§ 10-14-3.5-18 — Qualifications of a volunteer health practitioner registration system; confirmation of volunteer health practitioners used in Indiana; notification; host entity not required to use services

Indiana § 10-14-3.5-18

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 10: PUBLIC SAFETY
• Art. 14: EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
• Ch. 3.5: Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners

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(a) To qualify as a volunteer health
practitioner registration system, a system must:
(1) accept applications for the registration of volunteer health
practitioners before or during an emergency;
(2) include information about the licensure and good standing of
health practitioners that is accessible by authorized persons;
(3) be capable of confirming the accuracy of information
concerning whether a health practitioner is licensed and in good
standing before health services or veterinary services are provided
under this chapter; and
(4) meet one (1) of the following conditions:
(A) Be an emergency system for advance registration of
volunteer health practitioners established by a state and funded
through the Health Resources Services Administration under
section 319I of the federal Public Health Services Act, 42
U.S.C. 247d-7b.
(B) Be a local unit consisting of trained and equipped
emergency response, public health, and medical personnel
formed under section 2801 of the federal Public Health
Services Act, 42 U.S.C. 300hh.
(C) Be operated by a:
(i) disaster relief organization;
(ii) licensing board;
(iii) national or regional association of licensing boards or
health practitioners;
(iv) health facility that provides comprehensive inpatient and
outpatient health care services, including a tertiary care and
teaching hospital; or
(v) governmental entity.
(D) Be designated by the department of homeland security as
a registration system for purposes of this chapter.
(b) While an emergency declaration is in effect, the department of
homeland security, a person authorized to act on behalf of the
department of homeland security, or a host entity may confirm whether
volunteer health practitioners used in Indiana are registered with a
registration system that complies with subsection (a). Confirmation is
limited to obtaining identities of the practitioners from the system and
determining whether the system indicates that the practitioners are
licensed and in good standing.
(c) Upon request of a person in Indiana authorized under subsection
(b), or a similarly authorized person in another state, a registration
system located in Indiana shall notify the person of the identities of
volunteer health practitioners and whether the practitioners are licensed
and in good standing.
(d) A host entity is not required to use the services of a volunteer
health practitioner even if the practitioner is registered with a
registration system that indicates that the practitioner is licensed and
in good standing.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.134-2008, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.1-2009, SEC.95.