Title 16, HEALTH

Sec. 11. (a) The statewide child fatality review committee shall submit to the legislative council, governor, department of child services, state department, and commission on improving the status of children in Indiana on or before December 31 of each year a report that includes…

Sec. 12. (a) A report released under this section 11 of this chapter may not contain identifying information relating to the fatalities reviewed by the statewide child fatality review committee or any local child fatality review team. (b) Except as otherwise provided in this arti…

Sec. 13. The discussions, determinations, conclusions, and recommendations of the statewide child fatality review committee or its members, concerning a review of a child fatality, at a meeting of the statewide child fatality review committee: (1) are privileged; and (2) are not:…

Sec. 14. A member of the statewide child fatality review committee is not entitled to receive compensation or per diem but is entitled to receive mileage on the days on which the member is engaged in the business of the statewide child fatality review committee. As added by P.L.1…

Sec. 15. The statewide child fatality review committee is subject to the confidentiality provisions of IC 31-33-18 applying to records held by the statewide child fatality review committee. As added by P.L.119-2013, SEC.3.

Sec. 2. The statewide child fatality review committee consists of the following members: (1) The following members appointed by the governor: (A) A coroner or deputy coroner. (B) A representative from the state department who: (i) is a licensed physician; or (ii) specializes in i…

Sec. 3. All members of the statewide child fatality review committee and any individuals invited to attend a meeting of the statewide child fatality review committee shall sign a confidentiality statement prepared by the state child fatality review coordinator. As added by P.L.11…

Sec. 4. The statewide child fatality review committee shall do the following: (1) Compile and analyze data recorded by local child fatality review teams in reviewing child fatalities. (2) Review child mortality records and examine all other records relevant to child fatalities in…

Sec. 5. (a) Upon request by a local child fatality review team or the department of child services ombudsman established by IC 4-13-19-3, the statewide child fatality review committee shall assist a local child fatality review team or conduct a review of the death of a child that…

Sec. 6. In reviewing the death of a child under this chapter, the statewide child fatality review committee shall: (1) identify the factors that surrounded or contributed to the death of the child; (2) determine whether similar deaths could be prevented in the future; (3) if appl…

Sec. 7. (a) The chairperson of the statewide child fatality review committee shall be selected by the governor. (b) The statewide child fatality review committee shall meet at the call of the chairperson. As added by P.L.119-2013, SEC.3.

Sec. 8. The chairperson of the statewide child fatality review committee shall do the following: (1) Work with the state child fatality review coordinator to prepare the agenda for each meeting of the statewide child fatality review committee. (2) Work with the state child fatali…

Sec. 9. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), meetings of the statewide child fatality review committee are open to the public. (b) A meeting of the statewide child fatality review committee that involves: (1) confidential records; or (2) identifying information regarding the…

Sec. 1. (a) Any individual may file a complaint against a temporary health care services agency in writing with the division. (b) The division is responsible for investigating a complaint against a temporary health care services agency filed under subsection (a) in accordance wit…

Sec. 2. (a) The state department may issue an order of compliance, impose a civil penalty, or refuse to issue a registration to a temporary health care services agency or a person that owns or operates a temporary health care services agency for any of the following reasons: (1) …

Sec. 3. (a) If the registration of a temporary health care services agency has been revoked by the state department, the person that owns or operates the temporary health care services agency may not apply for reinstatement of the registration for at least five (5) years after th…

Sec. 1. The board of trustees shall establish, in Indianapolis, a hospital, to be known as the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children, for the treatment of children afflicted with any disease, defect, or physical deformity that may be relieved or improved by proper medical an…

Sec. 2. The board of trustees may construct and equip the necessary buildings for the hospital with: (1) accommodations for not less than two hundred (200) patients; and (2) offices, quarters for officers, nurses, and employees, and other necessary appurtenances. The buildings mu…

Sec. 3. The hospital is: (1) a department of Indiana University; and (2) under the direction and control of the board of trustees of Indiana University. [Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 20-12-31-2 part.] As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.191.

Sec. 4. The board of trustees may: (1) adopt and apply rules and regulations for proper management of the hospital; (2) employ, discharge for sufficient cause, and fix the compensation of a superintendent of the hospital, who is responsible to the board of trustees for the proper…

Sec. 5. Any child: (1) less than sixteen (16) years of age; (2) having a legal settlement in any county of Indiana; and (3) either: (A) afflicted with a defect, disease or deformity, presumably curable or improvable by skilled medical and surgical treatment; or (B) needing specia…

Sec. 6. The board of trustees may receive, accept, hold, and apply any donations or bequests of funds or property from individual citizens, societies, and organizations that may be tendered in good faith to assist in the construction, extension, equipment, and maintenance of the …

