2020 Arkansas Code
Title 18 - Property
Subtitle 4 - Mortgages And Liens
Chapter 46 - Medical, Nursing, Hospital, and Ambulance Service Lien Act
§ 18-46-102. Definitions

As used in this chapter:

1. (1) “Ambulance service provider” means a provider that renders services as defined in § 14-266-103(1) and (2);

2. (2) “Claim” means the claim of a patient:

   1. (A) For damages from a tortfeasor; or

   2. (B) For benefits from an insurer;

3. (3) “Hospital” means a person that maintains an establishment in which sick and injured persons are given medical and surgical care;

4. (4) “Injury” means impairment of bodily, nervous, or mental integrity or health;

5. (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. (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. (7) “Person” means a natural person, a partnership, an association, or a corporation;

8. (8) “Practitioner” means a person licensed to:

   1. (A) Treat human ailments under the provisions of § 17-95-202 et seq.;

   2. (B) Practice dentistry as defined in § 17-82-102;

   3. (C) Practice chiropractic under the provisions of the Arkansas Chiropractic Practices Act, § 17-81-101 et seq.;

   4. (D) Practice massage therapy under the Massage Therapy Act, § 17-86-101 et seq.; and

   5. (E) Practice physical therapy under the Arkansas Physical Therapy Act, § 17-93-101 et seq.;

9. (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. (10) “Tortfeasor” means a person through whose fault or neglect a person is injured.