§ 16-19-4-4 — Commissioner; employed physicians; ethics and conflicts of interest; practice of medicine

(a) The state health commissioner and any
physicians employed by the state department are governed in the
performance of their official duties by IC 4-2-6 and IC 35-44.1-1-4
concerning ethics and conflict of interest.
(b) To learn professional skills and to become familiar with new
developments in the field of medicine, and except as provided in IC 16-42-27-2(f), the state health commissioner may, in an individual
capacity as a licensed physician and not in an official capacity as state
health commissioner, engage in the practice of medicine if the practice
of medicine does not interfere with the performance of the state health
commissioner's duties as state health commissioner.
(c) The state health commissioner may designate in writing
employees in the state department who are licensed as a physician and
may engage in the practice of medicine outside of their official duties.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-2-5(b).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.126-2012, SEC.36; P.L.6-2016, SEC.2; P.L.130-2021, SEC.4; P.L.9-2022, SEC.26.