Sec. 4. The center shall do the following:
(1) Collect and process health data.
(2) Maintain statistics concerning gender and ethnicity and provide the information to the state department of health annually.
(3) Improve the quality, timeliness, and comparability of health statistics.
(4) Analyze and disseminate information about the health status of Indiana residents.
(5) Provide access to health data to persons who are permitted to obtain the data under this chapter.
(6) Support the goals and objectives of the Cooperative Health Statistics System established by the federal National Center for Health Statistics.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-48-4.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.142-1995, SEC.9.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 19. State Department of Health
Chapter 10. State Health Data Center
16-19-10-2. Health Data Defined
16-19-10-6. State Department Surveys; Confidentiality
16-19-10-7. Medical or Epidemiological Information; Form of Disclosure; Consent
16-19-10-8. Counterterrorism Symptom and Health Syndrome Data Collection; Data Release