Indiana § 16-41-13-1 - Notice requirement
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§ 16-41-13-1. Notice requirement
Sec. 1. (a) The attending physician or health care provider shall prepare and attach to the body of a deceased individual a conspicuous notice with the statement: "Observe Body Fluid Precautions" whenever the physician or provider knows that at least one (1) of the following disease processes was present in the deceased at the time of death:
(1) Hepatitis (Types B and C).
(2) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
(3) Tuberculosis.
(4) Herpes.
(5) Gonorrhea.
(6) Syphilis (primary and secondary).
(7) Burkett's lymphoma.
(8) Kaposi's sarcoma.
(9) Arthropod-borne viral diseases.
(10) Babesiosis.
(11) Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
(12) Leptospirosis.
(13) Malaria.
(14) Rat-bite fever.
(15) Relapsing fever.
(16) Y. Pestis.
(17) Hemorrhagic fevers.
(18) Rabies.
(19) Any other communicable disease (as defined in IC 16-41-2).
(b) The notice required in this chapter must accompany the body when the body is picked up for disposition.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-9.5-9(a), (b).]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24. Amended by P.L.112-2020, SEC.50.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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