Sec. 7. The hospital is under the direction of the board of trustees. In the construction, equipment, and direction of the hospital, the board of trustees shall receive and consider the suggestions and advice that is tendered by the James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association. [Pre…

Sec. 8. The board of trustees may establish and maintain, in connection with the hospital: (1) a training school for child nursing; and (2) an outpatient and social service department; to conserve the health of the children of Indiana. [Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Ci…

Sec. 9. An Indiana public interest nonprofit corporation to which the board of trustees, with the approval of the governor, delegates authority to manage and operate the hospital is not subject to an audit by the state board of accounts, notwithstanding IC 5-11-1-9. However, Indi…

Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) through (f), a nurse aide shall do the following to be certified as a qualified medication aide: (1) Apply for the certification in the manner prescribed by the state department. (2) Complete the qualified medication aide training…

Sec. 10. (a) The following tasks are within the scope of practice of a qualified medication aide certified under this chapter unless prohibited by health care facility policy: (1) Observing and reporting to the health care facility's licensed nurse a patient's exhibited reactions…

Sec. 11. (a) The commission shall establish an optional training module in the administration of insulin to be used to train a qualified medication aide. The training module must include the following: (1) At least four (4) and not more than eight (8) hours of classroom training.…

Sec. 12. A health facility licensed under IC 16-28 shall report any incident of alleged abuse, neglect, misappropriation of patient property, or misconduct by a qualified medication aide to the state department. As added by P.L.143-2025, SEC.24.

Sec. 13. A qualified medication aide shall notify the state department of any change in the qualified medication aide's mailing address or electronic mail address not later than thirty (30) days after the date on which the address changed. As added by P.L.143-2025, SEC.24.

Sec. 14. (a) An individual may not: (1) profess to be a qualified medication aide; or (2) use the initials "QMA" or any other words, letters, abbreviations, or insignia indicating or implying that the individual is a qualified medication aide; unless the individual has a valid ce…

Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in section 1 of this chapter, an individual may not work as a qualified medication aide unless the individual has: (1) satisfactorily completed an approved qualified medication aide training and competency evaluation program; and (2) passed the qual…

Sec. 3. (a) A qualified medication aide training and competency evaluation program must meet the following requirements: (1) Be composed of not more than one hundred (100) hours of training composed of classroom instruction and supervised practicum. (2) Be taught by instructors w…

Sec. 4. Before a health care facility may allow an individual to work as a qualified medication aide, the health care facility must verify that an individual has met certification requirements of this chapter and is included on the registry established under IC 16-27.5-1. However…

Sec. 5. (a) Supervised practicum requirements for a qualified medication aide training and competency evaluation program must occur at a health care facility. (b) The classroom training requirements for qualified medication aide training may be provided by any of the following: (…

Sec. 6. (a) A qualified medication aide training and competency evaluation program curriculum must include the following training: (1) Communication and interpersonal skills concerning patients, including the following: (A) Techniques for addressing the unique needs and behaviors…

Sec. 7. The commission may remove approval to provide training for qualified medication aides if the entity providing the training does any of the following: (1) Fails to meet the requirements of this chapter or any other state regulation. (2) Falsifies any documents concerning t…

Sec. 8. (a) An individual must meet the following requirements in order to be certified as an instructor of a qualified medication aide training and competency evaluation program: (1) Be licensed as a registered nurse or a licensed practical nurse. (2) Have at least one (1) year …

Sec. 9. A qualified medication aide competency evaluation test must meet the following requirements: (1) Be administered by a state approved testing entity. (2) Consist of multiple choice questions. (3) Be updated to include new medications, medication classifications, or otherwi…

Sec. 1. Member states shall recognize the privilege to practice of an individual licensed in another member state that is in conformance with this article. As added by P.L.3-2020, SEC.1.

Sec. 2. To exercise the privilege to practice under the terms and provisions of this compact, an individual must: (1) be at least eighteen (18) years of age; (2) possess a current unrestricted license in a member state as an EMT, an AEMT, a paramedic, or at a state recognized and…

Sec. 3. An individual providing patient care in a remote state under the privilege to practice shall function within the scope of practice authorized by the home state unless and until modified by an appropriate authority in the remote state as may be defined in the rules of the …

Sec. 4. Except as provided in section 3 of this chapter, an individual practicing in a remote state will be subject to the remote state's authority and laws. A remote state may, in accordance with due process and that state's laws, restrict, suspend, or revoke an individual's pri…

Sec. 5. If an individual's license in any home state is restricted or suspended, the individual shall not be eligible to practice in a remote state until the privilege to practice under the individual's home state license is restored. As added by P.L.3-2020, SEC.1.

Sec. 6. If an individual's privilege to practice in any remote state is restricted, suspended, or revoked, the individual shall not be eligible to practice in any remote state until that individual's privilege to practice is restored. As added by P.L.3-2020, SEC.1.