Definitions; P.

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Sec. 4.

(1) "Paid loss" means a loss which has been paid plus expenses allocated and paid with respect to that loss.

(2) "Premises liability" means liability for personal injury or property damage, singly or in any combination, which the university becomes legally obligated to pay and which arises out of an occurrence in any medical facility owned, leased, or operated by the university.

(3) "Professional liability" means:

(a) Health care professional liability which the university becomes legally obligated to pay or for which the university assumes the obligation to pay as damages or costs because of injury to a person arising out of the rendering of, or failure to render, health care services, including:

(i) Medical, surgical, dental, nursing, or other health care treatment or services to a person, including the furnishing of food or beverage and the maintenance of facilities in connection with the furnishing of the health care treatment and services.

(ii) Furnishing or dispensing drugs or medical, dental, or surgical supplies or appliances.

(iii) Handling of or performing post-mortem examinations on human bodies.

(iv) Service performed by a person as a member of a formal accreditation or similar professional board or committee of the university or other service approved by the university, or service performed by a person as a person charged with the duty of executing directives of that board or committee.

(b) Any other medical malpractice claims arising from an occurrence on premises owned, leased, or operated by the university where health care is delivered.

History: 1977, Act 315, Imd. Eff. Jan. 9, 1978 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 24, Imd. Eff. Mar. 4, 1982


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