Sec. 4. (a) The state health commissioner and any physicians employed by the state department are governed in the performance of their official duties by IC 4-2-6 and IC 35-44.1-1-4 concerning ethics and conflict of interest.
(b) To learn professional skills and to become familiar with new developments in the field of medicine, and except as provided in IC 16-42-27-2(f), the state health commissioner may, in an individual capacity as a licensed physician and not in an official capacity as state health commissioner, engage in the practice of medicine if the practice of medicine does not interfere with the performance of the state health commissioner's duties as state health commissioner.
(c) The state health commissioner may designate in writing employees in the state department who are licensed as a physician and may engage in the practice of medicine outside of their official duties.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-2-5(b).]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.126-2012, SEC.36; P.L.6-2016, SEC.2; P.L.130-2021, SEC.4; P.L.9-2022, SEC.26.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 19. State Department of Health
Chapter 4. State Health Commissioner
16-19-4-1. Commissioner as Secretary, Executive Officer, Appointing Authority, and Director
16-19-4-2. Commissioner; Appointment; Term; Qualifications
16-19-4-3. Commissioner; Oath of Office
16-19-4-4. Commissioner; Employed Physicians; Ethics and Conflicts of Interest; Practice of Medicine
16-19-4-5. Commissioner; Employed Physicians; Practice of Medicine; Liability of State
16-19-4-6. Commissioner; Salary
16-19-4-8. Divisions and Subdivisions
16-19-4-10. Public Health Emergency Declaration
16-19-4-11. Standing Order, Prescription, or Protocol; Immunity