§ 16-41-3-1 — Rules; procedures; notice

(a) The state department may adopt rules under
IC 4-22-2 concerning the compilation for statistical purposes of
information collected under IC 16-41-2.
(b) The state department shall adopt procedures to gather, monitor,
and tabulate case reports of incidents involving serious communicable
diseases or unnatural outbreaks of diseases known or suspected to be
used as weapons. The state department shall specifically engage in
medical surveillance, tabulation, and reporting of confirmed or
suspected cases set forth by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention of the United States Department of Health and Human
Services and the United States Public Health Service of the United
States Department of Health and Human Services.
(c) The state department shall notify the:
(1) department of homeland security;
(2) Indiana State Police; and
(3) county health department and local law enforcement agency
having jurisdiction of each unnatural outbreak or reported case
described in subsection (b);
as soon as possible after the state department receives a report under
subsection (b). Notification under this subsection must be made not
more than twenty-four (24) hours after receiving a report.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-9.5-2(c)
part.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24. Amended by P.L.156-2001, SEC.4; P.L.1-2006, SEC.304; P.L.112-2020, SEC.14.