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2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 3.5. Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act › 10-14-3.5-17. Limit, Restrict, or Regulate Volunteer Health Practitioners by the State Emergency Management Agency

Sec. 17. (a) While an emergency declaration is in effect, the department of homeland security may limit, restrict, or otherwise regulate:
(1) the duration of practice by volunteer health practitioners;
(2) the geographical areas in which volunteer health practitioners may practice;
(3) the types of volunteer health practitioners who may practice; and
(4) any other matters necessary to coordinate effectively the provision of health or veterinary services during the emergency.
(b) An order issued under subsection (a) may take effect immediately, without prior notice or comment, and is not a rule within the meaning of IC 4-22-2.
(c) A host entity that uses volunteer health practitioners to provide health or veterinary services in Indiana shall:
(1) consult and coordinate the host entity's activities with the department of homeland security to the extent practicable to provide for the efficient and effective use of volunteer health practitioners; and
(2) comply with any laws other than this chapter relating to the management of emergency health or veterinary services, including this article.
As added by P.L.134-2008, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.1-2009, SEC.94.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 3.5. Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act › 10-14-3.5-18. Qualifications of a Volunteer Health Practitioner Registration System; Confirmation of Volunteer Health Practitioners Used in Indiana; Notification; Host Entity Not Required to Use Services

Sec. 18. (a) To qualify as a volunteer health practitioner registration system, a system must:
(1) accept applications for the registration of volunteer health practitioners before or during an emergency;
(2) include information about the licensure and good standing of health practitioners that is accessible by authorized persons;
(3) be capable of confirming the accuracy of information concerning whether a health practitioner is licensed and in good standing before health services or veterinary services are provided under this chapter; and
(4) meet one (1) of the following conditions:
(A) Be an emergency system for advance registration of volunteer health practitioners established by a state and funded through the Health Resources Services Administration under section 319I of the federal Public Health Services Act, 42 U.S.C. 247d-7b.
(B) Be a local unit consisting of trained and equipped emergency response, public health, and medical personnel formed under section 2801 of the federal Public Health Services Act, 42 U.S.C. 300hh.
(C) Be operated by a:
(i) disaster relief organization;
(ii) licensing board;
(iii) national or regional association of licensing boards or health practitioners;
(iv) health facility that provides comprehensive inpatient and outpatient health care services, including a tertiary care and teaching hospital; or
(v) governmental entity.
(D) Be designated by the department of homeland security as a registration system for purposes of this chapter.
(b) While an emergency declaration is in effect, the department of homeland security, a person authorized to act on behalf of the department of homeland security, or a host entity may confirm whether volunteer health practitioners used in Indiana are registered with a registration system that complies with subsection (a). Confirmation is limited to obtaining identities of the practitioners from the system and determining whether the system indicates that the practitioners are licensed and in good standing.
(c) Upon request of a person in Indiana authorized under subsection (b), or a similarly authorized person in another state, a registration system located in Indiana shall notify the person of the identities of volunteer health practitioners and whether the practitioners are licensed and in good standing.
(d) A host entity is not required to use the services of a volunteer health practitioner even if the practitioner is registered with a registration system that indicates that the practitioner is licensed and in good standing.
As added by P.L.134-2008, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.1-2009, SEC.95.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 3.5. Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act › 10-14-3.5-19. Practice by a Volunteer Health Practitioner During a Declared Emergency; No Protection for Practitioners With Suspended, Revoked, or Restricted Practice Privileges

Sec. 19. (a) While an emergency declaration is in effect, a volunteer health practitioner, registered with a registration system that complies with section 18 of this chapter and licensed and in good standing in the state upon which the practitioner's registration is based, may practice in Indiana to the extent authorized by this chapter as if the practitioner were licensed in Indiana.
(b) A volunteer health practitioner qualified under subsection (a) is not entitled to the protections of this chapter if the practitioner is licensed in more than one (1) state and any license of the practitioner is suspended, revoked, or subject to an agency order limiting or restricting practice privileges or has been voluntarily terminated under threat of sanction.
As added by P.L.134-2008, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 3.5. Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act › 10-14-3.5-20. Health Facility Credentialing and Privileging Not Affected

