§ 16-22-3-29 — Safekeeping of patient valuables

(a) The governing board may establish a
policy with regard to providing a place for the safekeeping of valuable
personal property of patients. The patients or the responsible relatives
of the patients shall be notified by posting a notice in a public and
conspicuous place or manner at the admitting desk or office in the
hospital that a place is provided.
(b) If the valuable personal property is not delivered to the person
in charge of the place for deposit, the hospital and the hospital's
officers, agents, or employees are not liable for any loss or damage to
the property, unless an emergency admission occurs and the patient is
unable to deliver the valuable personal property to the place for deposit
and no responsible relative is present.
(c) If the personal property is delivered for safekeeping to the person
in charge of the office for deposit, the hospital is not liable for loss or
damage to the property from any cause in an amount exceeding six
hundred dollars ($600), even if the property is of greater value.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.1-7-2.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.5.