§ 16-41-6-12 — Completing HIV test history and assessment form; retaining copy of form in patient's medical file; systemwide evaluation of prenatal HIV testing

Indiana § 16-41-6-12

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 16: HEALTH
• Art. 41: PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES FOR THE
• Ch. 6: Communicable Disease: Mandatory Testing of

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(a) The state department shall provide that
an HIV test history and assessment form from the patient's medical
records or an interview with the patient must be filled out. The state
department shall develop the form to determine if:
(1) the patient is HIV positive and has been informed; or
(2) the patient was tested during the current pregnancy and tested
negative or was not tested during the current pregnancy and the
HIV status is unknown.
(b) The form required under subsection (a) must identify what
special support or assistance for continued medical care the patient
might need as a result of a positive test.
(c) A copy of the form must be:
(1) kept in the patient's medical file;
(2) kept in the baby's medical file; and
(3) given to the doctor in the hospital designated to administer the
newborn HIV testing program.
(d) The state department must maintain a systemwide evaluation of
prenatal HIV testing in Indiana. The state department shall prescribe
the HIV test history and assessment form and a newborn blood
screening form. The state department shall remove all identifying
information from the maternal test history before the state department
performs its analyses and shall not maintain HIV test history data with
identifying information.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.237-2003, SEC.15.