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IN Code § 16-37-4-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 37. Vital Statistics|Chapter 4. Medical Data Regarding Cause of Death|16-37-4-4. Summary of Studies

Sec. 4. A summary of the studies may be released by the state health commissioner, the medical school, or the committee for general publication for the purpose of advancing medical research or medical education in the interest of reducing morbidity or mortality. The identity of a person whose condition or treatment has been studied is confidential and privileged and may not be revealed.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-4-2-4.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.20.
IN Code § 16-38-1-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 38. Health Registries|Chapter 1. Newborn Screening Registry|16-38-1-1. Newborn Screening Registry; Development

Sec. 1. The state department shall develop the newborn screening registry under IC 16-41-17-10.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-6-8 part.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.21.
IN Code § 16-38-2-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 38. Health Registries|Chapter 2. Cancer Registry|16-38-2-1. Cancer Registry; Establishment; Use of Registry

Sec. 1. (a) The state department shall establish a cancer registry for the purpose of:(1) recording:(A) all cases of malignant disease; and(B) other tumors and precancerous diseases required to be reported by:(i) federal law or federal regulation; or(ii) the National Program of Cancer Registries;that are diagnosed or treated in Indiana; and(2) compiling necessary and appropriate information concerning those cases, as determined by the state department;in order to conduct epidemiologic surveys of cancer and to apply appropriate preventive and control measures.(b) The state department may use any information from the cancer registry to conduct an investigation into the incidence of cancer diagnosis within a certain geographical region.(c) The department may contract for the collection and analysis of, and the research related to, the epidemiologic data compiled under this chapter.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-4-9-3(a).]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.21. Amended by P.L.93-2001, SEC.1; P.L.17-2004, SEC.2; P.L.29-2016, SEC.2.
IN Code § 16-38-2-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 38. Health Registries|Chapter 2. Cancer Registry|16-38-2-2. Development of Registry From Existing Data

Sec. 2. The state department shall, to the greatest extent possible, utilize information compiled by public or private cancer registries in the development of a statewide cancer registry under this chapter.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-4-9-3(b).]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.21.
IN Code § 16-38-2-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 38. Health Registries|Chapter 2. Cancer Registry|16-38-2-3. Reports

Sec. 3. (a) The following persons shall report to the cancer registry each confirmed case of cancer and other tumors and precancerous diseases required to be recorded under section 1 of this chapter:(1) Physicians.(2) Dentists.(3) Hospitals.(4) Medical laboratories.(5) Ambulatory outpatient surgical centers.(6) Health facilities.(b) A person required to report information to the state cancer registry under this section may utilize, when available:(1) information submitted to any other public or private cancer registry; or(2) information required to be filed with federal, state, or local agencies;when completing reports required by this chapter. However, the state department may require additional, definitive information.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-4-9-4.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.21. Amended by P.L.17-2004, SEC.3.
IN Code § 16-38-2-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 38. Health Registries|Chapter 2. Cancer Registry|16-38-2-4. Confidentiality

Sec. 4. Except as provided in sections 5, 6, and 7 of this chapter, information obtained under this chapter by the state department concerning individual cancer patients is for the confidential use of the state department only.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-4-9-5(a).]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.21.
IN Code § 16-38-2-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 38. Health Registries|Chapter 2. Cancer Registry|16-38-2-5. Access to Confidential Information for Research Purposes

Sec. 5. The state department shall grant any person involved in a legitimate research activity access to confidential information concerning individual cancer patients obtained by the state department under this chapter if all of the following conditions are met:(1) The person conducting the research provides written information about the following:(A) The purpose of the research project.(B) The nature of the data to be collected and how the researcher intends to analyze the data.(C) The records the researcher desires to review.(D) The safeguards the researcher will take to protect the identity of the patients whose records the researcher will be reviewing.(2) The proposed safeguards are adequate to protect the identity of each patient whose records will be reviewed.(3) An agreement is executed between the state department and the researcher that meets all of the following conditions:(A) Specifies the terms of the researcher's use of the records.(B) Prohibits the publication or release of the names of individual cancer patients or any facts tending to lead to the identification of individual cancer patients.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-4-9-5(b).]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.21.
IN Code § 16-38-2-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 38. Health Registries|Chapter 2. Cancer Registry|16-38-2-6. Additional Information Requests; Individual Patients; Consent

