Indiana § 16-21-11-6 Disposition by cremation or interment; costs; permits; confidential
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§ 16-21-11-6 — Disposition by cremation or interment; costs; permits; confidential information

Indiana § 16-21-11-6

Title 16HEALTH

Art. 21HOSPITALS

Ch. 11Treatment of Miscarried Remains

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Ind. Code § 16-21-11-6 (2026).

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(a)If the parent or parents choose a location of final disposition other than the location of final disposition that is usual and customary for the health care facility, the parent or parents are responsible for the costs related to the final disposition of the fetus at the chosen location.

(b)A health care facility having possession of a miscarried fetus shall provide for the final disposition of the miscarried fetus. The burial transit permit requirements under IC 16-37-3 apply to the final disposition of the miscarried fetus, which must be cremated or interred. However:

(1)a person is not required to designate a name for the miscarried fetus on the burial transit permit and the space for a name may remain blank; and

(2)any information submitted under this section that may be used to

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(a) If the parent or parents choose a location
of final disposition other than the location of final disposition that is
usual and customary for the health care facility, the parent or parents
are responsible for the costs related to the final disposition of the fetus
at the chosen location.
(b) A health care facility having possession of a miscarried fetus
shall provide for the final disposition of the miscarried fetus. The burial
transit permit requirements under IC 16-37-3 apply to the final
disposition of the miscarried fetus, which must be cremated or interred.
However:
(1) a person is not required to designate a name for the miscarried
fetus on the burial transit permit and the space for a name may
remain blank; and
(2) any information submitted under this section that may be used
to identify the parent or parents is confidential and must be
redacted from any public records maintained under IC 16-37-3.
Miscarried fetuses may be cremated by simultaneous cremation.
(c) The local health officer shall provide the person in charge of
interment with a permit for the disposition of the body. A certificate of
stillbirth is not required to be issued for a final disposition of a
miscarried fetus having a gestational age of less than twenty (20)
weeks.
(d) IC 23-14-31-26, IC 23-14-55-2, IC 25-15-9-18, and IC 29-2-19-17 concerning the authorization of disposition of human
remains apply to this section.