Indiana § 16-49-3-5 - Records from hospitals, physicians, coroners, law enforcement officers, or mental health professionals; immunity from liability
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§ 16-49-3-5. Records from hospitals, physicians, coroners, law enforcement officers, or mental health professionals; immunity from liability
Sec. 5. (a) Subject to IC 34-30-15, if the local child fatality review team requests records from a hospital, physician, coroner, law enforcement officer, or mental health professional regarding a death that the local child fatality review team is reviewing, the hospital, physician, coroner, law enforcement officer, or mental health professional shall provide the requested records to the local child fatality review team.
(b) A person who provides records in accordance with subsection (a) in good faith is not subject to liability in:
(1) a civil;
(2) an administrative;
(3) a disciplinary; or
(4) a criminal;
action that might otherwise be imposed as a result of such disclosure.
As added by P.L.119-2013, SEC.3.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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