Title 16, TITLE 16. HEALTH

Sec. 2. (a) The treasurer of state is designated as the custodian of all money received by the state from any appropriations made by the United States Congress for the purpose of cooperating with the several states in promoting the welfare and hygiene of maternity and infancy. (b…

Sec. 3. The state department is designated as the state agency to carry out this chapter. The state department may, through the division of maternal and child health, cooperate with the United States Department of Labor in the administration of 42 U.S.C. 701 et seq. and may formu…

Sec. 1. The state department and the Indiana state board of education shall at all times consult with and cooperate with one another in matters relating to the health of children attending the public schools. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-3-1-1.] As added by P.L.2-1993, S…

Sec. 2. The state department and the Indiana state board of education shall jointly work out a program under which the services of all doctors, nurses, dentists, sanitary engineers, and other specialists of the state department shall be made available to public and other schools …

Sec. 3. This chapter does not amend, supersede, or repeal any other statute vesting authority in any township trustee, school board, board of school trustees, or board of school commissioners. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-3-1-3.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.29.

Sec. 1. (a) The local child fatality review team shall meet for the first meeting of the local child fatality review team at the call of a prosecuting attorney or prosecuting attorney's representative. (b) The members of a local child fatality review team shall elect a member to …

Sec. 10. The chairperson of a local child fatality review team or the chairperson's designee shall do the following: (1) Prepare the agenda for each meeting. (2) Provide notices of meetings to all members of the local child fatality review team. (3) Maintain confidentiality forms…

Sec. 11. The department of child services shall have access to all data submitted by a local child fatality review team, including access to the electronic data collection system, to assist the department of child services in preparing the report required under IC 31-25-2-24. As …

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.

recommendations privileged; not subject to subpoena or discovery or admissible as evidence 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…

confidentiality statement requirements; vacancy on team 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 th…

discovery or admissible as evidence 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 …

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 …

officers, or mental health professionals; immunity from liability 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 lo…

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…

review data confidential; joint report 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 regardi…

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…

from liability 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 te…

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. 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 …

As added by P.L.199-2013, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.99-2017, SEC.4; P.L.103-2022, SEC.4. Repealed by P.L.122-2023, SEC.15.

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 …

authority, and director 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. […

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…

contraceptives; requirements; immunity 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 …

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.

interest; practice of medicine 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 profession…

liability of state 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 empl…

Sec. 6. The state health commissioner is entitled to receive a salary in an amount to be fixed by the governor and the state budget agency. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-2-7.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.130-2021, SEC.6.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-2-8.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.2. Repealed by P.L.100-2012, SEC.49.

Sec. 8. (a) The state health commissioner may organize the personnel and functions of the state department into divisions and subdivisions to carry out the state health commissioner's powers and duties and the powers and duties of the state department. (b) The state health commis…