Indiana § 16-41-7-2 - Reporting of persons posing a serious and present risk or being at risk
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§ 16-41-7-2. Reporting of persons posing a serious and present risk or being at risk
Sec. 2. (a) An individual with a communicable disease is a "serious and present risk to the health of others" under the following conditions:
(1) The individual with a communicable disease engages repeatedly in a behavior that has been demonstrated epidemiologically (as defined by rules adopted by the state department under IC 4-22-2) to transmit a serious communicable disease or that indicates a careless disregard for the transmission of the disease to others.
(2) The individual with a communicable disease's past behavior or statements indicate an imminent risk that the individual with a communicable disease will engage in behavior that transmits a serious communicable disease to others.
(3) The individual with a communicable disease has failed or refused to carry out the individual with a communicable disease's duty to inform under section 1 of this chapter.
(b) A person who has reasonable cause to believe that a person:
(1) is a serious and present risk to the health of others as described in subsection (a);
(2) has engaged in noncompliant behavior; or
(3) is suspected of being a person at risk (as described in section 1 of this chapter);
may report that information to a health officer.
(c) A person who makes a report under subsection (b) in good faith is not subject to liability in a civil, an administrative, a disciplinary, or a criminal action.
(d) A person who knowingly or recklessly makes a false report under subsection (b) is civilly liable for actual damages suffered by a person reported on and for punitive damages.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citations: 16-1-10.5-9; 16-1-10.5-11.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24. Amended by P.L.112-2020, SEC.23.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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