Rules; minimum annual aggregate insurance amount; eligibility

Sec. 7. (a) The commissioner shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to establish the following: (1) Criteria for determining, upon application, whether a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or professional corporation is subject to IC 34-18-2-14(7) and thus is eligible to qualify as a health care provider under this chapter. (2) The minimum annual aggregate insurance amount necessary for the corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or professional corporation to become qualified under IC 34-18-2-14(7). (b) The criteria to be established by rule under subsection (a)(1) must include the identification of the health care purpose and function of the corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or professional corporation. (c) The minimum annual aggregate insurance amount to be set by rule under subsection (a)(2) may not exceed five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000). (d) The commissioner may require a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or professional corporation that seeks to qualify under IC 34-18-2-14(7) and this chapter to provide information necessary to determine eligibility and to establish the minimum annual aggregate amount applicable to the corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or professional corporation. (e) The commissioner may require a health care provider who is qualified under section 2(b) of this chapter and an officer, agent, and employee of a health care provider who is qualified under section 3(b) of this chapter to provide information necessary to determine eligibility.