Indiana § 16-41-10-2 Notification of emergency medical services providers and law
enforcement officers

Indiana Statutes

§ 16-41-10-2 — Notification of emergency medical services providers and law enforcement officers

Indiana § 16-41-10-2

Title 16HEALTH

Art. 41PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES FOR THE

Ch. 10Communicable Disease: Exposure Notification for

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Bluebook

Ind. Code § 16-41-10-2 (2026).

Text

(a)This section applies to the following:

(1)An emergency medical services provider who is exposed to blood and body fluids while providing emergency medical services to a patient.

(2)A law enforcement officer who is exposed to blood and body fluids while performing the law enforcement officer's official duties.

(3)A health care provider who is exposed to blood and body fluids while providing medical care to a patient.

(b)An emergency medical services provider, a health care provider, or a law enforcement officer may request notification concerning exposure to a serious communicable disease under this chapter if the exposure is of a type that has been demonstrated epidemiologically to transmit a serious communicable disease.

(c)If an emergency medical services provider, a health care

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(a) This section applies to the following:
(1) An emergency medical services provider who is exposed to
blood and body fluids while providing emergency medical
services to a patient.
(2) A law enforcement officer who is exposed to blood and body
fluids while performing the law enforcement officer's official
duties.
(3) A health care provider who is exposed to blood and body
fluids while providing medical care to a patient.
(b) An emergency medical services provider, a health care provider,
or a law enforcement officer may request notification concerning
exposure to a serious communicable disease under this chapter if the
exposure is of a type that has been demonstrated epidemiologically to
transmit a serious communicable disease.
(c) If an emergency medical services provider, a health care
provider, or a law enforcement officer desires to be notified of results
of testing following a possible exposure to a serious communicable
disease under this chapter, the emergency medical services provider,
health care provider, or law enforcement officer shall notify the
emergency medical services provider's, health care provider's, or law
enforcement officer's employer not more than twenty-four (24) hours
after the emergency medical services provider, health care provider, or
law enforcement officer is exposed on a form that is prescribed by the
state department and the Indiana emergency medical services
commission.
(d) The emergency medical services provider, health care provider,
or law enforcement officer shall distribute a copy of the completed
form required under subsection (c) to the following:
(1) If applicable, the medical director of the emergency
department of the medical facility:
(A) to which the patient was admitted following the exposure;
or
(B) in which the patient was located at the time of the exposure.
(2) The emergency medical services provider's, health care
provider's, or law enforcement officer's employer.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-45-5.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24. Amended by P.L.186-1995, SEC.16; P.L.212-2003, SEC.6; P.L.131-2018, SEC.1; P.L.112-2020, SEC.43; P.L.147-2023, SEC.18.