Sec. 6. Researchers may, with the approval of the state department, use the names of individual cancer patients when requesting additional information for research purposes or soliciting an individual patient's participation in a research project. However, if a researcher requests additional information for an individual cancer patient's participation in a research project, the researcher must first obtain the oral or written consent of the patient's attending physician. If the consent of the patient's attending physician is obtained, the researcher must then obtain the individual cancer patient's written consent by having the patient complete a release of confidential medical information form.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-4-9-5(c).]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.21.
IN Code § 16-38-2-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 38. Health Registries|Chapter 2. Cancer Registry|16-38-2-7. Release of Confidential Information

Sec. 7. The state department may release confidential information concerning individual cancer patients to the following:(1) The cancer registry of another state if the following conditions are met:(A) The other state has entered into a reciprocal agreement with the state department.(B) The agreement provides that information that identifies a patient will not be released to any other person without the written consent of the patient.(2) Physicians and local health officers for diagnostic and treatment purposes if the following conditions are met:(A) The patient's attending physician gives oral or written consent to the release of the information.(B) The patient gives written consent by completing a release of confidential medical information form.(3) A local health department if the following conditions are met:(A) The information is needed to assist the state department in conducting an investigation into the incidence of cancer diagnosis within the local health department's jurisdiction.(B) The information released is directly connected to the investigation.(C) The information is not used by the local health department for any other purpose.(D) The patient gives written consent by completing a release of confidential medical information form.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-4-9-6 .]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.21. Amended by P.L.29-2016, SEC.3.
IN Code § 16-38-2-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 38. Health Registries|Chapter 2. Cancer Registry|16-38-2-8. Immunity From Liability

Sec. 8. A person who reports information to the cancer registry system under this chapter is immune from any civil or criminal liability that might otherwise be imposed because of the release of what is otherwise confidential information.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-4-9-7.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.21.
IN Code § 16-38-2-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 38. Health Registries|Chapter 2. Cancer Registry|16-38-2-9. Epidemiological Information; Release

Sec. 9. This chapter does not prevent the release to any interested person of epidemiological information that does not identify individual cancer patients.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-4-9-8.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.21.
IN Code § 16-38-2-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 38. Health Registries|Chapter 2. Cancer Registry|16-38-2-10. Administrative Rules

Sec. 10. The state department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 necessary to carry out this chapter.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-4-9-9.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.21.
IN Code § 16-38-2-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 38. Health Registries|Chapter 2. Cancer Registry|16-38-2-11. Annual Report

Sec. 11. Not later than December 31 of each year, the department shall publish and make available to the public an annual report summarizing the information collected under this chapter during the previous calendar year.As added by P.L.93-2001, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.17-2004, SEC.4.
IN Code § 16-38-3-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 38. Health Registries|Chapter 3. Blind Registry|16-38-3-1. Registry of Blind Persons

Sec. 1. The state department shall maintain a registry of blind persons in Indiana.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-4-5-4 part.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.21.
IN Code § 16-38-3-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 38. Health Registries|Chapter 3. Blind Registry|16-38-3-2. Functions of Registry

Sec. 2. The registry must do the following:(1) Describe the extent and cause of blindness.(2) List other demographic information.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-4-5-4 part.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.21.
IN Code § 16-38-4-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 38. Health Registries|Chapter 4. Birth Problems Registry|16-38-4-1. "Birth Problems"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "birth problems" means one (1) or more of the following conditions:(1) A structural deformation.(2) A developmental malformation.(3) A genetic, inherited, or biochemical disease.(4) A condition of a chronic nature, including central nervous system hemorrhage or infection of the central nervous system, that may result in a need for long term health care.(5) An autism spectrum disorder that is recognized in an individual at any age.(6) A fetal alcohol spectrum disorder that is recognized before a child becomes five (5) years of age.(7) Any other severe disability that is:(A) designated in a rule adopted by the state department; and(B) recognized in a child after birth and before the child becomes three (3) years of age.(8) Complications resulting from a home delivery. As used in this subdivision, "home" includes the delivery of a viable fetus at a home or other non-health care facility.As added by P.L.180-1993, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.93-2001, SEC.3; P.L.17-2004, SEC.5; P.L.188-2013, SEC.19; P.L.232-2013, SEC.6; P.L.141-2014, SEC.19.
IN Code § 16-38-4-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 38. Health Registries|Chapter 4. Birth Problems Registry|16-38-4-2. "Other Severe Disability"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "other severe disability" means a severe physical disability or developmental delay that results from injury, infection, or disease, is chronic in nature, and requires long term health care.As added by P.L.180-1993, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.23-1993, SEC.76.
IN Code § 16-38-4-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 38. Health Registries|Chapter 4. Birth Problems Registry|16-38-4-3. "Patient"

