§ 25-14-6-4 — Reporting requirements; adverse event records

Indiana § 25-14-6-4

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 25: PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
• Art. 14: DENTISTS
• Ch. 6: Dentist Administration of Immunizations

Text

(a) A dentist, who administers an immunization
to a patient under this chapter, or dentist's designee shall:
(1) report the immunization of the patient to the immunization
data registry under IC 16-38-5 unless a written immunization data
exception form has been completed and filed for the patient in
accordance with IC 16-38-5-2; and
(2) report any adverse event:
(A) to the patient's primary care physician not later than
seventy-two (72) hours after the dentist knows of the adverse
event; and
(B) to the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System
maintained by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
and the Food and Drug Administration.
(b) A dentist shall maintain a record of each adverse event reported
by the dentist or dentist's designee under subsection (a)(2).

Legislative History

As added by P.L.31-2021, SEC.2.