Sec. 20. (a) As used in this section:
(1) "credentialing" means obtaining, verifying, and assessing the qualifications of a health practitioner to provide treatment, care, or services in or for a health facility; and
(2) "privileging" means the authorizing by an appropriate authority, such as a governing body, of a health practitioner to provide specific treatment, care, or services at a health facility subject to limits based on factors that include license, education, training, experience, competence, health status, and specialized skill.
(b) This chapter does not affect credentialing or privileging standards of a health facility and does not preclude a health facility from waiving or modifying those standards while an emergency declaration is in effect.
As added by P.L.134-2008, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 3.5. Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act › 10-14-3.5-22. No Limitation on Rights, Privileges, or Immunities; Emergency Forces

Sec. 22. (a) This chapter does not limit the rights, privileges, or immunities provided to volunteer health practitioners by laws other than this chapter. Except as provided in subsection (b), this chapter does not affect requirements for the use of health practitioners under the Emergency Management Assistance Compact.
(b) The department of homeland security, under the Emergency Management Assistance Compact or the Interstate Emergency Management and Disaster Compact, may incorporate into the emergency forces of Indiana volunteer health practitioners who are not officers or employees of Indiana, a political subdivision of Indiana, or a municipality or other local government within Indiana.
As added by P.L.134-2008, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.1-2009, SEC.97.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 3.5. Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act › 10-14-3.5-23. Adoption of Rules for Implementation; Reasonably Compatible With Other States

Sec. 23. The department of homeland security may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement this chapter. In doing so, the department of homeland security shall consult with and consider the recommendations of the entity established to coordinate the implementation of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact or the Interstate Emergency Management and Disaster Compact and shall also consult with and consider rules adopted by similarly empowered agencies in other states to promote uniformity of application of this chapter and make the emergency response systems in the various states reasonably compatible.
As added by P.L.134-2008, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.1-2009, SEC.98.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 3.5. Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act › 10-14-3.5-24. Consideration of Uniformity in Application and Construction

Sec. 24. In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
As added by P.L.134-2008, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 4. State Disaster Relief Fund › 10-14-4-0.3. "Backfill Employee"

Sec. 0.3. As used in this chapter, "backfill employee" has the meaning set forth in IC 10-14-3-0.5.
As added by P.L.71-2013, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 4. State Disaster Relief Fund › 10-14-4-1. "Disaster"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "disaster" has the meaning set forth in IC 10-14-3-1.
[2003 Recodification Citation: New.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 4. State Disaster Relief Fund › 10-14-4-2. "Eligible Entity"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "eligible entity" means a county, a city, a town, a township, or an individual who has incurred loss or cost because of a disaster.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-4-1-29(a).]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.107-2007, SEC.1; P.L.71-2013, SEC.6.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 4. State Disaster Relief Fund › 10-14-4-3. "Fund"

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the state disaster relief fund established by this chapter.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-4-1-29(b).]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 4. State Disaster Relief Fund › 10-14-4-4. "Public Facility"

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "public facility" means any:
(1) building or structure;
(2) bridge, road, highway, or public way;
(3) park or recreational facility;
(4) sanitary sewer system or wastewater treatment facility;
(5) drainage or flood control facility;
(6) water treatment, water storage, or water distribution facility; or
(7) other improvement or infrastructure;
owned by, maintained by, or operated by or on behalf of an eligible entity.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-4-1-29(c).]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 4. State Disaster Relief Fund › 10-14-4-5. State Disaster Relief Fund

Sec. 5. (a) The state disaster relief fund is established to provide financial assistance to:
(1) assist eligible entities in paying for:
(A) the costs of repairing, replacing, or restoring public facilities or individual residential real or personal property damaged or destroyed by a disaster; or
(B) response costs incurred by an eligible entity during a disaster; and
(2) allow the agency to pay for response costs incurred by the state or a local unit of government at the direction of the agency.
The agency may provide financial assistance in response to a disaster only from the balance in the fund that is unobligated on the date the disaster occurs.
(b) The fund consists of the following:
(1) Money appropriated by the general assembly.
(2) Money deposited under IC 22-11-14-12(c)(2).
(c) The agency shall administer the fund. Expenses of administering the fund shall be paid from money in the fund. The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the fund not currently needed to meet the obligations of the fund in the same manner as other public funds may be invested.
(d) Money in the fund at the end of a state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citations: 10-4-1-29(d); 10-4-1-29(e); 10-4-1-29(f).]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.107-2007, SEC.2; P.L.57-2008, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 4. State Disaster Relief Fund › 10-14-4-6. Grants; Eligible Entities

