§ 36-8-8.3-4 — Review panels established; selection; compensation

Indiana § 36-8-8.3-4

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 36: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Art. 8: PUBLIC SAFETY
• Ch. 8.3: Impairment Determination for Mental Illness

Text

(a) This chapter provides for the establishment
of mental health disability review panels to review impairment
determinations in the case of a mental health disability.
(b) A mental health disability review panel consists of:
(1) one (1) psychologist licensed under IC 25-33-1-5.1;
(2) one (1) psychiatrist licensed as a physician under IC 25-22.5;
and
(3) one (1) active or retired police officer or firefighter who is a
member of the 1977 fund, depending on the profession of the
fund member being evaluated.
(c) A mental health disability review panel shall be selected by the
system board.
(d) Compensation shall be determined by the system board.
(e) A mental health disability review panel established under this
chapter is not a governing body under IC 5-14-1.5-2(b).

Legislative History

As added by P.L.54-2020, SEC.3.