Sec. 1. (a) As used in this chapter, "financial interest" means an ownership or investment interest through equity, debt, or other means. The term includes an ownership or investment interest in an entity that holds:
(1) directly; or
(2) through a subsidiary;
an ownership or investment interest in a health care entity.
(b) The term does not include the following:
(1) Ownership of investment securities (including shares or bonds, debentures, notes, or other debt instruments) that may be purchased on terms generally available to the public and that are:
(A) securities:
(i) listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, any regional exchange in which quotations are published on a daily basis, or foreign securities listed on a recognized foreign, national, or regional exchange in which quotations are published on a daily basis; or
(ii) traded under the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotations System; and
(B) in a corporation that had, at the end of the corporation's most recent fiscal year, or on average during the previous three (3) fiscal years, stockholder equity exceeding seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000).
(2) Ownership of shares in a regulated investment company as defined in section 851(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, if such company had, at the end of the company's most recent fiscal year, or on average during the previous three (3) fiscal years, total assets exceeding seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000).
As added by P.L.217-2005, SEC.26.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 25. Professions and Occupations
Chapter 11. Physician Referral to Certain Health Care Entities
25-22.5-11-1. "Financial Interest"
25-22.5-11-2. "Health Care Entity"
25-22.5-11-3. Physician Requirements Before Referring Patient to Health Care Entity; Exception
25-22.5-11-4. Compliance as Condition for Physician Licensure