Title 16, HEALTH

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "covered entity" has the meaning set forth in 45 CFR 160.103 as in effect on November 4, 2004. As added by P.L.47-2005, SEC.1.

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "law enforcement official" has the meaning set forth in 45 CFR 164.501 as in effect on November 4, 2004. As added by P.L.47-2005, SEC.1.

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "protected health information" has the meaning set forth in 45 CFR 160.103 as in effect on November 4, 2004. As added by P.L.47-2005, SEC.1.

Sec. 4. A covered entity may disclose the following protected health information to a law enforcement official who requests the protected health information for the purpose of identifying or locating a missing person: (1) Contact information, including family, personal representa…

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "emergency medical services provider" means a firefighter, a law enforcement officer, a paramedic, an emergency medical technician, a physician licensed under IC 25-22.5, a nurse licensed under IC 25-23, or other person who provides emergency medi…

Sec. 2. (a) This section applies to the following: (1) An emergency medical services provider who is exposed to blood and body fluids while providing emergency medical services to a patient. (2) A law enforcement officer who is exposed to blood and body fluids while performing th…

Sec. 2.5. (a) A patient (including a patient who is unable to consent due to physical or mental incapacity) to whose blood or body fluids an emergency medical services provider, a health care provider, or a law enforcement officer is exposed as described in section 2 of this chap…

Sec. 2.6. (a) This section applies to: (1) an emergency medical services provider; (2) a law enforcement officer; and (3) a health care provider; who have been exposed to blood or body fluids as described in section 2(a) of this chapter. (b) A person to whom this section applies …

Sec. 3. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), if a patient to whose blood or body fluids an emergency medical services provider, health care provider, or a law enforcement officer is exposed as described in section 2 of this chapter: (1) is admitted to a medical facility foll…

Sec. 3.5. (a) A medical facility may not physically restrain a patient described in section 2.5 of this chapter in order to test the patient for the presence of a serious communicable disease. (b) Nothing in this chapter prohibits a patient from being discharged from a medical fa…

Sec. 4. (a) A medical director or physician notified under section 3 of this chapter shall, not more than forty-eight (48) hours after receiving the notification under section 3 of this chapter, contact the emergency medical services provider, health care provider, or law enforce…

Sec. 5. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the medical information referred to in this chapter is confidential, and a person may not disclose or be compelled to disclose medical or epidemiological information referred to in this chapter. (b) A person responsible fo…

Sec. 6. A person who makes a report under this chapter in good faith is not subject to liability in a civil, an administrative, a disciplinary, or a criminal action. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-45-9.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24.

Sec. 7. (a) Except as otherwise provided, a person who recklessly violates or fails to comply with this chapter commits a Class B misdemeanor. (b) Each day a violation continues constitutes a separate offense. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-35-1.] As added by P.L.2-1993,…

Sec. 8. The state department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to carry out this chapter. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-45-10.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24.

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "enriched" as applied to flour, means the addition to flour of the vitamins and other nutritional ingredients necessary to make the flour conform to the definition and standard of identity of enriched flour, enriched bromated flour, or enriched se…

Sec. 10. (a) If the state health commissioner finds that: (1) there is an existing or imminent shortage of any ingredient required by section 7 or 8 of this chapter; and (2) because of the existing or imminent shortage the sale and distribution of flour or white bread or rolls ma…

Sec. 11. (a) All orders and rules adopted by the state health commissioner under this chapter shall be published in the manner prescribed in this chapter and, within the limits specified by this chapter, take effect on the date the state health commissioner determines. (b) Whenev…

Sec. 12. For the purposes of this chapter, the state health commissioner or the commissioner's authorized representatives may take samples for analysis and conduct examinations and investigations through any officers or employees under the state health commissioner's supervision.…

Sec. 13. A person who recklessly violates this chapter commits a Class B misdemeanor. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-6-3-6.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.25.

Sec. 2. (a) As used in this chapter, "flour" means the following foods as defined in the definitions and standards of identity adopted by the state department: (1) Flour, white flour, wheat flour, plain flour. (2) Bromated flour. (3) Self-rising flour, self-rising white flour, se…

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "person" means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a limited liability company, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, or an unincorporated organization to the extent the person is engaged in the commercial manufacture or sale of…

Sec. 4. (a) As used in this chapter, "rolls" includes the following: (1) Plain white rolls and buns of the semibread dough type, such as soft rolls, hamburger, hot dog, and Parker House. (2) Hard rolls, such as Vienna and Kaiser. (3) All rolls or buns made without fillings or ici…

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "white bread" means any bread, whether baked in a pan or on a hearth or screen, that is commonly known or usually represented and sold as white bread, including Vienna bread, French bread, and Italian bread. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-6…

Sec. 6. The state health commissioner shall enforce the provisions of this chapter and shall adopt, amend, or rescind rules and orders for the efficient enforcement of this chapter. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-6-3-5(a).] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.25.

