{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-18-46-102","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 18-46-102","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this chapter: (1) \"Ambulance service provider\" means a provider that renders services as defined in § 14-266-103(1) and (2) ; (2) \"Claim\" means the claim of a patient: (A) For damages from a tortfeasor; or (B) For benefits from an insurer; (3) \"Hospital\" means a person that maintains an establishment in which sick and injured persons are given medical and surgical care; (4) \"Injury\" means impairment of bodily, nervous, or mental integrity or health; (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) \"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) \"Person\" means a natural person, a partnership, an association, or a corporation; (8) \"Practitioner\" means a person licensed to: (A) Treat human ailments under the provisions of § 17-95-202 et seq.; (B) Practice dentistry as defined in § 17-82-102 ; (C) Practice chiropractic under the provisions of the Arkansas Chiropractic Practices Act, § 17-81-101 et seq.; (D) Practice massage therapy under the Massage Therapy Act, § 17-86-101 et seq.; and (E) Practice physical therapy under the Arkansas Physical Therapy Act, § 17-93-101 et seq.; (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) \"Tortfeasor\" means a person through whose fault or neglect a person is injured. Acts 1933, No. 130, § 1; Pope's Dig., §§ 7989, 10818; Acts 1971, No. 194, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 51-801; Acts 1991, No. 1156, § 1; 1993, No. 271, § 2; 2001, No. 363, § 1; 2005, No. 1671, § 1.\n\nAs used in this chapter:\n\n(1) \"Ambulance service provider\" means a provider that renders services as defined in § 14-266-103(1) and (2) ;\n\n(2) \"Claim\" means the claim of a patient: (A) For damages from a tortfeasor; or (B) For benefits from an insurer;\n\n(A) For damages from a tortfeasor; or\n\n(B) For benefits from an insurer;\n\n(3) \"Hospital\" means a person that maintains an establishment in which sick and injured persons are given medical and surgical care;\n\n(4) \"Injury\" means impairment of bodily, nervous, or mental integrity or health;\n\n(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;\n\n(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;\n\n(7) \"Person\" means a natural person, a partnership, an association, or a corporation;\n\n(8) \"Practitioner\" means a person licensed to: (A) Treat human ailments under the provisions of § 17-95-202 et seq.; (B) Practice dentistry as defined in § 17-82-102 ; (C) Practice chiropractic under the provisions of the Arkansas Chiropractic Practices Act, § 17-81-101 et seq.; (D) Practice massage therapy under the Massage Therapy Act, § 17-86-101 et seq.; and (E) Practice physical therapy under the Arkansas Physical Therapy Act, § 17-93-101 et seq.;\n\n(A) Treat human ailments under the provisions of § 17-95-202 et seq.;\n\n(B) Practice dentistry as defined in § 17-82-102 ;\n\n(C) Practice chiropractic under the provisions of the Arkansas Chiropractic Practices Act, § 17-81-101 et seq.;\n\n(D) Practice massage therapy under the Massage Therapy Act, § 17-86-101 et seq.; and\n\n(E) Practice physical therapy under the Arkansas Physical Therapy Act, § 17-93-101 et seq.;\n\n(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\n1-101 et seq.;\n\n(D) Practice massage therapy under the Massage Therapy Act, § 17-86-101 et seq.; and\n\n(E) Practice physical therapy under the Arkansas Physical Therapy Act, § 17-93-101 et seq.;\n\n(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\n\n(10) \"Tortfeasor\" means a person through whose fault or neglect a person is injured.","path":["AR Code","Title 18","Chapter 46"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"d4edc32e289cabbe272e998a70f5c47dae2788bb2062e2958ab4cb85c32e8d21","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-18-46-101","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-18-46-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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