Title 16, HEALTH

Sec. 174. (a) "Home health aide", for purposes of IC 16-27-1, IC 16-27.5, and IC 16-52, means an individual who provides home health aide services. (b) The term does not include the following: (1) A health care professional. (2) A volunteer who provides home health aide services …

Sec. 175. (a) "Home health aide services", for purposes of IC 16-27-1, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-27-1-4. (b) "Home health aide services", for purposes of IC 16-27.5-5, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-27.5-5-1. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-10-2.2-3.] As added …

Sec. 176. "Home health services", for purposes of IC 16-27-1, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-27-1-5. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-10-2.2-5.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1.

Sec. 177.1. "Hospice", for purposes of IC 16-25, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-25-1.1-3. As added by P.L.256-1999, SEC.4.

Sec. 177.2. "Hospice program", for purposes of IC 16-25, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-25-1.1-4. As added by P.L.256-1999, SEC.5.

Sec. 177.3. "Hospice program patient", for purposes of IC 16-25, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-25-1.1-5. As added by P.L.256-1999, SEC.6.

Sec. 177.4. "Hospice services", for purposes of IC 16-25, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-25-1.1-6. As added by P.L.256-1999, SEC.7.

Sec. 179. (a) "Hospital", except as provided in subsections (b) through (h), means a hospital that is licensed under IC 16-21-2. (b) "Hospital", for purposes of IC 16-21, means an institution, a place, a building, or an agency that holds out to the general public that it is opera…

Sec. 18. "Antibiotic drug", for purposes of IC 16-42-3, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-42-3-1. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-30-12 part.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1.

Sec. 18.5. "Any other disability", for purposes of IC 16-34, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-34-4-1. As added by P.L.213-2016, SEC.2.

Sec. 180. "Hospital based health facility", for purposes of IC 16-21 and IC 16-28, means that part of a hospital that provides long term care services and functions as a health facility. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-10-1-2.5.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1. Amended by P.…

Sec. 181. "Hospital fund" or "hospital funds" means money, securities, real or personal property or interests, collected or received by or paid over, transferred, or conveyed to the hospital or the county for hospital purposes or hospital buildings. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citat…

Sec. 182. "Hospital purposes" means providing inpatient or outpatient diagnostic and treatment facilities and services generally recognized as hospital services to the public, under the direction and supervision of the patient's attending physician, including, at the discretion o…

Sec. 183.2. "Human cells, tissues, or cellular or tissue-based products" or "HCT/Ps", for purposes of IC 16-41-12, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-41-12-6.5. As added by P.L.213-2013, SEC.3.

Sec. 183.5. "Human embryo" means a human egg cell with a full genetic composition capable of differentiating and maturing into a complete human being. As added by P.L.126-2005, SEC.4.

Sec. 185. "ICF/IID", for purposes of IC 16-29-4, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-29-4-2. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-10-4-9(g).] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.35-2016, SEC.80.

Sec. 186. "Immediate container", for purposes of IC 16-42-1 through IC 16-42-4, does not include package liners. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citations: 16-1-28-3(j); 16-6-5-3(ee); 16-6-9-2(m).] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.87-1994, SEC.4; P.L.137-1996, SEC.60.

Sec. 186.2. "Immunization", for purposes of IC 16-39-11, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-39-11-2. As added by P.L.196-2021, SEC.9.

Sec. 186.3. "Immunization passport", for purposes of IC 16-39-11, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-39-11-3. As added by P.L.196-2021, SEC.10.

Sec. 186.4. "Immunization status", for purposes of IC 16-39-11, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-39-11-4. As added by P.L.196-2021, SEC.11.

Sec. 186.5. "Incapacity" and "incapacitated", for purposes of IC 16-36-7, have the meaning set forth in IC 16-36-7-15. As added by P.L.50-2021, SEC.20.

Sec. 187.2. "Incremental fee", for purposes of IC 16-21-10, means a part of the hospital assessment fee designated for the use of funding the healthy Indiana plan. As added by P.L.213-2015, SEC.138. Amended by P.L.30-2016, SEC.36.

