Title 16, HEALTH

Sec. 198. "Labeling", for purposes of IC 16-42-1 through IC 16-42-4, means all labels and other written, printed, or graphic matter: (1) upon any article or any of the containers or wrappers; or (2) accompanying the article. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citations: 16-1-28-3(k); 16-6-…

Sec. 198.1. "Laboratory animal carcasses, body parts, blood and body fluids, and bedding", for purposes of IC 16-41-16, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-41-16-4.5. As added by P.L.96-2026, SEC.6.

Sec. 198.3. "Lay caregiver", for purposes of IC 16-21-12, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-21-12-5. As added by P.L.137-2015, SEC.5.

Sec. 198.5. "Lead-based paint", for purposes of IC 16-41-39.8, means paint or another surface coating that contains lead in an amount equal to or more than one (1) milligram per square centimeter, or in the amount of more than one-half percent (0.5%) by weight. As added by P.L.57…

Sec. 198.7. (a) "Lead-based paint activities", for purposes of IC 16-41-39.4 and IC 16-41-39.8, means the inspection risk assessment and abatement of lead-based paint in target housing and child occupied facilities. (b) The term includes project design and supervision. As added b…

Sec. 199. "Legend drug", for purposes of IC 16-42, means a drug that is: (1) subject to 21 U.S.C. 353(b)(1); or (2) listed in the Prescription Drug Product List as: (A) published in United States Department of Health and Human Services Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equi…

Sec. 20. "Appropriate facility", for purposes of IC 16-36-3, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-36-3-1. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-3-1(a).] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1.

Sec. 200. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), "legislative body" has the meaning set forth in IC 36-1-2-9. (b) For purposes of IC 16-20-1-21.5, "legislative body" has the meaning set forth in IC 16-20-1-21.5(c). (c) For purposes of IC 16-20-5.5, "legislative body" …

Sec. 201. "Lessee county", for purposes of IC 16-22-6-27, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-22-6-27(b). [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12-20-16.5.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1.

Sec. 201.5. "Lethal fetal anomaly", for purposes of IC 16-25-4.5 and IC 16-34, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-25-4.5-2. As added by P.L.213-2016, SEC.5.

Sec. 202. "Licensed physician" means an individual who holds an unlimited license to practice medicine in Indiana under IC 25-22.5. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-1-3.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1.

Sec. 202.1. "Licensed practical nurse", for purposes of IC 16-27.5, has the meaning set forth in IC 25-23-1-1.2. As added by P.L.143-2025, SEC.10.

Sec. 203. (a) "Life prolonging procedure", for purposes of IC 16-36, means any medical procedure, treatment, or intervention that does the following: (1) Uses mechanical or other artificial means to sustain, restore, or supplant a vital function. (2) Serves to prolong the dying p…

Sec. 204. "Life prolonging procedures will declarant", for purposes of IC 16-36-4, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-36-4-2. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-11-5.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1.

Sec. 204.2. "Life threatening or severely debilitating disease", for purposes of IC 16-42-26.5, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-42-26.5-3. As added by P.L.215-2025, SEC.13.

Sec. 205. "Live birth" or "birth", for purposes of IC 16-37, means the birth of a child who shows evidence of life after the child is entirely outside of the mother. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-15-2(2).] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1.

Sec. 208. "Living will declarant", for purposes of IC 16-36-4, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-36-4-3. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-11-6.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1.

Sec. 209. "Local board", for purposes of IC 16-41-27, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-41-27-3. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 13-1-7-2(5).] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1.

Sec. 210. (a) "Local board of health", for purposes of IC 16-22-8, means a local board of health referred to in IC 16-20. (b) "Local board of health", for purposes of IC 16-46-10, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-46-10-0.5. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citations: 16-3-3-2 part; 16-…

Sec. 210.5. "Local fetal-infant mortality review team", for purposes of IC 16-49-6, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-49-6-3. As added by P.L.31-2019, SEC.3.

Sec. 211. (a) "Local health department", except as provided in subsections (b) through (e), means a department organized by a county or city executive with a board, a health officer, and an operational staff to provide health services to a county, city, or multiple county unit. (…

Sec. 212. "Local health officer", for purposes of IC 16-22 and IC 16-37, means a local health officer as referred to in IC 16-20. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12-21-1 part.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1.

