Title 34, CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE

Sec. 4. (a) A foreign country judgment may not be refused recognition for lack of personal jurisdiction if: (1) the defendant was served with process personally in the foreign country; (2) the defendant voluntarily appeared in the proceeding, other than for the purpose of protect…

Sec. 5. (a) If recognition of a foreign country judgment is sought as an original matter, the issue of recognition shall be raised by filing an action seeking recognition of the foreign country judgment. (b) If recognition of a foreign country judgment is sought in a pending acti…

Sec. 6. If the court in a proceeding under section 5 of this chapter finds that the foreign country judgment is entitled to recognition under this chapter then, to the extent that the foreign country judgment grants or denies recovery of a sum of money, the foreign country judgme…

Sec. 7. If a party establishes that an appeal from a foreign country judgment is pending or will be taken, the court may stay any proceedings with regard to the foreign country judgment in accordance with the Indiana rules of trial procedure. As added by P.L.213-2011, SEC.2.

Sec. 8. In applying and construing this chapter, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it. As added by P.L.213-2011, SEC.2.

Sec. 9. This chapter does not prevent the recognition under principles of comity or otherwise of a foreign country judgment not within the scope of this chapter. As added by P.L.213-2011, SEC.2.

Sec. 1. (a) A judgment against a county or city may be enforced only from appropriations made for that purpose. (b) The proper officers of the county or city may be compelled by mandamus proceedings to make the necessary provisions for appropriating, levying, and collecting by ta…

Sec. 2. (a) This section does not apply to judgments and awards arising out of actions between municipalities or in which the state may have an interest. (b) Execution may not be made upon a judgment or award of a court or board against real or personal property owned by a city o…

Sec. 1. Only while malpractice liability insurance remains in force are the health care provider and the health care provider's insurer liable to a patient or the patient's representative for malpractice to the extent and in the manner specified in this article. [Pre-1998 Recodif…

Sec. 2. The filing of proof of financial responsibility with the commissioner constitutes, on the part of the insurer, a conclusive and unqualified acceptance of this article. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-13-2.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.

Sec. 3. A provision in a policy attempting to limit or modify the liability of the insurer contrary to this article is void. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-13-3.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.

Sec. 4. Every policy issued under this article (or IC 27-12 before its repeal) is considered to include the following provisions, and any change made by legislation adopted by the general assembly as fully as if the change were written in the policy: (1) The insurer assumes all o…

Sec. 5. If an insurer fails or refuses to pay a final judgment, except during the pendency of an appeal, or fails, or refuses to comply with this article, in addition to any other legal remedy, the commissioner may also revoke the approval of the insurer's policy form until the i…

Sec. 0.1. The amendments made to section 1 of this chapter by P.L.116-2005 apply to a cause of action that arises after June 30, 2005. As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.566.

Sec. 1. Except as provided in section 2 of this chapter, a person who meets the following criteria is immune from civil liability resulting from any act or omission relating to the provision of health care services: (1) Has licensure to provide health care services under Indiana …

Sec. 1.2. (a) Except as provided in section 2 of this chapter, a person who meets each of the following criteria is immune from civil liability resulting from any act or omission related to the provision of a health care service: (1) Is licensed as any of the following: (A) A phy…

Sec. 1.3. Except as provided in section 2 of this chapter, a person who meets the criteria listed for immunity from civil liability in section 1.2 of this chapter must: (1) provide a record of all laboratory and imaging based screenings and tests performed by a person described i…

Sec. 1.5. Except as provided in section 2 of this chapter, a physician licensed under IC 25-22.5 is immune from civil liability resulting from an act or omission related to the provision of medical direction concerning emergency medical services (as defined in IC 16-18-2-110) wit…

Sec. 2. A person who provides health care services as described in this chapter is not immune from civil liability if the damages resulting from the provision of the health care services resulted from the person's gross negligence or willful misconduct. [Pre-1998 Recodification C…

Sec. 1. (a) Whenever any judgment rendered in any court against any railroad company owning or operating a line of railroad in or running into or through Indiana remains unpaid for one (1) year after the rendition of the judgment, exclusive of the time execution of the judgment i…

Sec. 2. This chapter (and IC 34-2-23 before its repeal) are not intended to repeal any law or part of law in effect on April 27, 1899, in relation to the collection of judgments against railroad companies. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-2-23-2.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "cost of the periodic payments agreement" means the amount expended by the health care provider (or its insurer), the commissioner, or the commissioner and the health care provider (or its insurer), at the time the periodic payments agreement is m…

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "periodic payments agreement" means a contract between a health care provider (or its insurer) and the patient (or the patient's estate), under which the health care provider is relieved from possible liability in consideration of: (1) a present p…

Sec. 3. (a) The total amount recoverable for an injury or death of a patient may not exceed the following: (1) Five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for an act of malpractice that occurs before January 1, 1990. (2) Seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) for an act of …