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "patient" means:(1) a child born with a birth problem; or(2) a parent or a guardian of a child born with a birth problem.As added by P.L.180-1993, SEC.2.
IN Code § 16-38-4-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 38. Health Registries|Chapter 4. Birth Problems Registry|16-38-4-4. "Person"

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "person" means an individual, association, partnership, corporation, or governmental entity.As added by P.L.180-1993, SEC.2.
IN Code § 16-38-4-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 38. Health Registries|Chapter 4. Birth Problems Registry|16-38-4-5. "Registry"

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "registry" refers to the birth problems registry established under this chapter.As added by P.L.180-1993, SEC.2.
IN Code § 16-38-4-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 38. Health Registries|Chapter 4. Birth Problems Registry|16-38-4-6. "State Department"

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "state department" refers to the state department of health.As added by P.L.180-1993, SEC.2.
IN Code § 16-38-4-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 38. Health Registries|Chapter 4. Birth Problems Registry|16-38-4-7. Rules Establishing Reporting Requirements on Birth Problems; Publication of List of Birth Problems

Sec. 7. (a) The state department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to establish reporting requirements regarding birth problems for:(1) hospitals;(2) physicians;(3) local health departments;(4) home deliveries, as described in section 1(8) of this chapter; and(5) other health care providers designated by the state department.(b) The state department:(1) shall publish annually the list of birth problems required to be reported; and(2) may publish an updated list of birth problems required to be reported as necessary.The state department is not required to include the list of birth problems to be reported in the rules required in subsection (a).(c) In determining the list of birth problems to be reported under this section, the state department shall give consideration to the following factors:(1) The extent to which a condition can be measured or identified.(2) The extent to which there is a known intervention for a condition.(3) The significance of the burden imposed on the life of the individual by a condition.(4) The list of reportable conditions issued by the National Birth Defects Prevention Network.(5) Recommendations made by the Indiana Perinatal Quality Improvement Collaborative.(6) Other factors that the state department determines appropriate.As added by P.L.180-1993, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.93-2001, SEC.4; P.L.232-2013, SEC.7; P.L.218-2019, SEC.3.
IN Code § 16-38-4-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 38. Health Registries|Chapter 4. Birth Problems Registry|16-38-4-9. Reports of Birth Problems to Registry

Sec. 9. (a) Certified nurse midwives, certified direct entry midwives, and individuals and entities described in section 7(a) of this chapter shall report each confirmed case of a birth problem that is recognized at the time of birth to the registry not later than sixty (60) days after the birth. An individual or entity described in section 7(a) of this chapter who recognizes a birth problem in:(1) a child after birth but before the child is five (5) years of age, if the child is diagnosed with a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder;(2) an individual at any age, if the individual is diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder; and(3) a child before the child is three (3) years of age for any birth problem diagnosis not specified in subdivisions (1) and (2);shall report the birth problem to the registry not later than sixty (60) days after recognizing the birth problem. Information may be provided to amend or clarify an earlier reported case.(b) A person required to report information to the registry under this section may use, when completing reports required by this chapter, information submitted to any other public or private registry or required to be filed with federal, state, or local agencies. However, the state department may require additional, definitive information.(c) Exchange of information between state department registries is authorized. The state department may use information from another registry administered by the state department. Information used from other registries remains subject to the confidentiality restrictions on the other registries.As added by P.L.180-1993, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.93-2001, SEC.6; P.L.17-2004, SEC.7; P.L.232-2013, SEC.8; P.L.141-2014, SEC.21; P.L.218-2019, SEC.5.
IN Code § 16-38-4-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 38. Health Registries|Chapter 4. Birth Problems Registry|16-38-4-10. Confidentiality of Information

Sec. 10. Except as provided in sections 11, 12, and 13 of this chapter, information that:(1) is obtained under this chapter by the state department concerning individual patients; and(2) is not otherwise a matter of public record;is for the confidential use of the state department only.As added by P.L.180-1993, SEC.2.
IN Code § 16-38-4-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 38. Health Registries|Chapter 4. Birth Problems Registry|16-38-4-11. Access to Confidential Information for Research