Sec. 6. Subject to the restrictions under this chapter, the agency may use money in the fund to provide financial assistance as follows:
(1) To an eligible entity that:
(A) is not an individual;
(B) contains territory for which a disaster emergency has been declared by the governor;
(C) has suffered damage to the entity's public facilities because of the disaster for which the disaster emergency was declared;
(D) has applied to the department for financial assistance in the form of a grant; and
(E) complies with all other requirements established by the agency.
(2) To an eligible entity that:
(A) is not an individual;
(B) contributes personnel to a mobile support unit deployed to assist another political subdivision in responding to a disaster emergency that has been declared by the governor;
(C) incurs the cost of one (1) or more backfill employees that are necessary to fill the position and perform the duties of an employee deployed on a mobile support unit;
(D) has applied to the department for financial assistance in the form of a grant; and
(E) complies with all other requirements established by the agency.
(3) To an eligible entity:
(A) who is an individual;
(B) whose primary residence is located in territory for which:
(i) the United States Small Business Administration declares a disaster; and
(ii) there has been no disaster declaration issued by the President of the United States;
(C) who has suffered damage to the entity's primary residence or individual property because of a disaster described in clause (B); and
(D) who complies with all other requirements established by the agency.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-4-1-29(g).]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.107-2007, SEC.3; P.L.57-2008, SEC.3; P.L.110-2009, SEC.3; P.L.71-2013, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 4. State Disaster Relief Fund › 10-14-4-7. Grants; Limitations

Sec. 7. This section does not apply to an eligible entity that is an individual. Except as provided in section 8 of this chapter, the agency may not make a grant to an eligible entity under this section unless the damage to the entity's public facilities caused by the disaster exceeds an amount equal to one dollar ($1) multiplied by the population of the entity. A grant to an eligible entity under this subsection may not exceed an amount equal to:
(1) fifty percent (50%); multiplied by
(2) the result of:
(A) the total cost of the damage to the entity's public facilities caused by the disaster; minus
(B) an amount equal to one dollar ($1) multiplied by the population of the entity.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-4-1-29(h).]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.107-2007, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 4. State Disaster Relief Fund › 10-14-4-8. Grants; Limitations for Entity Suffering Multiple Disaster Emergencies

Sec. 8. This section does not apply to an eligible entity that is an individual. If the governor declares more than one (1) disaster emergency in the same year for territory in an eligible entity, the agency may, in addition to a grant under section 7 of this chapter, make a grant to the entity under this section if the total cumulative cost of the damage to the entity's public facilities caused by the disasters exceeds two dollars ($2) multiplied by the population of the entity. A grant to an eligible entity under this section may not exceed:
(1) the product of:
(A) fifty percent (50%); multiplied by
(B) the total cumulative cost of the damage to the entity's public facilities caused by all disasters in the year; minus
(2) any grants previously made under section 7 of this chapter to the entity during the year.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-4-1-29(i).]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.107-2007, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 4. State Disaster Relief Fund › 10-14-4-8.5. Grants; Backfill Employees

Sec. 8.5. The agency may make a grant to an eligible entity under section 6(2) of this chapter for the cost of a backfill employee, but only if and to the extent the cost of the backfill employee represents extra cost to the political subdivision.
As added by P.L.71-2013, SEC.8.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 4. State Disaster Relief Fund › 10-14-4-9. Grant Application for Eligible Entity Other Than Individual

Sec. 9. This section does not apply to an eligible entity that is an individual. To qualify for a grant under this chapter, the executive of an eligible entity must apply to the agency on forms provided by the agency. The application must include the following:
(1) A description and estimated cost of the damage caused by the disaster to the entity's public facilities.
(2) The manner in which the entity intends to use the grant money.
(3) Any other information required by the agency.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-4-1-29(j).]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.107-2007, SEC.6.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 4. State Disaster Relief Fund › 10-14-4-10. Grants; Administration by Receiving Entity; Effects on Property Tax Levy

