Title 16, TITLE 16. HEALTH

Sec. 9.1. A member of an appointing authority identified in section 9 of this chapter may not serve on the board. As added by P.L.100-2002, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.184-2005, SEC.12.

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a nonprofit hospital corporation: (1) in a city having a population of: (A) more than fifty-four thousand (54,000) and less than fifty-eight thousand (58,000); or (B) more than fifty-eight thousand (58,000) and less than fifty-nine thousand (59,000…

Sec. 2. A city may do the following: (1) Appropriate money to the hospital for support and maintenance. (2) Aid in the support of the hospital by the levy and collection of a special tax, not exceeding two and thirty-three hundredths cents ($0.0233) on each one hundred dollars ($…

Sec. 3. The county fiscal body may appropriate money to aid in the support of the hospital. The county executive and township trustees of the county, with the consent of the township boards, may contract with the officers of the governing body of the hospital for the medical care…

Sec. 0.5. As used in this chapter, "cost of receivership" may include the costs of placing a receiver in a health facility and all reasonable expenditures and attorney's fees incurred by the receiver to operate the health facility while the health facility is in receivership. As …

Sec. 1. The director may, after consultation with the commissioner, request the attorney general to petition the circuit or superior court of the county in which a health facility is located to place the facility in receivership to protect the patients in the facility. [Pre-1993 …

Sec. 2. The court may order a health facility placed in receivership in the following circumstances: (1) The facility is operating without a license. (2) The license of the facility has expired or been revoked. (3) The facility is closing or plans to close and adequate arrangemen…

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-10-4-20(c).] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.11. Repealed by P.L.179-1993, SEC.15.

Sec. 4. A receiver: (1) must be licensed under IC 25-19-1 and may be a state employee; (2) must possess the education and experience necessary, as determined by the director, to oversee correction of the deficiencies of the facility; (3) must not have been found guilty of miscond…

Sec. 5. Unless a health facility is ordered to be closed within one hundred twenty (120) days, the receiver shall operate the health facility subject to the same standard and rate criteria that apply to all health facilities licensed under IC 16-28-2. [Pre-1993 Recodification Cit…

Sec. 6. (a) Before beginning duties as a receiver, the receiver must execute a bond, with one (1) or more sureties approved by the court, to the effect that the receiver will: (1) faithfully discharge the duties of the receiver while operating the health facility; and (2) obey th…

paid cost of receivership preferred Sec. 7. (a) The costs of the receivership shall be determined by the court and shall be paid by the owner or operator of the health facility. (b) If the receiver is a state employee, the state shall pay the receiver's salary. (c) Any cost of re…

Sec. 8. When a patient receiving care at a health facility, due to the patient's condition or diagnosis, needs ambulance services other than emergency ambulance services, the patient's attending physician or the physician's designee must sign an order that states: (1) the level o…

Sec. 1. The emergency medical services restitution fund is established for the purpose of reimbursing persons who: (1) are certified or licensed under IC 16-31-3; and (2) provided emergency medical services to individuals injured as a result of an accident caused by an individual…

Sec. 2. The department of homeland security shall administer the fund. The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from money in the fund. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-39-23(a) part.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.14. Amended by P.L.1-2006, SEC.303.

Sec. 3. Money remaining in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund. However, if the money in the fund at the close of a particular fiscal year exceeds ten thousand dollars ($10,000), the treasurer of state shall transfer the excess fro…

Sec. 4. A person is entitled to reimbursement from the fund for emergency medical services provided under section 1(2) of this chapter if the following conditions are met: (1) The person files with the commission a claim not more than one hundred eighty (180) days after the entry…

Sec. 5. (a) The commission shall prepare a schedule of costs for the following: (1) Emergency medical services. (2) Administering a claim made against the fund. The schedule must be based on the different levels of emergency response required in the types of accidents caused by o…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "child" means a child who is: (1) at least three (3) years of age and less than seven (7) years of age; or (2) enrolled in a public school, state accredited nonpublic school (as defined in IC 20-18-2-18.7), or nonaccredited nonpublic school in kin…

Sec. 10. (a) The parent or guardian of a child may at any time apply to the state department for funding through the hearing aid assistance program. (b) Upon receipt of an application made under subsection (a), if the state department determines that the child is eligible under s…

Sec. 11. A public or nonpublic school may identify eligible children and assist the parents or guardians of the eligible children in submitting applications to the state department under this chapter. As added by P.L.119-2009, SEC.1.

