Title 16, TITLE 16. HEALTH

Sec. 22. On receipt of the certified petition and information, the department of local government finance shall fix a time in the county for the hearing that shall be not less than five (5) or more than fifteen (15) days after receipt. The department of local government finance m…

Sec. 23. An action to contest the validity of the lease or to enjoin the performance of the terms and conditions of the lease may not be instituted more than thirty (30) days after publication of notice of the execution of the lease or, if an appeal is taken to the department of …

Sec. 24. (a) A lease: (1) may provide that the lessee has an option to renew the lease for a like or lesser term; and (2) must contain an option to purchase at any time after ten (10) years from the execution of the lease and before the expiration of the term of the lease on a da…

Sec. 25. Before the execution of a lease the governing board of the hospital and the county executive shall approve the plans, specifications, and estimates of cost for the building, equipment, and appurtenances that the authority proposes to lease to a lessee. The plans and spec…

Sec. 26. (a) A county desiring to erect or renovate a building on land owned or to be acquired by the county may sell land or a building, or both to the authority. Before the sale may take place, the county executive, with the approval of the county fiscal body, shall file a peti…

to reimburse county with hospital for portion of lease rental; procedure Sec. 27. (a) As used in this section, "contributing county" means a county without a county hospital that is contiguous to a county with a county hospital. (b) As used in this section, "lessee county" means …

citizens Sec. 28. The citizens of a contributing county under section 27 of this chapter have the same rights and privileges in the hospital as the citizens of the county where the hospital is located. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12-19-2.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.5.…

Sec. 29. (a) The governing board may issue revenue bonds of the authority to procure funds to pay the cost of a building to be built, acquired, renovated, or acquired and renovated under this chapter, and to repay advances for preliminary expenses made to the authority by the cou…

Sec. 3. (a) Not more than sixty (60) days after the filing of the certified copy of the resolution described under section 2 of this chapter, the county executive shall appoint five (5) residents of the county as directors of the county hospital building authority. (b) The initia…

Sec. 30. The proceeds of bonds issued under this chapter, after reimbursement to the county for preliminary expenses as provided in section 11 of this chapter, shall be applied to the payment of the costs of acquisition, construction, or renovation of the building for which the b…

Sec. 31. (a) The governing board may secure the bonds by a trust indenture between the authority and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or national or state bank in Indiana having trust powers. (b) The trust indenture may do the following: (1) Mortgage the land o…

Sec. 32. (a) The county fiscal body of a county that has entered into a lease under this chapter shall annually levy a tax sufficient to produce, with other funds available, funds sufficient to pay the lease rental provided to be paid from taxes. (b) Net revenues of the hospital …

Sec. 33. (a) If: (1) a county enters into a lease under this chapter, under which the lease rental is payable in whole or in part from the net revenues of the hospital of which the leased buildings are a part; and (2) the governing board of the hospital covenants in the lease to …

Sec. 34. The following are exempt from state taxation except for the financial institutions tax imposed under IC 6-5.5: (1) Property owned by the authority. (2) Revenues of the authority. (3) Bonds or other securities and the interest on bonds and securities issued by the authori…

Sec. 35. The state board of accounts may supervise and audit the funds of the authority. An officer or employee of the authority authorized to receive, disburse, or in any way handle funds or negotiable securities of the authority shall execute a bond payable to the state, with s…

Sec. 36. An authority may be liquidated after the authority's securities are redeemed, debts are paid, and leases are terminated if the board of directors files a report with the circuit court, superior court, or probate court showing the facts and stating that the liquidation is…

Sec. 38. A county and an authority that have entered into or propose to enter into a lease under this chapter may enter into a party wall agreement or other agreement concerning the attaching of an addition to a hospital building if the agreement is approved by the governing boar…

Sec. 39. For the purposes of this chapter, county executive action or approval for the appropriation and expenditure of county tax money includes approval by the county fiscal body. A lease entered into by the county executive with the hospital building authority or association i…

Sec. 4. If a member dies, resigns, ceases to be a resident of the county, or is removed as provided in this chapter, the county executive shall appoint another person as a member of the governing board for the remainder of the term. If a person appointed as a member fails to qual…

Sec. 40. In proceeding under this chapter, it is not necessary to comply with any other law except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12-20-28.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.5.

Sec. 5. Each member, before entering office, shall take and subscribe an oath of office to be endorsed upon the certificate of appointment. The oath shall be filed with the clerk of the circuit court. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12-20-4.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.5.…

Sec. 6. (a) A member may be removed from office for neglect of duty, incompetency, inability to perform duties, or other good cause by an order of the circuit court, superior court, or probate court in the county in which the authority is located, subject to the procedure set for…

Sec. 7. (a) The members originally appointed shall hold an organizational meeting not more than thirty (30) days after appointment, at a time and place designated by the county executive. The members of the governing board shall elect from among the members a president, vice pres…

Sec. 8. The members may adopt bylaws, rules, and regulations necessary to conduct proceedings, carry out duties, and safeguard the funds and property of the authority. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12-20-6(b) part.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.5.

Sec. 9. A member serves without pay but is entitled to reimbursement for expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of the member's duties. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12-20-6(b) part.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.5.

