2020 Indiana Code
Title 16. Health
Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease
Chapter 10. Communicable Disease: Exposure Notification for Emergency Care Providers and Law Enforcement Officers
16-41-10-4. Disclosure of Exposure to Communicable Disease; Treatment and Counseling
Sec. 4. (a) A medical director or physician notified under section 3 of this chapter shall, not more than forty-eight (48) hours after receiving the notification under section 3 of this chapter, contact the emergency medical services provider, health care provider, or law enforcement officer described in section 2 of this chapter to do the following:
(1) Explain, without disclosing information about the patient, the serious communicable disease to which the emergency medical services provider, health care provider, or law enforcement officer was exposed.
(2) Provide for any medically necessary treatment and counseling to the emergency medical services provider, health care provider, or law enforcement officer.
(b) Expenses of testing or treatment and counseling are the responsibility of the emergency medical services provider, health care provider, or the provider's or law enforcement officer's employer.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-45-7.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24. Amended by P.L.186-1995, SEC.18; P.L.212-2003, SEC.10; P.L.131-2018, SEC.4; P.L.112-2020, SEC.48.
