IC 21-44-5.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.285. Amended by P.L.170-2009,
SEC.6.
IC 21-44-1-13
"Plan"
Sec. 13. "Plan", for purposes of IC 21-44-5, refers to the plan for
statewide medical education established by the Indiana University
School of Medicine under IC 21-44-5-7.
As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.285. Amended by P.L.3-2008,
SEC.154.
IC 21-44-1-15
"Public sector psychiatry"
Sec. 15. "Public sector psychiatry" refers to the practice of
psychiatry in:
(1) state institutions;
(2) community mental health centers; and
(3) other settings determined by the board to be public sector
psychiatry settings.
As added by P.L.170-2009, SEC.7.
IC 21-44-1-16
"Training track program"
Sec. 16. "Training track program", for purposes of IC 21-44-6,
refers to the program for individuals in the public sector psychiatry
development program.
As added by P.L.170-2009, SEC.8.