Section 16-41-13-1 - Notice requirement(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.(6) Syphilis (primary and secondary).(9) Arthropod-borne viral diseases.(11) Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.(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).
Amended by P.L. 112-2020,SEC. 50, eff. 7/1/2020.As added by P.L. 2-1993, SEC.24.