Note: This version of section effective 9-15-2022. See also preceding version of this section, effective until 9-15-2022.
Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies to persons and facilities that handle infectious waste, including the following:
(1) Hospitals.
(2) Ambulatory surgical facilities.
(3) Medical laboratories.
(4) Diagnostic laboratories.
(5) Blood centers.
(6) Pharmaceutical companies.
(7) Academic research laboratories.
(8) Industrial research laboratories.
(9) Health facilities.
(10) Offices of health care providers.
(11) Diet or health care clinics.
(12) Offices of veterinarians.
(13) Veterinary hospitals.
(14) Emergency medical services providers.
(15) Mortuaries.
(b) Except as provided in sections 2, 4, and 7.5 of this chapter, this chapter does not apply to:
(1) home health agencies; or
(2) hospice services delivered in the home of a hospice patient.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-9.7-6.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24. Amended by P.L.146-1996, SEC.5; P.L.213-2016, SEC.23; P.L.179-2022(ss), SEC.37.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease
Chapter 16. Communicable Disease: Treatment of Infectious Waste
16-41-16-1. Application of Chapter
16-41-16-1-b. Application of Chapter
16-41-16-2. Contaminated Sharp
16-41-16-3. Effective Treatment
16-41-16-4. "Infectious Waste"
16-41-16-5. Pathological Waste
16-41-16-7. Treatment of Infectious Waste
16-41-16-7.5. Treatment of Noninfectious Waste
16-41-16-7.6. Disposition of a Miscarried Fetus or an Aborted Fetus
16-41-16-9. Inspections on Private Property