Sec. 187.5. "Indiana birth registration system" or "IBRS", for purposes of IC 16-37, means the electronic system of recording births established under IC 16-37-1-3.1. As added by P.L.61-2009, SEC.1.

Sec. 187.6. "Indiana death registration system" or "IDRS", for purposes of IC 16-37, means the electronic system of recording deaths established under IC 16-37-1-3.1. As added by P.L.61-2009, SEC.2.

Sec. 187.8. "Indiana governmental entity", for purposes of IC 16-39-11, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-39-11-4.5. As added by P.L.1-2022, SEC.3.

Sec. 187.9. "Indiana nonprofit hospital system", for purposes of IC 16-51-1, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-51-1-4. As added by P.L.9-2024, SEC.369.

Sec. 188.1. "Indiana University hospitals", for purposes of IC 16-23.5, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-23.5-1-10. As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.187.

Sec. 188.2. "Individual provider form", for purposes of IC 16-51-1, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-51-1-5. As added by P.L.203-2023, SEC.10.

Sec. 188.3. "Individual with a communicable disease", for purposes of IC 16-41, means a person who has: (1) tuberculosis in a communicable state; or (2) another serious communicable disease. As added by P.L.112-2020, SEC.6.

Sec. 188.5. "Individual with a disability", for purposes of IC 16-32-2, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-32-2-1(a). As added by P.L.37-2018, SEC.3.

Sec. 188.6. "Individualized investigational treatment", for purposes of IC 16-42-26.5, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-42-26.5-2. As added by P.L.215-2025, SEC.11.

Sec. 188.7. "Industrialized residential structure", for purposes of IC 16-41-27, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-41-27-2.1. As added by P.L.168-2020, SEC.1.

Sec. 188.8. "Infant death", for purposes of IC 16-49-6, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-49-6-2. As added by P.L.31-2019, SEC.2.

Sec. 189. "Infectious waste", for purposes of IC 16-41-16, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-41-16-4. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-9.7-3.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1.

Sec. 19. (a) "Applicant", for purposes of IC 16-25, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-25-1.1-2. (b) "Applicant", for purposes of IC 16-26-2, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-26-2-1. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-2.5-3-1.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.2…

Sec. 190. (a) "Informed consent", for purposes of IC 16-36-7, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-36-7-16. (b) "Informed consent", for purposes of IC 16-41-6, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-41-6-2. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-9.5-3(a).] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.…

Sec. 190.7. "Institutional provider", for purposes of IC 16-51-1, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-51-1-6. As added by P.L.203-2023, SEC.11.

Sec. 190.8. "Institutional provider form", for purposes of IC 16-51-1, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-51-1-7. As added by P.L.203-2023, SEC.12.

Sec. 190.9. "Insurer", for purposes of IC 16-51-1, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-51-1-8. As added by P.L.203-2023, SEC.13.

Sec. 191.2. "Interchangeable", for purposes of IC 16-42-25, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-42-25-3. As added by P.L.96-2014, SEC.3.

Sec. 191.5. "Interdisciplinary team", for purposes of IC 16-25, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-25-1.1-7. As added by P.L.256-1999, SEC.8.

Sec. 192. (a) "Intrastate commerce", for purposes of IC 16-42-1 through IC 16-42-4, means any and all commerce within Indiana and subject to the jurisdiction of the state. (b) The term includes the operation of a business or service establishment. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citatio…

Sec. 193. "Invasive medical care", for purposes of IC 16-31, does not include the administration of a nonvisualized airway. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-39-2 part.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1.

Sec. 193.5. "Investigational drug, biological product, or device", for purposes of IC 16-42-26, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-42-26-2. As added by P.L.2-2015, SEC.1.

Sec. 194. "Investigational or new drug", for purposes of IC 16-42-19, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-42-19-4. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-6-8-2(l).] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1.