2013 Indiana Code TITLE 16. HEALTH ARTICLE 35. CHILDREN'S HEALTH CHAPTER 7. DEATHS OF CHILDREN
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IC 16-35-7
Chapter 7. Deaths of Children
IC 16-35-7-1
Sources of funding
Sec. 1. The state department may receive funds from any source
and expend the funds for the administration of this chapter.
As added by P.L.225-2007, SEC.1.
IC 16-35-7-2
Adoption of rules regarding suspicious deaths of children
Sec. 2. The state department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2
requiring hospitals and physicians to identify suspicious deaths of
children who are less than eighteen (18) years of age.
As added by P.L.225-2007, SEC.1.
IC 16-35-7-3
Adoptions of rules regarding certification of child death
pathologists
Sec. 3. (a) The medical licensing board may adopt rules under
IC 4-22-2 to certify a child death pathologist and to require special
training to conduct autopsies on child fatalities.
(b) A child death pathologist must be a physician:
(1) who is certified by the American Board of Pathology in
forensic pathology;
(2) who is certified in anatomic pathology by:
(A) the American Board of Pathology; or
(B) another certifying organization that:
(i) is comparable to the American Board of Pathology in
its adherence to nationally or internationally recognized
certification standards; and
(ii) has been approved and recognized by the medical
licensing board;
and has received special training in the area of child fatalities
that has been approved by the medical licensing board; or
(3) who has received certification in the area of forensic
pathology or child death pathology by a certifying organization
that:
(A) is comparable to the American Board of Pathology in its
adherence to nationally or internationally recognized
certification standards; and
(B) that has been approved and recognized by the medical
licensing board.
(c) The medical licensing board may approve an annual training
program or provide a training program for pathologists concerning
new procedures for child death investigations for physicians who
want to become child death pathologists under subsection (b)(2). In
approving or providing a training program, the medical licensing
board shall consult and coordinate with pathologists who have
received:
(1) certification in forensic pathology by the American Board
of Pathology; or
(2) a comparable certification in forensic pathology.
As added by P.L.225-2007, SEC.1.
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