Indiana § 16-40-1-2 - Persons required to make report
Full text of Indiana Indiana Code § 16-40-1-2 — Persons required to make report, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 16-40-1-2. Persons required to make report
Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), each:
(1) physician;
(2) superintendent of a hospital;
(3) director of a local health department;
(4) director of a local office of the department of child services;
(5) director of the division of disability, aging, and rehabilitative services;
(6) superintendent of a state institution serving individuals with a disability; or
(7) superintendent of a school corporation;
who diagnoses, treats, provides, or cares for a person with a disability shall report the disabling condition to the state department within sixty (60) days.
(b) Each:
(1) physician holding an unlimited license to practice medicine; or
(2) optometrist licensed under IC 25-24-1;
shall file a report regarding a person who is blind or has a visual impairment with the office of the secretary of family and social services in accordance with IC 12-12-9.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-4-6-3 part.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.23. Amended by P.L.4-1993, SEC.246; P.L.5-1993, SEC.259; P.L.23-1993, SEC.79; P.L.1-1994, SEC.90; P.L.104-2003, SEC.5; P.L.141-2006, SEC.92; P.L.99-2007, SEC.160; P.L.146-2008, SEC.449; P.L.122-2026, SEC.95.
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