Title 16, HEALTH

Sec. 11. The state department shall grant any person involved in a legitimate research activity access to confidential information concerning individual patients obtained by the state department under this chapter if: (1) the person conducting the research provides written inform…

Sec. 12. Researchers may, with the approval of the state department, use the names of individual patients when requesting additional information for research purposes. However, if a researcher requests additional information, the researcher must then obtain the individual patient…

Sec. 13. The state department may release confidential information concerning individual patients to: (1) the birth problems registry of another state; and (2) physicians and local health officers for diagnostic and treatment purposes; if the patient gives written consent by comp…

Sec. 14. A person who reports information to the registry under this chapter is immune from any civil or criminal liability that might otherwise be imposed because of the release of what is otherwise confidential information. As added by P.L.180-1993, SEC.2.

Sec. 15. This chapter does not prevent the release to any interested person of epidemiological and environmental information that does not identify individual patients. As added by P.L.180-1993, SEC.2.

Sec. 16. The state department shall conduct intensive educational programs for health professionals and members of the public concerning the nature and purpose of the birth problems registry, the reporting and informational requirements, and the causes and detection of birth prob…

Sec. 16.5. To assure accurate, complete, and timely reporting of birth problems to the registry, the state department may review the medical records of an individual or entity required to report birth problems under this chapter. As added by P.L.93-2001, SEC.7.

Sec. 17. (a) The birth problems registry fund is established for the purpose of carrying out this chapter. The fund shall be administered by the state department. (b) The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from money in the fund. (c) Money in the fund at the end of …

Sec. 18. The state department shall report to the legislative council and the governor each year before November 1 the following: (1) The numbers and types of birth problems occurring in Indiana by county, including any birth problem trends identified through the data collected u…

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "other severe disability" means a severe physical disability or developmental delay that results from injury, infection, or disease, is chronic in nature, and requires long term health care. As added by P.L.180-1993, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.23-1993,…

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "patient" means: (1) a child born with a birth problem; or (2) a parent or a guardian of a child born with a birth problem. As added by P.L.180-1993, SEC.2.

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "person" means an individual, association, partnership, corporation, or governmental entity. As added by P.L.180-1993, SEC.2.

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "registry" refers to the birth problems registry established under this chapter. As added by P.L.180-1993, SEC.2.

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "state department" refers to the Indiana department of health. As added by P.L.180-1993, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.56-2023, SEC.156.

Sec. 7. (a) The state department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to establish reporting requirements regarding birth problems for: (1) hospitals; (2) physicians; (3) local health departments; (4) home deliveries, as described in section 1(8) of this chapter; and (5) other healt…

Sec. 8. (a) The state department shall establish a birth problems registry for the purpose of recording all cases of birth problems that occur in Indiana residents and compiling necessary and appropriate information concerning those cases, as determined by the state department, i…

Sec. 9. (a) Certified nurse midwives, certified direct entry midwives, and individuals and entities described in section 7(a) of this chapter shall report each confirmed case of a birth problem that is recognized at the time of birth to the registry not later than sixty (60) days…

Sec. 1. This chapter applies only to patients receiving mental health services. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-4-8-3.3(a).] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.22.

Sec. 2. (a) As used in this section, "primary caregiver" means an individual who provides for the physical, emotional, and social needs of another individual who cannot provide for the other individual's own needs. (b) Upon the written request of a patient's: (1) spouse; (2) pare…

Sec. 3. (a) If a provider has received a written request under section 2(b) of this chapter, the provider shall provide the following information to the individual who made the request or, if the request is made under section 2(c) of this chapter, the patient's school principal o…

Sec. 4. IC 16-39-9 governs the fees that may be charged for making and providing copies of records under this chapter. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-4-8-3.3(d).] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.22. Amended by P.L.102-1994, SEC.5.

Sec. 5. (a) This section does not apply to the following: (1) An institution licensed under IC 12-25. (2) A hospital licensed under IC 16-21. (3) A treatment facility certified under IC 12-23-1-6. (4) A state institution listed under IC 12-24-1. (b) This section applies only to a…

Sec. 6. This chapter does not prohibit the application to mental health records of any law concerning health records that is not addressed by this chapter. As added by P.L.4-1997, SEC.11.

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "health care quality indicator data" means information concerning the provision of health care services that may be collected and used to measure and compare quality of health care services. As added by P.L.95-2005, SEC.5.

