Title 16, TITLE 16. HEALTH

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a county containing any of the following: (1) A second class city. (2) A consolidated city. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12-22-2 part.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.5.

Sec. 10. If the nonprofit hospital corporation elects to abandon the condemnation proceedings, the corporation shall pay the expenses or losses actually incurred by the condemning authority arising out of the condemnation proceedings. The nonprofit hospital corporation may enter …

charges; use by nonresidents Sec. 12. A nonprofit hospital corporation for whose use and benefit condemnation proceedings are instituted shall be operated for the benefit of all the inhabitants of the county without discrimination. The rates and charges for services must be reaso…

Sec. 13. The grant or exercise of the power of condemnation under this chapter for the use and benefit of a nonprofit hospital corporation does not control, limit, or alter the right of the nonprofit hospital corporation to determine the physicians that may practice in or admit p…

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "general hospital" means an inpatient facility open to the general public that admits any combination of maternity, acute, or long term medical or surgical patients and provides personal care, x-rays, laboratory, surgery, and other recognized hosp…

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "general hospital services" means hospital services furnished by a general hospital. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12-22-1(c).] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.5.

Sec. 4. General hospitals owned and operated by nonprofit hospital corporations are declared to be a public use. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12-22-2 part.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.5.

Sec. 5. The county executive or the city legislative body of a city in a county subject to this chapter may acquire by condemnation real property or an interest in real property, including any buildings, structures, or other improvements, immediately adjacent to and necessary for…

commence hospital construction Sec. 6. The condemnation and acquisition must be for the use and benefit of and at the expense of the nonprofit hospital corporation as set forth in section 9 of this chapter. If construction of hospital facilities is not commenced not more than thr…

Sec. 7. An officer of the corporation shall, not more than sixty (60) days after the commencement of construction, make and file with the county recorder an affidavit showing the date of commencement of construction. An action to effect reversion or to put in issue the commenceme…

Sec. 8. The acquisition and condemnation authorized by this chapter shall be made in accordance with IC 32-24-1 and IC 32-24-6. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12-22-3.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.2-2002, SEC.68.

owner Sec. 9. The: (1) costs and expenses incurred in the condemnation proceedings, including reasonable attorney's fees for the condemning authority; and (2) award or damages due the owner of the real property taken in the condemnation proceedings; shall be paid by the nonprofit…

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a nonprofit hospital corporation that: (1) is located in a township having a population of more than eight thousand (8,000) and less than ten thousand (10,000) located in a county having a population of more than forty-six thousand (46,000) and les…

Sec. 2. The township board may, at the request of the township trustee, levy annually and cause to be collected as other taxes are collected a tax upon all of the taxable property within the township. The tax may not exceed six and sixty-seven hundredths cents ($0.0667) on each o…

Sec. 3. The taxes levied under section 2 of this chapter shall be collected as provided by statute for the collection of other taxes upon property in the township. When the taxes are collected, the taxes shall be paid into the treasury of the nonprofit hospital corporation and us…

Sec. 4. (a) This section applies if the township trustee and the township board of the township determine the following: (1) That the hospital is indebted in an amount not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), the payment of which is secured by a mortgage encumbering the buil…

Sec. 5. A township may not exercise the powers under this chapter, raise money by taxation, or incur debt of the township on behalf of a hospital unless the trustee of the township is an ex officio member of the board of directors or other governing board of the hospital througho…

Sec. 1. The division shall investigate a report of an unlicensed health facility operation and report the division's findings to the attorney general. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-10-4-21 part.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.11.

Sec. 2. The attorney general may do any of the following: (1) Seek an injunction in the circuit or superior court of the county in which the unlicensed health facility is located or in the circuit or superior court of Marion County. (2) Seek relief under IC 4-21.5, including a ci…

interference with correction process Sec. 3. (a) A person who intentionally: (1) prevents, interferes with, or attempts to impede the work of an employee of the state department in the investigation and enforcement of any provision of this article; (2) prevents or attempts to pre…

Sec. 4. A person who intentionally destroys or falsifies records of the breach of any provision of this article commits a Level 6 felony. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-10-4-23.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.158-2013, SEC.233. IC 16-28-9-5 Unlicensed oper…

Sec. 6. The state department may impose a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) for a violation of a provision of this chapter. As added by P.L.108-1999, SEC.2.

