IC 27-1-46.5-3: "Hospital"

Sec. 3. (a) As used in this chapter and except as provided in subsection (b), "hospital" means an acute care hospital licensed under IC 16-21.

(b) The term does not include the following:

(1) A hospital specifically intended to diagnose, care, and treat the following:

(A) Individuals with a mental illness (as defined in IC 12-7-2.1-197).

(B) Individuals with a developmental disability (as defined in IC 12-7-2.1-118).

(2) A hospital designated by the Medicaid program as a long term care hospital.

(3) A hospital that is a Medicare certified, freestanding rehabilitation hospital.

(4) A hospital that is operated by the federal government.

(5) A critical access hospital.

(6) A rural emergency hospital.