Authority: IC 16-19-3-4; IC 16-21-1-7
Affected: IC 16-19-3; IC 16-21-1
Sec. 8.5.
"Elopement" means any situation in which a registered or admitted patient, excluding events involving adults with decision making capacity, leaves the hospital without staff being aware that the patient has done so.
Indiana State Department of Health; 410 IAC 15-1.1-8.5; filed Nov 16, 2006, 4:01 p.m.: 20061213-IR-410050193FRA; readopted filed May 22, 2007, 1:44 p.m.: 20070613-IR-410070141RFA; readopted filed Jul 14, 2011, 11:42 a.m.: 20110810-IR-410110253RFAReadopted filed 9/13/2017, 4:08 p.m.: 20171011-IR-410170339RFAReadopted filed 11/28/2023, 12:13 p.m.: 20231227-IR-410230639RFA