Sec. 1. (a) As used in this chapter, "food service establishment" means a fixed or mobile establishment that serves food to the public for consumption on the premises. (b) The term does not include establishments operated on a temporary basis by a charitable or nonprofit corporat…

Sec. 2. (a) The state department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to provide for the approval of placards containing instructions in methods that may be used safely and effectively in an emergency by laymen to remove food lodged in a person's throat. The methods must be limited …

Sec. 3. The state department shall develop and publish guidelines for training programs that may be used on a voluntary basis by food service establishments to train employees in the approved methods. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-41-4.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.14.…

Sec. 4. (a) A person is not obligated to remove, assist in removing, or attempt to remove food from another person's throat. A person who in good faith gratuitously removes, assists in removing, or attempts to remove food from another person's throat in an emergency occurring at …

Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to x-rays covered by either of the following: (1) IC 16-39-1-2. (2) IC 16-39-7-2. As added by P.L.102-1994, SEC.9.

Sec. 2. A provider may not charge a person for making and providing copies of medical records an amount greater than the amount set in rules adopted by the department of insurance under section 4 of this chapter. As added by P.L.102-1994, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.173-2007, SEC.1.

As added by P.L.102-1994, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.78-2004, SEC.24. Repealed by P.L.173-2007, SEC.47.

Sec. 4. (a) As used in this section, "department" refers to the department of insurance created by IC 27-1-1-1. (b) The department may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to set the amounts that may be charged for copying records under this chapter. In adopting rules under this section, …

As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.320. Repealed by P.L.63-2012, SEC.23.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-9.5-4.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24. Repealed by P.L.138-2006, SEC.14.

rules Sec. 1.5. (a) If a public health authority has reason to believe that: (1) an individual: (A) has been infected with; or (B) has been exposed to; a serious communicable disease or outbreak; and (2) the individual is likely to cause the infection of an uninfected individual …

Sec. 1.6. (a) A public health authority may impose or petition a court to impose a quarantine and do the following: (1) Distribute information to the public concerning: (A) the risks of the disease; (B) how the disease is transmitted; (C) available precautions to reduce the risk …

Sec. 1.7. (a) An immunization program established by a public health authority to combat a public health emergency involving a serious communicable disease must comply with the following: (1) The state department must develop and distribute or post information concerning the risk…

disease; transfer to legal residences Sec. 10. (a) The administrator of a hospital or other facility for the treatment of tuberculosis or other serious communicable disease may transfer or authorize the transfer of a nonresident indigent individual with a communicable disease to …

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-10.5-20.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24. Repealed by P.L.138-2006, SEC.14.

licensed facilities Sec. 12. (a) The superintendent or the chief executive officer of the facility to which an individual with a communicable disease has been ordered under this chapter may decline to admit a patient if the superintendent or chief executive officer determines tha…

Sec. 13. (a) The court shall determine what part of the cost of care or treatment ordered by the court, if any, the individual with a communicable disease can pay and whether there are other available sources of public or private funding responsible for payment of the individual'…

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-35-1.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24. Repealed by P.L.138-2006, SEC.14.

necessary procedures to protect public health Sec. 15. In carrying out its duties under this chapter, a public health authority shall attempt to seek the cooperation of cases, individuals with a communicable disease, contacts, or suspect cases to implement the least restrictive b…

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-9.5-5.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24. Repealed by P.L.138-2006, SEC.14.

school Sec. 3. (a) The local health officer may exclude from school a student who has a serious communicable disease that: (1) is transmissible through normal school contacts; and (2) poses a substantial threat to the health and safety of the school community. (b) If the local he…

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-10.5-12.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24. Repealed by P.L.138-2006, SEC.14.

communicable disease; detention; application for detention Sec. 5. (a) If a designated health official determines that an individual with a communicable disease has a serious communicable disease and has reasonable grounds to believe that the individual with a communicable diseas…

unauthorized absences Sec. 6. (a) The chief medical officer of a hospital or other institutional facility may direct that an individual with a communicable disease detained under this article be placed apart from the others and restrained from leaving the facility. An individual …

unauthorized absences; prevention of health threat Sec. 7. (a) An individual with a communicable disease who: (1) poses a serious and present risk to the health of others; (2) has been voluntarily admitted to a hospital or other facility for the treatment of tuberculosis or anoth…

Sec. 8. (a) A local health officer may file a report with the court that states that an individual with a communicable disease who has been detained under this article may be discharged without danger to the health or life of others. (b) The court may enter an order of release ba…

penal institutions; advanced reports; jurisdiction of health officers Sec. 9. (a) Not more than thirty (30) days after the proposed release from a state penal institution of a prisoner who is known to have: (1) tuberculosis in a communicable stage; or (2) another serious communic…

Sec. 1. The state department may make grants of money from state appropriated money to: (1) any county or counties jointly operating a local clinic or dispensary; (2) a sanatorium; (3) a hospital providing outpatient care; or (4) in a small community, a private physician; for the…