Sec. 12. (a) The state department shall give funding priority to applications under this chapter for eligible children who are less than fourteen (14) years of age. (b) The funding priority described in subsection (a) has the highest priority. However, the state department may is…

Sec. 13. (a) The state department may, if economically feasible, create a hearing aid refurbishing program through which hearing aids that are no longer used by eligible children and other individuals are collected and refurbished for the use of other individuals. (b) The state d…

Sec. 14. The state department may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement this chapter. As added by P.L.119-2009, SEC.1.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the hearing aid fund established by section 3 of this chapter. As added by P.L.119-2009, SEC.1.

Sec. 3. The hearing aid fund is established for the purpose of providing hearing aid assistance to eligible children through the hearing aid assistance program established by section 9 of this chapter. As added by P.L.119-2009, SEC.1.

Sec. 4. The fund shall be administered by the state department. As added by P.L.119-2009, SEC.1.

Sec. 5. (a) The fund consists of appropriations from the general assembly, gifts, bequests, and other sources of funding. (b) Expenditures for the program may not exceed the amounts appropriated, gifted, bequeathed, or provided to the fund. As added by P.L.119-2009, SEC.1. Amende…

Sec. 6. The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from money in the fund. As added by P.L.119-2009, SEC.1.

Sec. 7. The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same manner as other public money may be invested. Interest that accrues from these investments shall be deposited in the fund. As added by P.L.119-20…

Sec. 9. (a) The hearing aid assistance program is established. (b) The following eligibility criteria apply for funding through the hearing aid assistance program: (1) The hearing aid must be: (A) prescribed for a child by a physician who is licensed under IC 25-22.5; and (B) pre…

Sec. 1. Providers and the providers' employees, agents, and representatives are immune from civil action for libel or slander arising from information or entries made in a patient health record if the information or entries are made in good faith and without malice. [Pre-1993 Rec…

Sec. 2. This chapter applies to mental health records. As added by P.L.4-1997, SEC.12.

Sec. 1. (a) As used in this chapter, "potentially disease transmitting offense" means any of the following: (1) Battery (IC 35-42-2-1) or domestic battery (IC 35-42-2-1.3) involving placing a bodily fluid or waste on another person. (2) An offense relating to a criminal sexual ac…

evidence; release Sec. 2. (a) Identifying information voluntarily given to the health officer or an agent of the health officer through a voluntary contact notification program may not be used as evidence in a court proceeding to determine noncompliant behavior under IC 16-41-1 t…

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,…

person charged with certain offenses Sec. 4. (a) This section applies to the release of medical information that may be relevant to the prosecution or defense of a person who has been charged with a potentially disease transmitting offense. (b) A: (1) prosecuting attorney may see…

Sec. 5. (a) This section does not apply to medical testing of an individual for whom an indictment or information is filed for a sex crime and for whom a request to have the individual tested under section 6 of this chapter is filed. (b) The following definitions apply throughout…

testing; procedures Sec. 6. (a) If an indictment or information alleges that the defendant compelled another person to engage in sexual activity by force or threat of force, the alleged victim of the offense described in the indictment or information may request that the defendan…

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-2-4-1.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.29. Repealed by P.L.87-1994, SEC.16.

Sec. 10. Financial assistance shall be available to individuals who are unable to pay for services on a continuing basis. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-2-4-10.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.29.

Sec. 2. The state department shall establish a program for the purpose of prevention, care, and treatment of chronic renal disease. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-2-4-2.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.29.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-2-4-3.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.29. Repealed by P.L.87-1994, SEC.16.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-2-4-4.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.29. Repealed by P.L.87-1994, SEC.16.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-2-4-5.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.29. Repealed by P.L.87-1994, SEC.16.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-2-4-6.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.29. Repealed by P.L.87-1994, SEC.16.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-2-4-7.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.29. Repealed by P.L.87-1994, SEC.16.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-2-4-8.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.29. Repealed by P.L.87-1994, SEC.16.

Sec. 9. The state department shall do the following: (1) Develop programs for the prevention, care, and treatment of persons suffering from chronic renal diseases, including dialysis, transplantation, and other medical procedures and techniques which will have a lifesaving effect…

Sec. 1. A home state shall have exclusive power to impose adverse action against an individual's license issued by the home state. As added by P.L.3-2020, SEC.1.