Sec. 10. This section does not apply to an eligible entity that is an individual. The fiscal officer of an entity receiving a grant under this chapter shall:
(1) establish a separate account within the entity's general fund; and
(2) deposit any grant proceeds received under this chapter in the account.
The department of local government finance may not reduce an entity's maximum or actual property tax levy under IC 6-1.1-18.5 on account of grant money deposited in the account.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-4-1-29(k).]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.107-2007, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 4. State Disaster Relief Fund › 10-14-4-11. Rules; Emergency Rules

Sec. 11. (a) The director shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to carry out this chapter.
(b) The director may adopt emergency rules in the manner provided under IC 4-22-2-37.1 to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-4-1-29(l).]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.22-2005, SEC.8; P.L.71-2013, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 4. State Disaster Relief Fund › 10-14-4-12. Offenses

Sec. 12. A person who knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly violates this chapter commits a Class B misdemeanor.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-4-1-21.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.115-2003, SEC.14.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 4. State Disaster Relief Fund › 10-14-4-13. Financial Assistance for Individual Eligible Entity

Sec. 13. (a) This section applies only to an eligible entity that is an individual.
(b) To qualify for financial assistance under this chapter, including a grant, an eligible entity must apply to the agency on forms provided by the agency. The application must include the following:
(1) A description and estimated cost of the damage caused by the disaster to the individual's property.
(2) The manner in which the individual intends to use the financial assistance.
(3) Any other information required by the agency.
As added by P.L.107-2007, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.57-2008, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 4. State Disaster Relief Fund › 10-14-4-14. Compensation for Damages; Individual Eligible Entity

Sec. 14. (a) This section applies only to an eligible entity that is an individual.
(b) The amount of loss that may be compensated for damages to an individual's property:
(1) must be at least five hundred dollars ($500); and
(2) may not be more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
(c) Only one (1) individual per residence is eligible for compensation under this section.
As added by P.L.70-2019, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 5. Emergency Management Assistance Compact › 10-14-5-1. Purpose and Authorities

Sec. 1. ARTICLE I—Purpose and authorities.
This compact is made and entered into by and between the participating member states which enact this compact, hereinafter called party states. For the purposes of this compact, "states" means the several states, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, and all U.S. territorial possessions.
The purpose of this compact is to provide for mutual assistance among the states entering into this compact in managing any emergency or disaster that is duly declared by the governor of the affected state, whether arising from natural disaster, technological hazard, man made disaster, civil emergency aspects of resources shortages, community disorders, insurgency, or enemy attack.
This compact shall also provide for mutual cooperation in emergency related exercises, testing, or other training activities using equipment and personnel simulating performance of any aspect of the giving and receiving of aid by party states or subdivisions of party states during emergencies, such actions occurring outside actual declared emergency periods. Mutual assistance in this compact may include the use of the states' National Guard forces, either in accordance with the National Guard Mutual Assistance Compact or by mutual agreement between states.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-4-2.5-1.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 5. Emergency Management Assistance Compact › 10-14-5-2. General Implementation

Sec. 2. ARTICLE II—General implementation.
Each party state entering into this compact recognizes that many emergencies transcend political jurisdictional boundaries and that intergovernmental coordination is essential in managing these and other emergencies under this compact. Each state further recognizes that there will be emergencies which require immediate access and present procedures to apply outside resources to make a prompt and effective response to such an emergency. This is because few, if any, individual states have all the resources they may need in all types of emergencies or the capability of delivering resources to areas where emergencies exist.
The prompt, full, and effective utilization of resources of the participating states, including any resources on hand or available from the federal government or any other source, that are essential to the safety, care, and welfare of the people in the event of any emergency or disaster declared by a party state, shall be the underlying principle on which all articles of this compact shall be understood.
On behalf of the governor of each state participating in the compact, the legally designated state official who is assigned responsibility for emergency management will be responsible for formulation of the appropriate interstate mutual aid plans and procedures necessary to implement this compact.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-4-2.5-2.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 5. Emergency Management Assistance Compact › 10-14-5-4. Limitations