Sec. 10. Any information that is confidential under IC 16-40-5 (expired June 30, 2010) remains confidential after IC 16-40-5 expires. As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.318. Amended by P.L.63-2012, SEC.22.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "health coverage provider" means any of the following: (1) An insurer (as defined in IC 27-1-2-3) that issues or delivers a policy of accident and sickness insurance (as defined in IC 27-8-5-1). (2) A health maintenance organization (as defined in…

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "program" refers to the health care quality indicator data program developed and implemented under sections 4 and 5 of this chapter. As added by P.L.95-2005, SEC.5.

Sec. 4. The state department shall, in compliance with state and federal law, develop a plan for a health care quality indicator data program. The plan shall be completed by December 31, 2006, and include the following: (1) A list of health care quality indicators for which data …

Sec. 5. The state department is authorized to develop and implement a health care quality indicator program as provided for in this chapter and to include the following: (1) Criteria listed under section 4 of this chapter. (2) Health care quality indicator data collected from a h…

Sec. 6. The following shall comply with the data collection requirements of the program: (1) A health coverage provider. (2) A health care provider. (3) An out-of-state health coverage provider that: (A) provides health coverage; (B) administers health coverage provided; or (C) m…

Sec. 7. (a) Health care quality indicator data and other information collected under this chapter, or resulting from the program, from which the identity of a person, including: (1) an individual; (2) a health coverage provider; or (3) a health care provider; may be ascertained i…

Sec. 8. Financial information that: (1) is collected under this chapter; or (2) results from the program; is confidential. As added by P.L.95-2005, SEC.5.

Sec. 9. The state department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement this chapter. As added by P.L.95-2005, SEC.5.

Sec. 1. The state department must provide information stressing the moral aspects of abstinence from sexual activity in any literature that the state department distributes to school children and young adults concerning available methods for the prevention of the human immunodefi…

Sec. 2. The state department may not distribute HIV literature described in section 1 of this chapter to school children without the consent of the governing body of the school corporation the school children attend. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-9.6-2.] As added by P.L…

Sec. 3. (a) Except as otherwise provided, a person who recklessly violates or fails to comply with this chapter commits a Class B misdemeanor. (b) Each day a violation continues constitutes a separate offense. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-35-1.] As added by P.L.2-1993,…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "hair dye" does not include eyelash dyes or eyebrow dyes. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-31-1 part.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.25.

Sec. 1.1. (a) The state veterinarian shall act in place of the state health commissioner under this chapter when impounding or disposing of adulterated or misbranded products under IC 15-17-5 or IC 15-18-1. (b) The Indiana state board of animal health shall act in place of the In…

Sec. 2. A cosmetic is considered to be adulterated under the following conditions: (1) If the cosmetic bears or contains a poisonous or deleterious substance that may make the cosmetic injurious to users under the conditions of use prescribed in the labeling of the cosmetic or un…

Sec. 3. A cosmetic is considered to be misbranded under the following conditions: (1) If the cosmetic's labeling is false or misleading in any way. (2) If the cosmetic is in package form unless the cosmetic bears a label containing the following: (A) The name and place of busines…

Sec. 4. A cosmetic that, in accordance with the practice of the trade, is to be processed, labeled, or repacked in substantial quantities at an establishment other than the establishment where the cosmetic was originally processed or packed is exempt from the affirmative labeling…

Sec. 5. (a) Except as otherwise provided, a person who recklessly violates or fails to comply with this chapter commits a Class B misdemeanor. (b) Each day a violation continues constitutes a separate offense. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-35-1.] As added by P.L.2-1993,…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "office" means the office of technology established by IC 4-13.1-2-1. As added by P.L.108-2007, SEC.1.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "pilot program" refers to the rural health care pilot program established by the Federal Communications Commission under 47 U.S.C. 254(h)(1)(A) to provide federal funding to support the construction of state or regional broadband networks and the …

Sec. 3. (a) The rural health care pilot program support fund is established for the purpose of making grants to Indiana health care providers who participate in the pilot program. The fund shall be administered by the office. (b) The expenses of administering the fund shall be pa…

Sec. 4. (a) The office must use money in the fund to make grants to health care providers who participate in the pilot program. A health care provider that receives a grant under this chapter must use the grant money to make the local match required as a condition of the provider…