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a city that: (1) owns a hospital consisting of grounds, buildings, equipment, and furnishings; and (2) is located within a county with a nonprofit hospital corporation, whose general corporate powers are exercised by a board of directors composed o…

Sec. 2. An individual is not prohibited from serving as a member of the board of directors if the member: (1) has a pecuniary interest in; or (2) derives a profit from; a contract or purchase connected with the hospital. However, the member shall disclose the interest or profit i…

Sec. 3. If the city fiscal body determines by resolution adopted at a regular meeting that: (1) the city should not operate the hospital; and (2) it would be in the interests of the city to provide adequate hospital care and nursing for the sick, injured, and disabled by leasing …

Sec. 4. A duly organized church, religious association, labor union, fraternal, charitable, military, or civic organization referred to in section 1 of this chapter is an entity that has the following: (1) Duly adopted bylaws. (2) A regular place of meeting in the county. (3) A m…

Sec. 5. A lease authorized by section 3 of this chapter must provide that the corporation will do the following: (1) Make all repairs to the property leased. (2) Keep the property adequately insured. (3) Maintain the property in as good condition as the property is in at the time…

Sec. 1. (a) A person may not own or operate a hospice program if the person has: (1) been convicted of rape (IC 35-42-4-1); (2) been convicted of criminal deviate conduct (IC 35-42-4-2) (repealed); (3) been convicted of exploitation of a dependent or an endangered adult (IC 35-46…

Sec. 2. (a) A person who owns or operates a hospice program shall apply, not more than three (3) business days after the date that an employee or a volunteer begins to provide hospice services, for a copy of the employee's or volunteer's limited criminal history from the Indiana …

Sec. 3. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person who owns or operates a hospice program may not employ an individual or allow a volunteer to provide hospice services if that individual's or volunteer's limited criminal history indicates that the individual or volunteer …

Sec. 4. (a) A person who owns or operates a hospice program is responsible for the payment of fees under IC 10-13-3-30 and other fees required under section 2 of this chapter. (b) This subsection does not apply to a hospice program volunteer. A hospice program may require an indi…

Sec. 5. A person who: (1) owns or operates a hospice program; and (2) violates section 2 or 3 of this chapter; commits a Class A infraction. As added by P.L.256-1999, SEC.16.

Sec. 1. In an emergency, the director may, with the approval of the commissioner, order the relocation of a patient from a health facility under IC 4-21.5-4. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-10-4-18 part.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.11.

Sec. 2. The state department shall adopt rules governing the emergency relocation of patients that provide for the following: (1) Notice to the patient, the patient's next of kin, guardian, and physician of the emergency transfer and the reasons for the relocation. (2) Protection…

Sec. 1. (a) A certified emergency medical responder, a certified emergency medical technician, a certified advanced emergency medical technician, or a licensed paramedic who provides emergency medical services to an emergency patient is not liable for an act or omission in provid…

Sec. 2. (a) Except for an act of gross negligence or willful misconduct, a certified emergency medical responder who uses an automatic or semiautomatic defibrillator on an emergency patient according to the training procedures established by the commission under IC 16-31-2-9 is i…

Sec. 2.5. (a) Except for an act of gross negligence or willful misconduct, an advanced emergency medical technician, a community corrections officer, an emergency medical responder, an emergency medical technician, a firefighter or volunteer firefighter, a law enforcement officer…

Sec. 3. An act or omission of a paramedic or an advanced emergency medical technician done or omitted in good faith while providing advanced life support to a patient or trauma victim does not impose liability upon the paramedic or advanced emergency medical technician, the autho…

Sec. 4. (a) This section does not apply to an act or omission that was a result of gross negligence or willful or intentional misconduct. (b) An act or omission of a paramedic, an advanced emergency medical technician, an emergency medical technician, or a person with equivalent …

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "abortion" has the meaning set forth in IC 16-18-2-1. As added by P.L.93-2022, SEC.5.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "mandatory reporter" means any person providing health care services, including: (1) a physician; (2) a surgeon; (3) a physical therapist; (4) a psychiatrist; (5) a psychologist; (6) a medical resident; (7) a medical intern; (8) hospital staff; (9…

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "physician" means any person licensed to practice medicine in Indiana. The term includes a medical doctor and a doctor of osteopathy. As added by P.L.93-2022, SEC.5.

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "reproductive health care facility" means any office, clinic, or other physical location licensed by the state to provide surgical or medical abortions, abortion counseling, abortion referrals, contraceptives, contraceptive counseling, sex educati…

Sec. 5. A person who knowingly or intentionally coerces a pregnant woman to have an abortion commits a Level 6 felony. As added by P.L.93-2022, SEC.5.

employing a mandatory reporter Sec. 6. (a) A mandatory reporter must report to law enforcement every instance of alleged or suspected coerced abortion. A mandatory reporter may not use discretion in deciding whether a case should or should not be reported to law enforcement. (b) …

Sec. 1. Notwithstanding any other law, a woman may breastfeed her child anywhere the woman has a right to be. As added by P.L.125-2003, SEC.1.

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "consent" means authorization to provide, withhold, or withdraw treatment. As added by P.L.164-2013, SEC.8.