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 thisarticle.
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 thatprovides for the:
        (1) acquisition of cadavers for educational purposes for use inhealth education programs at postsecondary educationalinstitutions;
        (2) distribution of the cadavers to eligible institutions;
        (3) use of the cadavers for educational purposes by eligibleinstitutions; 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 themedical education board established by IC 21-44-5-1.
    (b) "Board", for purposes of IC 21-44-6, refers to the mentalhealth services development programs board established byIC 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 andthat would otherwise be required to be buried at public expense;or
        (3) is otherwise legally procured by the Indiana UniversitySchool 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 ofIC 21-44-5, refers to a clinical teaching and training programestablished 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 fundestablished 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 thedirector 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 auniversity, college, or other educational institution that:
            (A) operates in the United States; and
            (B) offers a health education program leading to abaccalaureate, graduate, or postgraduate degree in a healthrelated 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 institutionthat 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 accreditedprogram of study offered by an eligible institution in which thecurriculum requires the observation, examination, or dissection of acadaver 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 purposesof IC 21-44-5, refers to an intern, residency, and graduate programfor which the medical education board establishes policies underIC 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 forstatewide medical education established by the Indiana UniversitySchool 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 ofpsychiatry in:
        (1) state institutions;
        (2) community mental health centers; and
        (3) other settings determined by the board to be public sectorpsychiatry 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 psychiatrydevelopment program.
As added by P.L.170-2009, SEC.8.