Sec. 4. (a) If the possible liability of the health care provider to the patient is discharged solely through an immediate payment, the limitations on recovery from a health care provider stated in section 3(b) and 3(d) of this chapter apply. (b) If the health care provider agree…

Sec. 5. (a) If the possible liability of the fund to the patient is discharged solely through a direct payment made under IC 34-18-15-1, the limitations on recovery from the patient's compensation fund established under section 3 of this chapter apply without adjustment. (b) If a…

Sec. 1. A school or school board may not: (1) require a teacher or other school employee who is not employed as a school nurse or physician to administer: (A) medication, drugs, or tests described in section 2 of this chapter; or (B) health care services, basic life support, or o…

Sec. 2. If compliance with sections 3 and 4 of this chapter has occurred, a school administrator, teacher, or other school employee designated by the school administrator, after consultation with the school nurse, who in good faith administers to a pupil: (1) a nonprescription me…

Sec. 3. The school shall keep on file the written permission of a pupil's parent or guardian and the written order of a practitioner. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-4-16.5-3.5(d).] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.26.

Sec. 4. (a) This section applies if a school employee: (1) is not a practitioner or an individual licensed under IC 25-23; and (2) is responsible for administering injectable insulin or a glucose test by finger prick. (b) The employee must obtain from a practitioner or a register…

Sec. 5. This chapter is subject to IC 34-13-3. [1998 Recodification Citation: New.] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.26.

Sec. 6. A school or school board is not liable for civil damages as a result of a student's self-administration of medication for an acute or chronic disease or medical condition as provided under IC 20-33-8-13 except for an act or omission amounting to gross negligence or willfu…

Sec. 7. A teacher: (1) who meets the training or certification requirements prescribed by the state board under IC 20-28-5.5-1 or IC 20-28-5.5-1.5; and (2) who: (A) performs cardiopulmonary resuscitation on; (B) performs the Heimlich maneuver on; (C) removes a foreign body that i…

Sec. 8. A school nurse: (1) who meets the requirement of IC 20-34-5-9; and (2) who: (A) performs cardiopulmonary resuscitation on; (B) performs the Heimlich maneuver on; (C) removes a foreign body that is obstructing an airway of; or (D) uses an automated external defibrillator o…

Sec. 9. A public or nonpublic school, charter school, school board, school corporation, or governing body of a school corporation is not liable for civil damages as a result of an act or omission of an employee providing emergency assistance by: (1) performing cardiopulmonary res…

Sec. 1. (a) The obligation to pay an amount from the patient's compensation fund under IC 34-18-14-3(c), IC 34-18-6-6, or section 3 of this chapter (or IC 27-12-14-3(c), IC 27-12-6-6, or IC 27-12-15-3 before their repeal) may be discharged as follows: (1) Payment in one (1) lump …

Sec. 2. Notwithstanding IC 34-18-6, the commissioner may: (1) discharge the possible liability of the patient's compensation fund to a patient through a periodic payments agreement (as defined in IC 34-18-14-2); and (2) combine money from the fund with money of the health care pr…

Sec. 3. If a health care provider or its insurer has agreed to settle its liability on a claim by payment of its policy limits established in IC 34-18-14-3(b) and IC 34-18-14-3(d), and the claimant is demanding an amount in excess of that amount, the following procedure must be f…

Sec. 4. If a health care provider or the health care provider's surety or liability insurance carrier fails to pay any agreed settlement or final judgment within ninety (90) days, the agreed settlement or final judgment shall be paid from the patient's compensation fund, and the …

Sec. 1. (a) All proceedings of a peer review committee are confidential. (b) All communications to a peer review committee shall be privileged communications. (c) Neither the personnel of a peer review committee nor any participant in a committee proceeding shall reveal any conte…

Sec. 10. Except in cases as authorized in this chapter, the evidentiary privileges created by this chapter shall be invoked by all witnesses and organizations in all judicial and administrative proceedings unless the witness or organization first has a waiver of the privilege exe…

Sec. 11. If a waiver of the privilege is executed on behalf of the peer review committee in favor of the attorney general for the purpose of conducting an investigation under IC 25-1-7, the records of, determinations of, or communications to a peer review committee are confidenti…

Sec. 12. This chapter does not prevent the attorney general from obtaining by subpoena as part of an investigation under IC 25-1-7 for a violation under IC 25-1-9: (1) the application for privileges or employment completed by the professional staff member under investigation rega…

Sec. 13. A subpoena issued by the attorney general to obtain the records necessary to an investigation shall identify with reasonable particularity the documents sought and the specific professional health care provider under investigation. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-4…

Sec. 14. The immunities granted by sections 15 through 20 of this chapter shall not extend to any person who violates the confidentiality requirements of sections 1 through 13 of this chapter. [Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-4-12.6-2(n).] As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.26. Ame…

Sec. 15. There is no liability on the part of, and no action of any nature shall arise against, the personnel of a peer review committee for any act, statement made in the confines of the committee, or proceeding of the committee made in good faith in regard to evaluation of pati…