Title 16, TITLE 16. HEALTH

Sec. 201. "Lessee county", for purposes of IC 16-22-6-27, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-22-6-27(b). [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12-20-16.5.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1. IC 16-18-2-201.5 "Lethal fetal anomaly" Sec. 201.5. "Lethal fetal anomaly", for purposes of I…

Sec. 202. "Licensed physician" means an individual who holds an unlimited license to practice medicine in Indiana under IC 25-22.5. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-1-3.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1.

Sec. 203. (a) "Life prolonging procedure", for purposes of IC 16-36, means any medical procedure, treatment, or intervention that does the following: (1) Uses mechanical or other artificial means to sustain, restore, or supplant a vital function. (2) Serves to prolong the dying p…

Sec. 204. "Life prolonging procedures will declarant", for purposes of IC 16-36-4, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-36-4-2. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-11-5.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1.

As added by P.L.177-2009, SEC.2. Repealed by P.L.51-2016, SEC.2.

Sec. 205. "Live birth" or "birth", for purposes of IC 16-37, means the birth of a child who shows evidence of life after the child is entirely outside of the mother. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-15-2(2).] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-6-5-3(e).] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1. Repealed by P.L.137-1996, SEC.75.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-6-5-3(f).] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1. Repealed by P.L.137-1996, SEC.75.

Sec. 208. "Living will declarant", for purposes of IC 16-36-4, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-36-4-3. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-11-6.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1.

Sec. 209. "Local board", for purposes of IC 16-41-27, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-41-27-3. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 13-1-7-2(5).] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-23-26 part.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1. Repealed by P.L.137-1996, SEC.75.

Sec. 210. (a) "Local board of health", for purposes of IC 16-22-8, means a local board of health referred to in IC 16-20. (b) "Local board of health", for purposes of IC 16-46-10, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-46-10-0.5. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citations: 16-3-3-2 part; 16-…

Sec. 210.5. "Local fetal-infant mortality review team", for purposes of IC 16-49-6, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-49-6-3. As added by P.L.31-2019, SEC.3.

Sec. 211. (a) "Local health department", except as provided in subsection (b), means a department organized by a county or city executive with a board, a health officer, and an operational staff to provide health services to a county, city, or multiple county unit. (b) "Local hea…

Sec. 212. "Local health officer", for purposes of IC 16-22 and IC 16-37, means a local health officer as referred to in IC 16-20. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12-21-1 part.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1.

Sec. 213. "Locker", for purposes of IC 16-42, means the individual sections or compartments of a capacity of not more than twenty-five (25) cubic feet in the locker room of a locker plant or branch locker plant. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-22-3.] As added by P.L.2-199…

Sec. 214. "Locker plant", for purposes of IC 16-42, means a location or an establishment in which space in individual lockers is rented to individuals for the storage of food at not more than forty-five (45) degrees Fahrenheit and that has at least one (1) of the following facili…

Sec. 214.7. "Low income", for purposes of IC 16-41-39.4, means having not more than eighty percent (80%) of the median income level of households in a particular county as determined annually by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. As added by P.L.102-2008, SE…

Sec. 214.9. "Mandatory reporter", for purposes of IC 16-34-6, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-34-6-2. As added by P.L.93-2022, SEC.1.

Sec. 215. "Manufacture", for purposes of IC 16-41-32, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-41-32-7. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-9-4-2(e).] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1.

Sec. 215.5. "Manufactured home", for purposes of IC 16-41-27, has the meaning set forth in IC 22-12-1-16. As added by P.L.87-2005, SEC.2.

Sec. 216. (a) "Manufacturer", for purposes of IC 16-42-19 and IC 16-42-21, means a person who by compounding, cultivating, harvesting, mixing, or other process produces or prepares legend drugs. The term includes a person who: (1) prepares legend drugs in dosage forms by mixing, …

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-3-6-1.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1. Repealed by P.L.72-2001, SEC.11.

Sec. 218. "Maternal and child health clinic", for purposes of IC 16-46-5, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-46-5-5. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-3-6-1.4.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1.

