Title 16, HEALTH

Sec. 23. An emergency medical technician who is certified under this article may administer epinephrine through an auto-injector, a prefilled syringe, and a syringe and ampule to an individual who is experiencing symptoms of an allergic reaction or anaphylaxis. As added by P.L.17…

Sec. 23.5. (a) The following may administer an overdose intervention drug to an individual who is suffering from an overdose: (1) An advanced emergency medical technician. (2) A community corrections officer. (3) An emergency medical responder. (4) An emergency medical technician…

Sec. 23.7. (a) An advanced emergency medical technician, a community corrections officer, an emergency medical responder, an emergency medical technician, a firefighter, a volunteer firefighter, a law enforcement officer, a paramedic, or a probation officer who: (1) administers a…

Sec. 24. The commission may implement a certification program for emergency services personnel regulated by the commission through rules adopted under IC 4-22-2. As added by P.L.77-2012, SEC.41. Amended by P.L.93-2024, SEC.132.

Sec. 25. (a) An individual who meets the following qualifications may operate as a tactical emergency medicine provider: (1) Is an emergency medical technician, an advanced emergency medical technician, or a paramedic. (2) Is employed by: (A) a law enforcement agency; or (B) an e…

Sec. 26. (a) Each provider organization shall participate in a written quality assurance program. Proceedings under this section are confidential, and any communication related to the quality assurance program is considered a privileged communication. (b) This section does not pr…

Sec. 3. (a) A certificate or license is not required for a person who provides emergency ambulance service, an emergency medical technician, an ambulance, a nontransporting emergency medical services vehicle, or advanced life support when doing any of the following: (1) Providing…

Sec. 4. An agency or instrumentality of the United States and emergency medical technicians or ambulances of the agency or instrumentality are not required to be certified or to conform to the standards prescribed under this article. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-39-12(…

Sec. 5. (a) The department of homeland security may waive any rule adopted by the commission under this article for: (1) a person who provides emergency ambulance service; (2) an emergency medical technician; (3) an advanced emergency medical technician; (4) a paramedic; or (5) a…

Sec. 6. (a) As used in this section, "volunteer fire department" has the meaning set forth in IC 36-8-12-2. (b) As used in this section, "volunteer firefighter" has the meaning set forth in IC 36-8-12-2. (c) A certificate or paramedic license is not required for a volunteer fire …

Sec. 7. The commission may not withhold certification or licensure from a person providing emergency medical services that include extrication and rescue services because the person is not affiliated with a hospital, law enforcement agency, or fire department. [Pre-1993 Recodific…

Sec. 8. An application for a certificate or license must be made upon the forms, provide the information, and be in accordance with the procedures prescribed by the commission. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-39-11(a).] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.77-20…

Sec. 9. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all certificates and licenses are valid for a period specified by the commission unless earlier suspended, revoked, or terminated. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-39-11(b).] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.14. Amended by P…

Sec. 1. It is the policy of this state to encourage and enable individuals who are blind, individuals with a visual disability, and other individuals with a physical or mental disability to participate fully in the social and economic life of the state and to engage in remunerati…

Sec. 1.2. As used in this chapter, "individual with a disability" has the meaning set forth in IC 16-32-2-1(a). As added by P.L.230-2023, SEC.3.

Sec. 1.5. As used in this chapter, "service animal" refers to a dog or miniature horse individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability. As added by P.L.155-2009, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.230-2023, SEC.4; P.L.9-2024, SEC.374.

Sec. 1.7. (a) A public accommodation shall make reasonable modifications in policies, practices, or procedures to permit the use of a miniature horse by an individual with a disability. (b) In determining whether reasonable modifications in policies, practices, or procedures can …

Sec. 2. (a) As used in this section, "public accommodation" means an establishment that caters or offers services, facilities, or goods to the general public. (b) A person who: (1) refuses access to a public accommodation; or (2) charges a fee for access to a public accommodation…

Sec. 3. (a) A person not totally blind who: (1) approaches a totally or partially blind pedestrian carrying a cane predominantly white or metallic in color, with or without a red tip, or using a service animal; and (2) fails to take all necessary precautions to avoid injury to th…

Sec. 4. Each year the governor shall take suitable public notice of October 15 as "White Cane Safety Day". The governor shall issue a proclamation in which the governor does the following: (1) Comments upon the significance of the white cane. (2) Calls upon the citizens of Indian…

Sec. 5. It is the policy of this state that individuals who are blind, individuals with a visual disability, and other individuals with a physical or mental disability shall be employed in: (1) the state service; (2) the service of the political subdivisions of the state; (3) the…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "center" refers to the Silvercrest children's development center. [1993 Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.16.

