Notice requirement

Sec. 1. (a) The attending physician or health care provider shall prepare and attach to the body of a deceased individual a conspicuous notice with the statement: "Observe Body Fluid Precautions" whenever the physician or provider knows that at least one (1) of the following disease processes was present in the deceased at the time of death: (1) Hepatitis (Types B and C). (2) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. (3) Tuberculosis. (4) Herpes. (5) Gonorrhea. (6) Syphilis (primary and secondary). (7) Burkett's lymphoma. (8) Kaposi's sarcoma. (9) Arthropod-borne viral diseases. (10) Babesiosis. (11) Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. (12) Leptospirosis. (13) Malaria. (14) Rat-bite fever. (15) Relapsing fever. (16) Y. Pestis. (17) Hemorrhagic fevers. (18) Rabies. (19) Any other communicable disease (as defined in IC 16-41-2). (b) The notice required in this chapter must accompany the body when the body is picked up for disposition. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-9.5-9(a), (b).] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24. Amended by P.L.112-2020, SEC.50.