§ 16-41-10-4 — Disclosure of exposure to communicable disease; treatment and counseling

Indiana § 16-41-10-4

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 16: HEALTH
• Art. 41: PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES FOR THE
• Ch. 10: Communicable Disease: Exposure Notification for

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(a) A medical director or physician notified
under section 3 of this chapter shall, not more than forty-eight (48)
hours after receiving the notification under section 3 of this chapter,
contact the emergency medical services provider, health care provider,
or law enforcement officer described in section 2 of this chapter to do
the following:
(1) Explain, without disclosing information about the patient, the
serious communicable disease to which the emergency medical
services provider, health care provider, or law enforcement officer
was exposed.
(2) Provide for any medically necessary treatment and counseling
to the emergency medical services provider, health care provider,
or law enforcement officer.
(b) Expenses of testing or treatment and counseling are the
responsibility of the emergency medical services provider, health care
provider, or the provider's or law enforcement officer's employer.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-45-7.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24. Amended by P.L.186-1995, SEC.18; P.L.212-2003, SEC.10; P.L.131-2018, SEC.4; P.L.112-2020, SEC.48.