2014 Indiana Code TITLE 16. HEALTH ARTICLE 41. PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES FOR THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF DISEASE CHAPTER 3. COMMUNICABLE DISEASE: COMPILATION OF DATA FOR PURPOSES OF PREVENTING SPREAD OF DISEASE
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IC 16-41-3
Chapter 3. Communicable Disease: Compilation of Data for
Purposes of Preventing Spread of Disease
IC 16-41-3-1
Rules; procedures; notice
Sec. 1. (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 dangerous
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.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24. Amended by P.L.156-2001, SEC.4;
P.L.1-2006, SEC.304.
IC 16-41-3-2
Duties of state department of health
Sec. 2. (a) The state department shall tabulate all case reports of
tuberculosis and other dangerous communicable diseases reported
under this article or under rules adopted under this article. The state
department shall determine the prevalence and distribution of disease
in Indiana and devise methods for restricting and controlling disease.
(b) The state department shall include the information on the
prevalence and distribution of tuberculosis and other dangerous
communicable diseases in the state department's annual report.
(c) The state department shall disseminate the information
prepared under this section.
(d) The state department shall develop capabilities and procedures
to perform preliminary analysis and identification in as close to a real
time basis as is scientifically possible of unknown bacterial
substances that have been or may be employed as a weapon. The state
department shall implement the developed capacity and procedures
immediately after the state department achieves a Level B capability
as determined 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.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24. Amended by P.L.156-2001, SEC.5.
IC 16-41-3-3
Violations
Sec. 3. (a) Except as otherwise provided, a person who recklessly
violates or fails to comply with this chapter commits a Class B
misdemeanor.
(b) Each day a violation continues constitutes a separate offense.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24.
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