Title 16, HEALTH

Sec. 12. A local child fatality review team is subject to the confidentiality provisions of IC 31-33-18 applying to records held by the local child fatality review team. As added by P.L.119-2013, SEC.3.

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

Sec. 2. (a) After an individual becomes a member of a local child fatality review team and before the member participates in a review of a child fatality, the member shall: (1) sign a confidentiality statement prepared by the state child fatality review coordinator under IC 16-49…

Sec. 3. (a) A local child fatality review team: (1) shall review the death of a child whose death incident occurred in the area served by the local child fatality review team and may review the death of a child whose death occurred in the area served by the local child fatality r…

Sec. 4. The local child fatality review team shall review the death certificate of a child received from a local health officer to determine if the local child fatality review team is required to review the death of the child as required under section 3 of this chapter. As added …

Sec. 5. (a) Subject to IC 34-30-15, if the local child fatality review team requests records from a hospital, physician, coroner, law enforcement officer, or mental health professional regarding a death that the local child fatality review team is reviewing, the hospital, physici…

Sec. 6. In reviewing the death of a child under this chapter, the local child fatality review team 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 applicable, i…

Sec. 7. (a) Before July 1 each year, a local child fatality review team shall prepare and submit to the state child fatality review coordinator a report that must include the following information: (1) A summary of the data collected regarding the reviews conducted by the local c…

Sec. 8. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), meetings of a local child fatality review team are open to the public. (b) Meetings of a local child fatality review team that involve confidential records or identifying information regarding the death of a child that is confiden…

Sec. 9. Members of a local child fatality review team and individuals who attend a meeting of a local child fatality review team as invitees of the chairperson: (1) may discuss among themselves confidential matters that are before the local child fatality review team; (2) are bou…

Sec. 1. (a) A temporary health care services agency shall do the following: (1) Upon written request to an officer of the temporary health care services agency, provide the following to a health care facility for any health care personnel supplied by the agency: (A) Documentation…

Sec. 2. (a) Before a temporary health care services agency may refer a health care personnel to a health care facility, the temporary health care services agency shall do the following: (1) Make inquiries concerning health care personnel, including the following: (A) Ensuring tha…

Sec. 3. The delegation of any authority or requirement by the temporary health care services agency does not exempt the temporary health care service agency from the requirements set forth in this chapter. As added by P.L.149-2023, SEC.18.

Sec. 4. (a) If a health care personnel fails, through no fault of the health care personnel, to obtain employment or the position from the health care facility to which the temporary health care services agency referred the health care personnel, the temporary health care service…

Sec. 5. The state department may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 necessary to implement and administer this article. As added by P.L.149-2023, SEC.18.

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to the following: (1) Robert W. Long Hospital. (2) James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children. (3) William H. Coleman Hospital for Women. (4) Any other hospitals that are under the control and management of Indiana University. [Pre-2007 Higher Educati…

Sec. 2. The hospitals described in section 1 of this chapter shall collectively be known as Indiana University hospitals. [Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 20-12-31.5-5 part.] As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.191.

Sec. 3. Each of the Indiana University hospitals is a unit. [Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 20-12-31.5-5 part.] As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.191.

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

Sec. 2. A health care facility, organization, or institution may establish a nurse aide training program. The program must be approved by the commission and comply with 42 CFR 483.152. As added by P.L.143-2025, SEC.24.

Sec. 3. (a) A nurse aide who is hired to work in a health care facility shall: (1) have successfully completed a nurse aide training program approved by the state department; or (2) be enrolled in the first available approved training program that begins not more than sixty (60) …

Sec. 4. (a) A health care facility, organization, or institution seeking approval for a nurse aide training program shall submit an application for approval to the commission in the manner prescribed by the state department. (b) A nurse aide training program must include seventy-…

Sec. 6. (a) A nurse aide training program shall employ instructors who meet the requirements of 42 CFR 483.152. (b) The state department shall certify individuals who meet the requirements described in subsection (a) as certified nurse aide instructors. The state department shall…

Sec. 7. A certified nurse aide shall notify the state department of any change in the certified nurse 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. 8. (a) An individual may not: (1) profess to be a certified nurse aide; or (2) use the initials "CNA" or any other words, letters, abbreviations, or insignia indicating or implying that the individual is a certified nurse aide; unless the individual holds a certification und…

Sec. 9. An individual may not work as a certified nurse aide unless the individual holds a certification under this chapter. As added by P.L.143-2025, SEC.24.