Sec. 4. ARTICLE IV—Limitations.
Any party state requested to render mutual aid or conduct exercises and training for mutual aid shall take such action as is necessary to provide and make available the resources covered by this compact in accordance with the terms of this compact. However, it is understood that the state rendering aid may withhold resources to the extent necessary to provide reasonable protection for such state.
Each party state shall afford to the emergency forces of any party state, while operating within its state limits under the terms and conditions of this compact, the same powers, except that of arrest unless specifically authorized by the receiving state, duties, rights, and privileges as are afforded forces of the state in which they are performing emergency services. Emergency forces will continue under the command and control of their regular leaders, but the organizational units will come under the operational control of the emergency services authorities of the state receiving assistance. These conditions may be activated, as needed, only subsequent to a declaration of a state emergency or disaster by the governor of the party state that is to receive assistance or upon commencement of exercises or training for mutual aid and shall continue so long as the exercises or training for mutual aid are in progress, the state of emergency or disaster remains in effect, or loaned resources remain in the receiving state, whichever is longer.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-4-2.5-4.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 5. Emergency Management Assistance Compact › 10-14-5-5. Licenses and Permits

Sec. 5. ARTICLE V—Licenses and permits.
Whenever any person holds a license, certificate, or other permit issued by any state party to the compact evidencing the meeting of qualifications for professional, mechanical, or other skills, and when such assistance is requested by the receiving party state, such person shall be considered licensed, certified, or permitted by the state requesting assistance to render aid involving such skill to meet a declared emergency or disaster, subject to such limitations and conditions as the governor of the requesting state may prescribe by executive order or otherwise.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-4-2.5-5.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 5. Emergency Management Assistance Compact › 10-14-5-6. Liability

Sec. 6. ARTICLE VI—Liability.
Officers or employees of a party state rendering aid in another state under this compact shall be considered agents of the requesting state for tort liability and immunity purposes. No party state or its officers or employees rendering aid in another state under this compact shall be liable on account of any act or omission in good faith on the part of such forces while so engaged or on account of the maintenance or use of any equipment or supplies in connection therewith. Good faith in this article shall not include willful misconduct, gross negligence, or recklessness.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-4-2.5-6.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 5. Emergency Management Assistance Compact › 10-14-5-7. Supplementary Agreements

Sec. 7. ARTICLE VII—Supplementary agreements.
Inasmuch as it is probable that the pattern and detail of the machinery for mutual aid among two (2) or more states may differ from that among the states that are party to this compact, this compact contains elements of a broad base common to all states, and nothing in this compact precludes any state entering into supplementary agreements with another state or affects any other agreements already in force between states. Supplementary agreements may comprehend, but shall not be limited to, provisions for evacuation and reception of injured and other persons and the exchange of medical, fire, police, public utility, reconnaissance, welfare, transportation and communications personnel, and equipment and supplies.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-4-2.5-7.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 5. Emergency Management Assistance Compact › 10-14-5-8. Compensation

Sec. 8. ARTICLE VIII—Compensation.
Each party state shall provide for the payment of compensation and death benefits to injured members of the emergency forces of that state and representatives of deceased members of such forces in case such members sustain injuries or are killed while rendering aid under this compact, in the same manner and on the same terms as if the injury or death were sustained within their own state.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-4-2.5-8.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 5. Emergency Management Assistance Compact › 10-14-5-9. Reimbursement

Sec. 9. ARTICLE IX—Reimbursement.
Any party state rendering aid in another state under this compact shall be reimbursed by the party state receiving such aid for any loss or damage to or expense incurred in the operation of any equipment and the provision of any service in answering a request for aid and for the costs incurred in connection with such requests. However, any aiding party state may assume in whole or in part such loss, damage, expense, or other cost, or may loan such equipment or donate such services to the receiving party state without charge or cost, and any two (2) or more party states may enter into supplementary agreements establishing a different allocation of costs among those states. Article VIII expenses shall not be reimbursable under this article.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-4-2.5-9.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 5. Emergency Management Assistance Compact › 10-14-5-10. Evacuation

Sec. 10. ARTICLE X—Evacuation.
Plans for the orderly evacuation and interstate reception of portions of the civilian population as the result of any emergency or disaster of sufficient proportions to so warrant shall be worked out and maintained between the party states and the emergency management services directors of the various jurisdictions where any type of incident requiring evacuations might occur. Such plans shall be put into effect by request of the state from which evacuees come and shall include the manner of transporting such evacuees; the number of evacuees to be received in different areas; the manner in which food, clothing, housing, and medical care will be provided; the registration of the evacuees; the providing of facilities for the notification of relatives or friends; and the forwarding of such evacuees to other areas or the bringing in of additional materials, supplies, and all other relevant factors. Such plans shall provide that the party state receiving evacuees and the party state from which the evacuees come shall mutually agree as to reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses incurred in receiving and caring for such evacuees, for expenditures for transportation, food, clothing, medicines and medical care, and like items. Such expenditures shall be reimbursed as agreed by the party state from which the evacuees come. After the termination of the emergency or disaster, the party state from which the evacuees come shall assume the responsibility for the ultimate support of repatriation of such evacuees.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-4-2.5-10.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 5. Emergency Management Assistance Compact › 10-14-5-11. Implementation

