Title 16, TITLE 16. HEALTH

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 Repealed by P.L.137-1996, SEC.75.

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 Repealed by P.L.137-1996, SEC.75.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 Repealed by P.L.137-1996, SEC.75.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-34-1 part.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1. Repealed by P.L.87-1994, SEC.16.

Sec. 263.5. "Onsite residential sewage discharging disposal system", for purposes of IC 16-19-3, means a sewage disposal system that: (1) is located on a site with and serves a one (1) or two (2) family residence; and (2) discharges effluent offsite. As added by P.L.172-2002, SEC…

Sec. 263.6. "Onsite sewage system", for purposes of IC 16-41-25.5, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-41-25.5-1. As added by P.L.181-2018, SEC.15.

Sec. 263.9. "Overdose intervention drug", for purposes of IC 16-31 and IC 16-42-27, means naloxone or any other drug that: (1) is an opioid, opiate, or morphine antagonist; and (2) prevents or reverses the effects of: (A) opioids; (B) opiates; or (C) morphine; including respirato…

Sec. 264. "Operator", for purposes of IC 16-41-31, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-41-31-4. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citations: 16-1-22-5; 16-6-4-5; 16-9-6-4.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.144-1996, SEC.4; P.L.104-2003, SEC.2.

Sec. 264.1. "Operational canine", for purposes of IC 16-31-13, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-31-13-1. As added by P.L.37-2021, SEC.1.

Sec. 264.5. "Other unlicensed employee", for purposes of IC 16-28-13, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-28-13-2. As added by P.L.152-1995, SEC.17.

Sec. 264.7. "Out of hospital", for purposes of IC 16-36-5, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-36-5-5. As added by P.L.148-1999, SEC.7.

Sec. 264.8. "Out of hospital DNR declaration and order", for purposes of IC 16-36-5, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-36-5-6. As added by P.L.148-1999, SEC.8.

Sec. 264.9. "Out of hospital DNR identification device", for purposes of IC 16-36-5, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-36-5-7. As added by P.L.148-1999, SEC.9.

Sec. 265. (a) "Package", for purposes of IC 16-42-1 through IC 16-42-4, means a container or wrapping in which a consumer commodity is enclosed for use in the delivery or display of the consumer commodity to retail purchasers. (b) The term does not include the following: (1) Ship…

Sec. 266. "Paramedic", for purposes of IC 16-31, means an individual who is certified under the IC 16-31-3-2 Indiana emergency medical services commission standards for paramedic licensure. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-40-1(c).] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1. Amended b…

Sec. 266.4. (a) "Parent or legal guardian or custodian" means the following, except as provided in subsection (b): (1) A parent having legal custody of a child. (2) The biological father of a child who is married to the mother of the child: (A) if the mother of the child has lega…

Sec. 266.5. "Parent personal services agency", for purposes of IC 16-27-4, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-27-4-2. As added by P.L.212-2005, SEC.6.

Sec. 267. "Parental consent", for purposes of IC 16-34, means the notarized written consent of the parent or legal guardian of an unemancipated pregnant woman less than eighteen (18) years of age to the performance of an abortion on the minor pregnant woman or for the final dispo…

Sec. 267.5. "Partial birth abortion" means an abortion in which the person performing the abortion partially vaginally delivers a living fetus before killing the fetus and completing the delivery. As added by P.L.145-1997, SEC.1.

[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.12.

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

Sec. 27. "ASTM" refers to the American Society for Testing and Materials. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citations: 16-6-11-1(d); 16-6-13-2.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.177-1993, SEC.1.

Sec. 27.5. "At home care plan", for purposes of IC 16-21-12, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-21-12-2. As added by P.L.137-2015, SEC.2.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-23-3.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1. Repealed by P.L.137-1996, SEC.75.

Sec. 271. "Pathological waste", for purposes of IC 16-41-16, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-41-16-5. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-9.7-4.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1.

Sec. 272. (a) "Patient", for purposes of IC 16-27-1, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-27-1-6. (b) "Patient", for purposes of IC 16-28 and IC 16-29, means an individual who has been accepted and assured care by a health facility. (c) "Patient", for purposes of IC 16-36-1.5, has …

Sec. 272.5. "Payer-specific negotiated charge", for purposes of IC 16-21-17, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-21-17-0.3(f). As added by P.L.151-2021, SEC.5 and P.L.198-2021, SEC.8.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 13-1-7-2(a).] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1. Repealed by P.L.87-2005, SEC.40.

