Current through P.L. 171-2024
Section 25-14-6-4 - Reporting requirements; adverse event records(a) A dentist, who administers an immunization to a patient under this chapter, or dentist's designee shall:(1) report the immunization of the patient to the immunization data registry under IC 16-38-5 unless a written immunization data exception form has been completed and filed for the patient in accordance with IC 16-38-5-2; and(2) report any adverse event: (A) to the patient's primary care physician not later than seventy-two (72) hours after the dentist knows of the adverse event; and(B) to the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System maintained by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration.(b) A dentist shall maintain a record of each adverse event reported by the dentist or dentist's designee under subsection (a)(2).Added by P.L. 31-2021,SEC. 2, eff. 4/8/2021.