Sec. 10. Whenever the circuit court, superior court, or probate court having jurisdiction finds, upon application by the county office of the division of family resources, that the parent or guardian of a client placed in the center is unable to meet the costs that the parent or …

Sec. 11. The director, subject to IC 4-24-3, may receive, for the use of the center, gifts, legacies, devises, and conveyances of real and personal property that may be made, given, or granted to or for the center or in the center's name. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-7-1…

Sec. 2. The Silvercrest children's development center is established as a state center. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-7-16-1 part.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.16.

Sec. 3. The center shall provide for the educational diagnosis, evaluation, assessment, short term remediation, referral, and care of children who may benefit from such service, but who, because of serious disabling conditions, cannot make satisfactory progress in the programs of…

Sec. 4. The state department shall administer the center. The state health commissioner, subject to IC 20-35-2, has complete administrative control and responsibility for the center. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-7-16-1 part.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.16. Amended by P.…

Sec. 5. The center shall provide the following: (1) Educational diagnosis, needs assessment, evaluation, short term remediation, reassessment, referral, and follow-up, in cooperation with other agencies or institutions, necessary to assure continuity of services and proper placem…

Sec. 6. (a) The director of the center is responsible for the immediate supervision of the center. (b) The state health commissioner shall appoint the director of the center. The director of the center must possess the following qualifications: (1) The director must possess the a…

Sec. 7. (a) The director of the center, subject to the approval of the state health commissioner, has complete charge and management of the center and is charged with the direction of the development program for the clients in attendance. (b) The director of the center is the chi…

Sec. 8. Subject to the review and approval of the department of education and the state health commissioner or the commissioner's designee, the director of the center shall receive as clients in the center children with multiple disabilities who meet the following conditions: (1)…

Sec. 8.5. (a) A placement review committee for the center is established. The committee consists of one (1) representative of each of the following: (1) The office of the secretary of family and social services. (2) The state department. (3) The secretary of education. (b) The pl…

Sec. 9. (a) The center shall provide tuition, board, room, laundry, and ordinary medical attention, including emergencies. (b) The parents, guardian, or other persons shall provide medical, optical, and dental care involving special medication or prostheses. (c) When a client is …

Sec. 1. This chapter is effective beginning January 1, 2016. As added by P.L.113-2015, SEC.6.

Sec. 2. (a) A pregnant woman who has an abortion under this article has the right to have the hospital or ambulatory outpatient surgical center dispose of the aborted fetus by interment in compliance with IC 23-14-54, or cremation through a licensee (as defined in IC 25-15-2-19) …

Sec. 3. If the pregnant woman chooses a location for final disposition other than the location of final disposition that is usual and customary for a hospital or ambulatory outpatient surgical center, the pregnant woman is responsible for the costs related to the final dispositio…

Sec. 4. (a) A hospital or ambulatory outpatient surgical center having possession of an aborted fetus shall provide for the final disposition of the aborted fetus. The burial transit permit requirements of IC 16-37-3 apply to the final disposition of an aborted fetus, which must …

Sec. 5. The state department shall make any changes necessary to the informed consent brochure under IC 16-34-2-1.5 that are necessary to comply with IC 16-34-2-1.1 and this chapter. As added by P.L.113-2015, SEC.6.

Sec. 6. The state department shall develop and distribute the forms required by section 2 of this chapter. As added by P.L.113-2015, SEC.6.

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "appropriate facility" has the meaning set forth in IC 12-7-2.1-149(3). [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-3-1(a).] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.19. Amended by P.L.145-2026, SEC.106.

Sec. 10. The superintendent shall compile a report of all medically necessary treatments approved under this chapter during each calendar quarter and send the report to the director of the division of mental health and addiction or the director of the division of disability, agin…

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "superintendent" has the meaning set forth in IC 12-7-2.1-323(3). [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-3-1(b).] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.19. Amended by P.L.145-2026, SEC.107.

Sec. 3. The methods of consent set forth in this chapter do not exclude other lawful methods of consent or require consent in an emergency. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-3-2.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.19.

Sec. 4. Consent to medical or surgical treatment of a patient at an appropriate facility may be given by the superintendent under the procedures in this chapter. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-3-3(a).] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.19.

Sec. 5. If the superintendent and the patient's treating physician determine that: (1) the patient is incompetent to give informed consent to medical or surgical treatment, even though the patient has never been so adjudicated by a court; and (2) the treatment is medically necess…

Sec. 6. In obtaining a second opinion as required by section 5 of this chapter, the superintendent shall compile a list of licensed physicians, organized by specialty. The superintendent must use an appropriate specialist from the list whenever possible. The physician chosen to g…