Indiana § 16-18-4-7.1 Jurisdiction; notification requirements

Indiana Statutes

§ 16-18-4-7.1 — Jurisdiction; notification requirements

Indiana § 16-18-4-7.1

Title 16HEALTH

Art. 18GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS

Ch. 4Hospital Police Departments

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Ind. Code § 16-18-4-7.1 (2026).

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(a)A hospital police officer employed by a nonprofit hospital may exercise the powers granted under this chapter as follows:

(1)A police officer may exercise the police officer's powers upon real property owned, leased, or occupied by the nonprofit hospital employing the police officer, including the streets passing through and adjacent to the hospital.

(2)This subdivision applies only to a police officer who meets the minimum basic training and educational requirements adopted by the law enforcement training board under IC 5-2-1-9 as necessary for employment as a law enforcement officer. A nonprofit hospital may extend a police officer's territorial jurisdiction to the entire state, or to any part of the state, if:

(A)the governing board of the nonprofit hospital adopts a resolutio

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1. (a) A hospital police officer employed by
a nonprofit hospital may exercise the powers granted under this chapter
as follows:
(1) A police officer may exercise the police officer's powers upon
real property owned, leased, or occupied by the nonprofit hospital
employing the police officer, including the streets passing through
and adjacent to the hospital.
(2) This subdivision applies only to a police officer who meets the
minimum basic training and educational requirements adopted by
the law enforcement training board under IC 5-2-1-9 as necessary
for employment as a law enforcement officer. A nonprofit hospital
may extend a police officer's territorial jurisdiction to the entire
state, or to any part of the state, if:
(A) the governing board of the nonprofit hospital adopts a
resolution specifically describing the territorial jurisdiction of
a police officer appointed under this chapter;
(B) the governing board of the nonprofit hospital notifies the:
(i) superintendent of the state police department;
(ii) sheriff of the county in which the institution is primarily
located (or the chief of police of the consolidated city, if the
institution is primarily located in a consolidated city);
(iii) county sheriff of any county located in the extended
territorial jurisdiction; and
(iv) chief of police of any municipality located in the
extended territorial jurisdiction;
of the boundaries of the extended territorial jurisdiction; and
(C) the effective date of the extended territorial jurisdiction
occurs after December 31, 2023.
The institution shall provide the persons described in subdivision
(2)(B)(i) through (2)(B)(iv) with notice of the extended jurisdiction
every two (2) years, by January 31 of the second year.
(b) If a hospital police officer appointed under this chapter exercises
the police officer's powers outside of the county in which the institution
is primarily located or the extended territorial jurisdiction, the police
officer shall notify the sheriff (or, in the case of a consolidated city, the
chief of police) as soon as practicable.