Sec. 11. The state department shall grant any person involved in a legitimate research activity access to confidential information concerning individual patients obtained by the state department under this chapter if:(1) the person conducting the research provides written information about the purpose of the research project, the nature of the data to be collected and how the researcher intends to analyze it, the records the researcher wishes to review, and the safeguards the researcher will take to protect the identity of the patients whose records the researcher will be reviewing;(2) the proposed safeguards are adequate to protect the identity of each patient whose records will be reviewed; and(3) an agreement is executed between the state department and the researcher that specifies the terms of the researcher's use of the records and that prohibits the publication or release of the names of individual patients or any facts tending to lead to the identification of individual patients.As added by P.L.180-1993, SEC.2.
IN Code § 16-38-4-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 38. Health Registries|Chapter 4. Birth Problems Registry|16-38-4-12. Requests for Additional Information

Sec. 12. Researchers may, with the approval of the state department, use the names of individual patients when requesting additional information for research purposes. However, if a researcher requests additional information, the researcher must then obtain the individual patient's written consent by having the patient complete a release of confidential medical information form.As added by P.L.180-1993, SEC.2.
IN Code § 16-38-4-13 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 38. Health Registries|Chapter 4. Birth Problems Registry|16-38-4-13. Release of Confidential Information

Sec. 13. The state department may release confidential information concerning individual patients to:(1) the birth problems registry of another state; and(2) physicians and local health officers for diagnostic and treatment purposes;if the patient gives written consent by completing a release of confidential medical information form.As added by P.L.180-1993, SEC.2.
IN Code § 16-38-4-14 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 38. Health Registries|Chapter 4. Birth Problems Registry|16-38-4-14. Persons Reporting to Registry; Immunity From Liability for Released Information

Sec. 14. A person who reports information to the registry under this chapter is immune from any civil or criminal liability that might otherwise be imposed because of the release of what is otherwise confidential information.As added by P.L.180-1993, SEC.2.
IN Code § 16-38-4-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 38. Health Registries|Chapter 4. Birth Problems Registry|16-38-4-15. Epidemiological and Environmental Information; Release Permitted

Sec. 15. This chapter does not prevent the release to any interested person of epidemiological and environmental information that does not identify individual patients.As added by P.L.180-1993, SEC.2.
IN Code § 16-38-4-16 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 38. Health Registries|Chapter 4. Birth Problems Registry|16-38-4-16. Educational Programs

Sec. 16. (a) The state department shall conduct intensive educational programs for health professionals and members of the public concerning the nature and purpose of the birth problems registry, the reporting and informational requirements, and the causes and detection of birth problems.(b) The state department shall develop educational program materials appropriate for use in education concerning the transmission of HIV prenatally and neonatally. The state department shall promote the use of the educational program materials by health care providers that furnish prenatal health care services.As added by P.L.180-1993, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.126-1995, SEC.3.
IN Code § 16-38-4-16.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 38. Health Registries|Chapter 4. Birth Problems Registry|16-38-4-16.5. Review of Medical Records

Sec. 16.5. To assure accurate, complete, and timely reporting of birth problems to the registry, the state department may review the medical records of an individual or entity required to report birth problems under this chapter.As added by P.L.93-2001, SEC.7.
IN Code § 16-38-4-17 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 38. Health Registries|Chapter 4. Birth Problems Registry|16-38-4-17. Birth Problems Registry Fund

Sec. 17. (a) The birth problems registry fund is established for the purpose of carrying out this chapter. The fund shall be administered by the state department.(b) The expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from money in the fund.(c) Money in the fund at the end of a particular fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund.(d) The state department is not required to implement the provisions of this chapter regarding birth problems described in section 1(7) of this chapter until the state department receives the funding necessary for implementation.As added by P.L.180-1993, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.93-2001, SEC.8.
IN Code § 16-38-4-18 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 38. Health Registries|Chapter 4. Birth Problems Registry|16-38-4-18. Reports by Department

Sec. 18. The state department shall report to the legislative council and the governor each year before November 1 the following:(1) The numbers and types of birth problems occurring in Indiana by county, including any birth problem trends identified through the data collected under this chapter.(2) The amount of use of the birth problems registry by researchers.(3) Proposals for the prevention of birth problems occurring in Indiana.A report under this section to the legislative council must be in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6.As added by P.L.180-1993, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.28-2004, SEC.139; P.L.130-2018, SEC.84.