Sec. 11. ARTICLE XI—Implementation.
(a) This compact shall become effective immediately upon its enactment into law by any two (2) states. Thereafter, this compact shall become effective as to any other state upon enactment by such state.
(b) Any party state may withdraw from this compact by enacting a statute repealing the same, but no such withdrawal shall take effect until thirty (30) days after the governor of the withdrawing state has given notice in writing of such withdrawal to the governors of all other party states. Such action shall not relieve the withdrawing state from obligations assumed under this compact before the effective date of withdrawal.
(c) Duly authenticated copies of this compact and of such supplementary agreements as may be entered into shall, at the time of their approval, be deposited with each of the party states and with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other appropriate agencies of the United States Government.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-4-2.5-11.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 5. Emergency Management Assistance Compact › 10-14-5-12. Validity

Sec. 12. ARTICLE XII—Validity.
This compact shall be construed to effectuate the purposes stated in Article I. If any provision of this compact is declared unconstitutional, or if the applicability of this compact to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the constitutionality of the remainder of this compact and the applicability of this compact to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-4-2.5-12.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 5. Emergency Management Assistance Compact › 10-14-5-13. Additional Provisions

Sec. 13. ARTICLE XIII—Additional provisions.
Nothing in this compact shall authorize or permit the use of military force by the National Guard of a state at any place outside that state in any emergency for which the President is authorized by law to call into federal service the militia, or for any purpose for which the use of the Army or the Air Force would, in the absence of express statutory authorization, be prohibited under 18 U.S.C. 1385.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-4-2.5-13.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 5. Emergency Management Assistance Compact › 10-14-5-14. Right to Alter, Amend, or Repeal

Sec. 14. Right To Alter, Amend, or Repeal.
The right to alter, amend, or repeal this chapter is hereby expressly reserved. The consent granted by this chapter shall:
(1) not be construed as impairing or in any manner affecting any right or jurisdiction of the United States in and over the subject of the compact;
(2) not be construed as consent to the National Guard Mutual Assistance Compact;
(3) be construed as understanding that the first paragraph of Article II of the compact provides that emergencies will require procedures to provide immediate access to existing resources to make a prompt and effective response;
(4) not be construed as providing authority under Article III (a)(7) that does not otherwise exist for the suspension of statutes or ordinances;
(5) be construed as understanding that Article III (c) does not impose any affirmative obligation to exchange information, plans, and resource records on the United States or any party which has not entered into the compact; and
(6) be construed as understanding that Article XIII does not affect the authority of the President over the National Guard provided by Article I of the Constitution of the United States and 10 U.S.C.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-4-2.5-14.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 5. Emergency Management Assistance Compact › 10-14-5-15. Construction and Severability

Sec. 15. Construction and Severability.
It is intended that the provisions of this compact shall be reasonably and liberally construed to effectuate the purposes thereof. If any part or application of this compact, or legislation enabling the compact, is held invalid, the remainder of the compact or its application to other situations or persons shall not be affected.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-4-2.5-15.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 5. Emergency Management Assistance Compact › 10-14-5-16. Inconsistency of Language

Sec. 16. Inconsistency of Language.
The validity of this compact shall not be affected by any insubstantial difference in its form or language as adopted by the states.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-4-2.5-16.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 6. Repealed