Sec. 273.5. "Perinatal hospice", for purposes of IC 16-25-4.5 and IC 16-34, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-25-4.5-3. As added by P.L.213-2016, SEC.7.

Sec. 274. (a) "Person" means, except as provided in subsections (b), (c), (d), and (e), an individual, a firm, a partnership, an association, a fiduciary, an executor or administrator, a governmental entity, or a corporation. (b) "Person", for purposes of IC 16-25, has the meanin…

Sec. 275. (a) "Person at risk", for purposes of IC 16-41-7-4, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-41-7-4(a). (b) "Person at risk", for purposes of IC 16-41-7-1 and IC 16-41-7-3, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-41-7-1(c). [Pre-1993 Recodification Citations: 16-1-10.5-8.5(c); 16-…

Sec. 276. "Person in attendance at birth", for purposes of IC 16-37-1 and IC 16-37-2, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-37-2-1. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-15-2(7).] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.61-2009, SEC.3.

Sec. 277. (a) "Person in charge of interment", for purposes of IC 16-21-11, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-21-11-3. (b) "Person in charge of interment", for purposes of IC 16-37-1 and IC 16-37-3, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-37-3-2. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16…

Sec. 277.5. "Person with a disability", for purposes of IC 16-32, IC 16-33, and IC 16-40-1, means an individual who, by reason of physical, mental, or emotional defect or infirmity (whether congenital or acquired by accident, injury, or disease) is or may subsequently be totally …

Sec. 277.6. "Personal representative", for purposes of IC 16-27-4, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-27-4-3. As added by P.L.212-2005, SEC.7.

Sec. 277.7. "Personal services", for purposes of IC 16-27-2 and IC 16-27-4, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-27-4-4. As added by P.L.212-2005, SEC.8.

Sec. 277.8. "Personal services agency", for purposes of IC 16-27-4, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-27-4-5. As added by P.L.212-2005, SEC.9. IC 16-18-2-277.9 "Personal information" Sec. 277.9. "Personal information", for purposes of IC 16-21-8-11, has the meaning set forth in …

Sec. 278. "Pest", for purposes of IC 16-41-33, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-41-33-1. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-7.3-1(b).] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1.

Sec. 279. "Pesticide chemical", for purposes of IC 16-42-1 through IC 16-42-4, means a substance: (1) that alone, in chemical combination, or in formulation with at least one (1) other substance is an "economic poison" within the meaning of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and …

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 13-1-2-3(f).] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1. Repealed by P.L.29-2014, SEC.3.

Sec. 28.5. (a) "Attendant care services", for purposes of IC 16-27-1 and IC 16-27-4, means services: (1) that could be performed by an impaired individual for whom the services are provided if the individual were not impaired; and (2) that enable the impaired individual: (A) to l…

Sec. 28.8. "Attending", for purposes of IC 16-36-5, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-36-5-1.1. As added by P.L.50-2021, SEC.6.

Sec. 280. "Petroleum products", for purposes of IC 16-44-2, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-44-2-3. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-6-11-1(a).] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1.

Sec. 281. "Pharmacist" means a person licensed by law to practice pharmacy in Indiana. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citations: 16-6-8-2(c); 16-6-8.1-1; 16-6-12-5.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1.

Sec. 281.5. "Phase out period", for purposes of IC 16-21-10, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-21-10-5.3. As added by P.L.213-2015, SEC.139.

Sec. 282. (a) "Physician", except as provided in subsections (b), (c), and (e), means a licensed physician (as defined in section 202 of this chapter). (b) "Physician", for purposes of IC 16-41-12, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-41-12-7. (c) "Physician", for purposes of IC 16…

Sec. 282.1. (a) "Physician assistant last in attendance" means the individual who pronounced the time of death for a deceased individual. (b) For purposes of IC 16-37-3, the term includes an individual who holds a license under IC 25-27.5 and is practicing as a physician assistan…

Sec. 282.2. (a) "Physician last in attendance" means the individual who pronounced the time of death for a deceased individual. (b) For purposes of IC 16-37-3, the term includes an individual who holds any medical license issued under IC 25-22.5. As added by P.L.156-2011, SEC.9.…

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-6-4-3.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1. Repealed by P.L.144-1996, SEC.15.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-6-9-2(f).] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1. Repealed by P.L.87-1994, SEC.16.