Sec. 218.3. "Maternal morbidity", for purposes of IC 16-50, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-50-1-1. As added by P.L.48-2018, SEC.1.

Sec. 218.5. "Maternal mortality", for purposes of IC 16-50, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-50-1-2. As added by P.L.48-2018, SEC.2.

Sec. 219. (a) "Maternity home", for purposes of IC 16-26, means a public or private facility that provides food and temporary residence to at least one (1) pregnant woman during the pregnancy and not more than one hundred eighty (180) days after childbirth. (b) The term does not …

Sec. 22. "Approved postsecondary educational institution" has the meaning set forth in IC 21-7-13-6(a). [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-6.5-2-8 part.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.2-2007, SEC.179.

Sec. 220. "Maternity home operator", for purposes of IC 16-26, means a person that: (1) owns a maternity home; (2) is not more closely related to the pregnant woman or expected child than second cousins; (3) is not related to the pregnant woman or expected child as a stepparent, …

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-6-5-3(g).] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1. Repealed by P.L.137-1996, SEC.75.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-6-5-3(r).] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1. Repealed by P.L.137-1996, SEC.75.

Sec. 223. "Mechanical device", for purposes of IC 16-42-19-23, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-42-19-23(a). [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-6-8-6.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1.

Sec. 223.4. "Medical center", for purposes of IC 16-23.5, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-23.5-1-11. As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.188.

Sec. 223.5. "Medical emergency", for purposes of IC 16-34, means a condition that, on the basis of the attending physician's good faith clinical judgment, complicates the medical condition of a pregnant woman so that it necessitates the immediate termination of her pregnancy to a…

Sec. 223.6. "Medical director", for purposes of IC 16-31-3.5, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-35-3.5-1. As added by P.L.205-2003, SEC.18.

Sec. 223.7. "Medically contraindicated", for purposes of IC 16-28-14 and IC 16-28-14.5, means that a vaccine would be detrimental to an individual's health because of a medical condition of the individual. As added by P.L.97-1999, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.29-2009, SEC.1.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-2-1-1 part.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1. Repealed by P.L.144-1996, SEC.15.

Sec. 224.1. "Medication assisted treatment" has the meaning set forth in IC 12-7-2-128.7. As added by P.L.203-2017, SEC.5.

Sec. 225. "Member of the armed forces", for purposes of IC 16-33-4, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-33-4-4. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-6.5-5-3.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1.

Sec. 225.8. "Mental health provider", for purposes of IC 16-36-1.5 and IC 16-34-1-4, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-36-1.5-2. As added by P.L.145-1996, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.34-2001, SEC.6; P.L.218-2021, SEC.1.

Sec. 226. "Mental health records", for purposes of IC 16-39, means recorded or unrecorded information concerning the diagnosis, treatment, or prognosis of a patient receiving mental health services or developmental disability training. The term does not include alcohol and drug a…

Sec. 226.2. (a) "Merger", for purposes of IC 16-21-15, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-21-15-1.5(a). (b) "Merger agreement", for purposes of IC 16-21-15, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-21-15-1.5(b). As added by P.L.62-2022, SEC.1.

Sec. 226.4. "Micro market", for purposes of IC 16-42-5-32, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-42-5-32(a). As added by P.L.46-2017, SEC.1.

Sec. 226.5. "Micro market display", for purposes of IC 16-42-5-32, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-42-5-32(b). As added by P.L.46-2017, SEC.2.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-3-3-2 part.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1. Repealed by P.L.164-2023, SEC.11.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citations: 16-1-23-1 part; 16-6-6-1(b).] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1. Repealed by P.L.137-1996, SEC.75.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-23-1 part.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1. Repealed by P.L.137-1996, SEC.75.

Sec. 23. "Approved laboratory", for purposes of IC 16-41-6 and IC 16-41-15, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-41-15-1. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-11-1 part.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.237-2003, SEC.3.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-23-1 part.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1. Repealed by P.L.137-1996, SEC.75.

Sec. 230.5. "Military service applicant", for purposes of IC 16-31-11, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-31-11-1. As added by P.L.16-2013, SEC.1; P.L.115-2013, SEC.1.