[Pre-2003 Recodification Citations:
10-14-6-1formerly 10-4-2-110-14-6-2formerly 10-4-2-210-14-6-3formerly 10-4-2-3.]
Repealed by P.L.85-2015, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 6.5. Interstate Mutual Aid Agreements › 10-14-6.5-1. "Emergency"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "emergency" means an occurrence or condition in a jurisdiction that results in a situation:
(1) that poses an immediate risk to health, life, property, or the environment;
(2) that is not initially at the level of a disaster or emergency that requires a local or state declaration of disaster or emergency (even if such a local or state declaration of disaster or emergency is made after the initial request is made for mutual aid); and
(3) for which the governing jurisdiction determines:
(A) that the situation exceeds its ability to render appropriate aid; and
(B) that it is in the public's best interest to request mutual aid from a governmental jurisdiction or private entity in another state with which the governing jurisdiction has entered into a mutual aid agreement under this chapter.
As added by P.L.94-2011, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 6.5. Interstate Mutual Aid Agreements › 10-14-6.5-2. "Emergency Responder"

Sec. 2. (a) As used in this chapter "emergency responder" means a person:
(1) who is required to possess a license, certificate, permit, or other official recognition for the person's expertise in a particular field or area of knowledge; and
(2) whose assistance is desirable during an emergency.
(b) The term includes, but is not limited to, the following:
(1) Firefighters, including hazardous materials personnel, specialized rescue personnel, extrication personnel, water rescue personnel, and other specialized personnel.
(2) Emergency medical services personnel.
(3) Law enforcement officers.
(4) Physicians.
(5) Nurses.
(6) Mental health practitioners, veterinary practitioners, and other public health practitioners.
(7) Emergency management personnel.
(8) Public works personnel.
As added by P.L.94-2011, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 6.5. Interstate Mutual Aid Agreements › 10-14-6.5-4. Written Mutual Aid Agreements; Participation of Private Entity Not Prohibited

Sec. 4. (a) In order to more adequately address emergencies that extend or exceed a jurisdiction's emergency response capabilities, either without rising to the level of a state or local declaration of a state of disaster or emergency, or in the initial stages of an event that may later become a declared state of disaster or emergency, the state (and any of its departments or agencies) or any political subdivision may enter into written mutual aid agreements with units of government from another state that provide for:
(1) coordination of communications for;
(2) training for;
(3) response to; and
(4) standby for;
planned events and emergency responses between the units of government.
(b) When an emergency responder from outside Indiana is engaged in training, standby, and emergency response in accordance with a mutual aid agreement under this chapter, the emergency responder from outside Indiana is permitted to provide services within Indiana in accordance with this chapter and the terms of the mutual aid agreement under this chapter.
(c) This chapter may not be construed to prohibit a private entity or its employees from participating in the provision of mutual aid if:
(1) the participating political subdivision approves the participation of the private entity; and
(2) a contract between the political subdivision and the participating private entity permits the participation.
As added by P.L.94-2011, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 6.5. Interstate Mutual Aid Agreements › 10-14-6.5-5. Emergency Responder Licensed or Certified Outside Indiana; Scope of Authorized Activities Performed in Indiana

Sec. 5. If an emergency responder from a jurisdiction outside Indiana holds a license, certificate, or other permit recognized or issued by another state, that emergency responder is considered to be licensed, certified, and permitted in Indiana to render aid involving such skill to meet the request for assistance under a mutual aid agreement under this chapter, so long as the emergency responder acts within the scope of:
(1) the emergency responder's license, certificate, or permit; and
(2) what would be authorized by an equivalent license, certificate, or permit from or recognized by the state in which the requesting jurisdiction is located.
As added by P.L.94-2011, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 6.5. Interstate Mutual Aid Agreements › 10-14-6.5-6. Emergency Responder From Outside Indiana; Immunity From Liability

Sec. 6. (a) Any function performed under this chapter, and a mutual aid agreement under this chapter, is considered to have been performed for public and governmental purposes.
(b) All immunities from liability available to Indiana political subdivisions, other units of local government in Indiana, and their officers, agents, and employees within Indiana are extended to an emergency responder from another state who is:
(1) providing mutual aid; or
(2) engaged in training and exercises;
under a mutual aid agreement authorized by this chapter.
As added by P.L.94-2011, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 6.5. Interstate Mutual Aid Agreements › 10-14-6.5-7. Emergency Responders Remain Employees of Jurisdiction Rendering Aid