Sec. 1. The state department may impose fines not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) against a housing with services establishment that fails to comply with the requirements in this article. As added by P.L.147-2023, SEC.12.

Sec. 1. Any member state in which an individual holds a current license shall be deemed a home state for purposes of this compact. As added by P.L.3-2020, SEC.1.

Sec. 2. Any member state may require an individual to obtain and retain a license to be authorized to practice in the member state under circumstances not authorized by the privilege to practice under the terms of this compact. As added by P.L.3-2020, SEC.1.

Sec. 3. A home state's license authorizes an individual to practice in a remote state under the privilege to practice only if the home state: (1) currently requires the use of the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) examination as a condition of issuing ini…

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to the following: (1) A hospital licensed under IC 16-21-2 that is established and operated under IC 16-22-2, IC 16-22-8, or IC 16-23. (2) A hospital licensed under IC 16-21-2 that is not: (A) a unit of state or local government; or (B) owned or opera…

Sec. 1.5. As used in this chapter, "hospital" includes a health system. As added by P.L.99-2017, SEC.3.

Sec. 2. The governing board of a hospital may establish a hospital police department under this chapter. As added by P.L.199-2013, SEC.1.

Sec. 3. The governing board of a hospital may do the following for a hospital police department established by the governing board under section 2 of this chapter: (1) Appoint hospital police officers. (2) Prescribe the duties and direct the conduct of hospital police officers. (…

Sec. 4. (a) The governing board of a hospital shall require an individual appointed as a hospital police officer under this chapter to meet at least the following requirements: (1) The individual must successfully complete, within one (1) year after the individual is appointed as…

Sec. 5. A hospital police officer appointed under this chapter: (1) must take an appropriate oath of office in a form and manner prescribed by the governing board of a hospital; (2) serves at the governing board's pleasure; and (3) performs the duties that the governing board ass…

Sec. 6. (a) A hospital police officer appointed under this chapter has the following powers: (1) General police powers, including the power to arrest, without process, all persons who commit any offense within the view of the police officer. (2) The same common law and statutory …

Sec. 7.1. (a) A hospital police officer employed by a nonprofit hospital may exercise the powers granted under this chapter as follows: (1) A police officer may exercise the police officer's powers upon real property owned, leased, or occupied by the nonprofit hospital employing …

Sec. 1. (a) The state health commissioner, by virtue of the state health commissioner's office, is secretary and executive officer of the executive board. (b) The state health commissioner is the appointing authority and director of the state department. [Pre-1993 Recodification …

Sec. 10. For purposes of IC 16-41-7.5, the commissioner is authorized to declare a public health emergency. As added by P.L.208-2015, SEC.7.

Sec. 11. (a) The state health commissioner or the commissioner's designated public health authority who is a licensed prescriber may, as part of the individual's official capacity, issue a standing order, prescription, or protocol that allows a pharmacist to administer or dispens…

Sec. 12. (a) Subject to IC 25-26-25, before September 1, 2023, the state health commissioner or the commissioner's designated public health authority who is a licensed prescriber shall, as part of the individual's official capacity, issue a standing order that allows a pharmacist…

Sec. 2. (a) The governor shall appoint the state health commissioner, who serves at the will and pleasure of the governor. (b) The state health commissioner must hold an unlimited license to practice medicine under IC 25-22.5. It is the intent of the general assembly that the off…

Sec. 3. The state health commissioner shall take an oath of office before exercising the authority of the office of secretary or attending to full-time duties as the state health commissioner. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-2-5(a).] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.2.

Sec. 4. (a) The state health commissioner and any physicians employed by the state department are governed in the performance of their official duties by IC 4-2-6 and IC 35-44.1-1-4 concerning ethics and conflict of interest. (b) To learn professional skills and to become familia…

Sec. 5. (a) This section does not apply to the prescribing, dispensing, or issuance of a standing order for an overdose intervention drug under IC 16-42-27-2. (b) The state is not liable for any act performed by the state health commissioner or a physician employed by the state d…