Sec. 7. (a) This section does not apply to flour sold to bakers or other commercial secondary processors if, before or simultaneously with delivery, the purchaser furnishes to the seller a certificate of intent in the form the state health commissioner prescribes by rule certifyi…

Sec. 8. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person may not manufacture, bake, sell, or offer for sale in Indiana for human consumption white bread or rolls unless the white bread or rolls conform to the definition and standard of identity then in effect for enriched bread…

Sec. 9. (a) This section does not apply to white bread or rolls that bear no labeling of any kind and that are sold directly to the consumer by the manufacturer. (b) A person may not sell or offer for sale in Indiana for human consumption in Indiana any flour, wrapped white bread…

Sec. 0.5. As used in this chapter, "local board of health" means a board established under IC 16-20-2, IC 16-20-3, IC 16-20-4, or IC 16-22-8. As added by P.L.164-2023, SEC.38.

Sec. 1. (a) The local public health fund is established for the purpose of providing local boards of health with funds as provided in sections 2.1 through 2.3 of this chapter to provide public health services. The fund shall be administered by the state department and consists of…

Sec. 1.5. (a) Each county shall establish a separate fund known as the local public health services fund to receive local board of health funding under this chapter. (b) Money disbursed under this chapter may only be deposited in the local public health services fund established …

Sec. 2.1. (a) The state department shall provide funding each year from the local public health fund to each local board of health in accordance with this chapter. (b) If a county has more than one (1) local health department, the state department shall determine the county's sha…

Sec. 2.2. (a) This section applies for purposes of funding beginning in the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and in each state fiscal year thereafter. (b) For purposes of this section, "SVI" means the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the federal Age…

Sec. 2.3. (a) This section applies: (1) for purposes of funding beginning in the state fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and in each state fiscal year thereafter; and (2) to a local board of health that does not receive funding under section 2.2 of this chapter. (b) A local boa…

Sec. 2.4. Not later than January 1 of each year, the state department shall, subject to state appropriations: (1) allocate money under sections 2.2 and 2.3 of this chapter to each eligible local public health fund; and (2) determine the amount of money under sections 2.2 and 2.3 …

Sec. 2.5. Not later than November 1 of each year, the state department shall submit a report to the department of local government finance including all state funds approved for local health departments under this chapter in the previous year. As added by P.L.164-2023, SEC.46.

Sec. 2.6. For counties with a city health department established under IC 16-20-4-3, funding of the city health department shall be determined based on a per capita amount as provided in section 2.2(d) of this chapter. The county fiscal body and city fiscal body shall enter into …

Sec. 3. (a) Funding provided a local board of health under section 2.2 or 2.3 of this chapter may be used by the local board to provide any of the following services: (1) Core public health services. (2) Any statutorily required actions for a local health department. (3) Evidence…

Sec. 3.5. (a) If two (2) or more local boards of health cooperate in providing any of the services described in section 3 of this chapter, those local boards of health shall file a joint financial report as described in section 2.2(f) of this chapter that must be approved by the …

Sec. 4. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), the services funded under this chapter shall be provided without cost to a recipient. (b) If a recipient has insurance or any type of public indemnification that would in part pay for any services funded under this chapte…

Sec. 5. The state board shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 necessary to carry out this chapter. As added by P.L.82-1993, SEC.3.

Sec. 6. To remain eligible for funding under this chapter, a local board of health must maintain compliance with the financial report submitted under section 2.2 or 2.3 of this chapter, as applicable, and any other reporting requirements under this title. If the state department …

Sec. 1. The compact states hereby create and establish a joint public agency known as the Interstate Commission for EMS Personnel Practice. As added by P.L.3-2020, SEC.1.

Sec. 10. (a) The members, officers, executive director, employees, and representatives of the commission shall be immune from suit and liability, either personally or in their official capacity, for any claim for damage to or loss of property or personal injury or other civil lia…

Sec. 2. (a) The commission is a body politic and an instrumentality of the compact states. (b) Venue is proper and judicial proceedings by or against the commission shall be brought solely and exclusively in a court of competent jurisdiction where the principal office of the comm…

Sec. 3. (a) Each member state shall have and be limited to one (1) delegate. The responsible official of the state EMS authority or the official's designee shall be the delegate to this compact for each member state. Any delegate may be removed or suspended from office as provide…