# Ind. Code § 27-8-6-6: Coverage for athletic trainer services

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T27_A8_C6_S27-8-6-6

## Section

- **Citation:** Ind. Code § 27-8-6-6
- **Heading:** Coverage for athletic trainer services
- **Jurisdiction:** Indiana
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Indiana Code / Title 27 / Article 8 / Chapter 6 / Section 27-8-6-6

## Text

Sec. 6. (a) As used in this section, "policy of accident and sickness insurance" has the meaning set forth in IC 27-8-5-1. However, the term does not include the following:

(1) Accident only, credit, dental, vision, Medicare supplement, long term care, or disability income insurance.

(2) Coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance.

(3) Automobile medical payment insurance.

(4) A specified disease policy.

(5) A short term insurance plan that:

(A) may be renewed for the greater of:

(i) thirty-six (36) months; or

(ii) the maximum period permitted under federal law;

(B) has a term of not more than three hundred sixty-four (364) days; and

(C) has an annual limit of at least two million dollars ($2,000,000).

(6) A policy that provides indemnity benefits not based on any expense incurred requirement, including a plan that provides coverage for:

(A) hospital confinement, critical illness, or intensive care; or

(B) gaps for deductibles or copayments.

(7) A supplemental plan that always pays in addition to other coverage.

(b) A policy of accident and sickness insurance that provides coverage for physical medicine and rehabilitative services shall provide the coverage for physical medicine and rehabilitative services that are:

(1) rendered by an athletic trainer who is licensed under IC 25-5.1; and

(2) within the athletic trainer's scope of practice.

(c) This section does not require a policy of accident and sickness insurance to provide coverage for physical medicine or rehabilitative services generally.

As added by P.L.133-2011, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.288-2019, SEC.8.

## Nearby sections

- [Ind. Code § 27-8-6-0.1 Application of certain amendments to chapter](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T27_A8_C6_S27-8-6-0.1.md)
- [Ind. Code § 27-8-6-1 Professional services for which reimbursement authorized](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T27_A8_C6_S27-8-6-1.md)
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- [Ind. Code § 27-8-6-3 Application of amendments by Acts 1974, P.L.126](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T27_A8_C6_S27-8-6-3.md)
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