Sec. 213. "Locker", for purposes of IC 16-42, means the individual sections or compartments of a capacity of not more than twenty-five (25) cubic feet in the locker room of a locker plant or branch locker plant. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-22-3.] As added by P.L.2-199…

Sec. 214. "Locker plant", for purposes of IC 16-42, means a location or an establishment in which space in individual lockers is rented to individuals for the storage of food at not more than forty-five (45) degrees Fahrenheit and that has at least one (1) of the following facili…

Sec. 214.7. "Low income", for purposes of IC 16-41-39.4, means having not more than eighty percent (80%) of the median income level of households in a particular county as determined annually by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. As added by P.L.102-2008, SE…

Sec. 214.9. "Mandatory reporter", for purposes of IC 16-34-6, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-34-6-2. As added by P.L.93-2022, SEC.1.

Sec. 215. "Manufacture", for purposes of IC 16-41-32, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-41-32-7. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-9-4-2(e).] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1.

Sec. 215.5. "Manufactured home", for purposes of IC 16-41-27, has the meaning set forth in IC 9-13-2-96(a). The term includes a mobile home (as defined in IC 9-13-2-103.2). As added by P.L.87-2005, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.157-2026, SEC.210.

Sec. 216. (a) "Manufacturer", for purposes of IC 16-42-19 and IC 16-42-21, means a person who by compounding, cultivating, harvesting, mixing, or other process produces or prepares legend drugs. The term includes a person who: (1) prepares legend drugs in dosage forms by mixing, …

Sec. 218. "Maternal and child health clinic", for purposes of IC 16-46-5, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-46-5-5. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-3-6-1.4.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1.

Sec. 218.3. "Maternal morbidity", for purposes of IC 16-50, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-50-1-1. As added by P.L.48-2018, SEC.1.

Sec. 218.5. "Maternal mortality", for purposes of IC 16-50, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-50-1-2. As added by P.L.48-2018, SEC.2.

Sec. 219. (a) "Maternity home", for purposes of IC 16-26, means a public or private facility that provides food and temporary residence to at least one (1) pregnant woman during the pregnancy and not more than one hundred eighty (180) days after childbirth. (b) The term does not …

Sec. 22. "Approved postsecondary educational institution" has the meaning set forth in IC 21-7-13-6(a). [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-6.5-2-8 part.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.2-2007, SEC.179.

Sec. 220. "Maternity home operator", for purposes of IC 16-26, means a person that: (1) owns a maternity home; (2) is not more closely related to the pregnant woman or expected child than second cousins; (3) is not related to the pregnant woman or expected child as a stepparent, …

Sec. 222.5. "Meat product", for purposes of IC 16-42-5.4, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-42-5.4-2. As added by P.L.163-2026, SEC.3.

Sec. 223. "Mechanical device", for purposes of IC 16-42-19-23, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-42-19-23(a). [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-6-8-6.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1.

Sec. 223.2. "Medical debt", for purposes of IC 16-21-16, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-21-16-2. As added by P.L.124-2026, SEC.3.

Sec. 223.4. "Medical center", for purposes of IC 16-23.5, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-23.5-1-11. As added by P.L.2-2007, SEC.188.

Sec. 223.5. "Medical emergency", for purposes of IC 16-34, means a condition that, on the basis of the attending physician's good faith clinical judgment, complicates the medical condition of a pregnant woman so that it necessitates the immediate termination of her pregnancy to a…

Sec. 223.6. "Medical director", for purposes of IC 16-31-3.5, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-35-3.5-1. As added by P.L.205-2003, SEC.18.

Sec. 223.7. "Medically contraindicated", for purposes of IC 16-28-14 and IC 16-28-14.5, means that a vaccine would be detrimental to an individual's health because of a medical condition of the individual. As added by P.L.97-1999, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.29-2009, SEC.1.

Sec. 224.1. "Medication assisted treatment" has the meaning set forth in IC 12-7-2.1-223. As added by P.L.203-2017, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.145-2026, SEC.98.

Sec. 225. "Member of the armed forces", for purposes of IC 16-33-4, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-33-4-4. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-6.5-5-3.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.1.

Sec. 225.6. "Mental health facility", for purposes of IC 16-31, means the following: (1) A certified community behavioral health clinic (as defined in IC 12-15-1.3-25(a)). (2) A community mental health center (as defined in IC 12-7-2.1-78) certified under IC 12-21-2-3(5)(C). As a…

Sec. 225.8. "Mental health provider", for purposes of IC 16-36-1.5 and IC 16-34-1-4, has the meaning set forth in IC 16-36-1.5-2. As added by P.L.145-1996, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.34-2001, SEC.6; P.L.218-2021, SEC.1.