Sec. 7. (a) Emergency responders from outside Indiana rendering mutual aid within Indiana under a mutual aid agreement authorized by this chapter remain employees and agents of their respective employers and jurisdictions.
(b) This chapter or a mutual aid agreement entered into under this chapter does not create an employment relationship between the jurisdiction requesting aid and the employees and agents of the jurisdiction rendering aid.
(c) All pension, relief, disability, death benefits, worker's compensation benefits, and other benefits enjoyed by emergency responders rendering mutual aid under a mutual aid agreement authorized by this chapter extend to the services the emergency responders perform outside their respective jurisdictions, as if those services had been rendered in their own jurisdiction.
As added by P.L.94-2011, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 6.5. Interstate Mutual Aid Agreements › 10-14-6.5-8. Mutual Aid Agreements; Approval Process

Sec. 8. A mutual aid agreement under this chapter must be approved in the same manner as interlocal cooperation agreements are approved under IC 36-1-7.
As added by P.L.94-2011, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 6.5. Interstate Mutual Aid Agreements › 10-14-6.5-9. No Effect on Other Statutes

Sec. 9. This chapter may not be construed to limit, modify, or abridge:
(1) Indiana's emergency management agency statutes; or
(2) the emergency management assistance compact under IC 10-14-5.
As added by P.L.94-2011, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 8. Transportation of High Level Radioactive Waste › 10-14-8-1. Application of Chapter

Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies to the following:
(1) High level radioactive waste transported to a site authorized by a government agency to receive, store, reprocess, or dispose of high level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel.
(2) Low level radioactive waste that is:
(A) transported to a site authorized by a government agency to receive low level radioactive waste; or
(B) shipped to a storage or treatment site before disposal.
(b) This chapter does not apply to:
(1) radioactive waste shipped by the United States Department of Defense; or
(2) the transport of low level radioactive waste between premises owned by or operated under the license of a licensee by a motor vehicle owned by or under contract to the licensee and a facility owned by or operated under the license of a licensee in Indiana.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-8-3-1.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.26-2010, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 8. Transportation of High Level Radioactive Waste › 10-14-8-2. "High Level Radioactive Waste"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "high level radioactive waste" means:
(1) irradiated reactor fuel;
(2) liquid wastes resulting from the operation of a first cycle solvent extraction system or its equivalent and the concentrated wastes from a subsequent extraction cycle or its equivalent in a facility for reprocessing irradiated reactor fuel;
(3) solids into which liquid wastes described in subdivision (2) have been converted; and
(4) materials produced as a byproduct of the reactions that occur inside a nuclear reactor in either of the following forms:
(A) Spent nuclear fuel that is accepted for disposal.
(B) Waste materials remaining after spent nuclear fuel is reprocessed.
[Pre-2003 Recodification Citation: 10-8-3-2.]
As added by P.L.2-2003, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.26-2010, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 8. Transportation of High Level Radioactive Waste › 10-14-8-2.3. "Licensee"

Sec. 2.3. As used in this chapter, "licensee" refers to an entity that is licensed by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission to own or use radioactive materials.
As added by P.L.26-2010, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 8. Transportation of High Level Radioactive Waste › 10-14-8-2.5. "Low Level Radioactive Waste"

Sec. 2.5. As used in this chapter, "low level radioactive waste" means radioactive material from a facility licensed by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission under 10 CFR 50 other than the following:
(1) High level radioactive waste.
(2) Spent nuclear fuel.
(3) Transuranic waste.
(4) Byproduct material (as defined in 42 U.S.C. 2014(e)).
As added by P.L.26-2010, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 8. Transportation of High Level Radioactive Waste › 10-14-8-2.7. "Spent Nuclear Fuel"

Sec. 2.7. As used in this chapter, "spent nuclear fuel" means fuel:
(1) that has been withdrawn from a nuclear reactor following irradiation; and
(2) whose constituent elements have not been separated by reprocessing.
As added by P.L.26-2010, SEC.6.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 10. Public Safety › Article 14. Emergency Management › Chapter 8. Transportation of High Level Radioactive Waste › 10-14-8-2.9. Permit for Shipper of High or Low Level Radioactive Waste

Sec. 2.9. (a) A shipper of high or low level radioactive waste in Indiana must submit an application to the department of homeland security in the form and manner prescribed by the department of homeland security.
(b) The department of homeland security may issue a permit to a person that:
(1) submits a completed application; and
(2) pays a fee set by the department of homeland security.
(c) The permit must:
(1) specify the purpose for which the permit is issued; and
(2) contain an expiration date.
As added by P.L.26-2010, SEC.7.