Sec. 10. (a) The administrator of a hospital or other facility for the treatment of tuberculosis or other serious communicable disease may transfer or authorize the transfer of a nonresident indigent individual with a communicable disease to the state or county of legal residence of the individual with a communicable disease if the individual with a communicable disease is able to travel. If the individual with a communicable disease is unable to travel, the administrator may have the individual with a communicable disease hospitalized until the individual with a communicable disease is able to travel.
(b) Costs for the travel and hospitalization authorized by this section shall be paid by the:
(1) individual with a communicable disease under section 13 of this chapter; or
(2) state department if the individual with a communicable disease cannot pay the full cost.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-10.5-19.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24. Amended by P.L.112-2020, SEC.39.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 41. Public Health Measures for the Prevention and Control of Disease
16-41-9-1.5. Isolation; Quarantine; Notice; Hearing; Orders; Renewal; Crime; Rules
16-41-9-1.6. Actions of Public Health Authority in Event of Quarantine
16-41-9-1.7. Immunization Programs
16-41-9-3. Students With a Serious Communicable Disease; Exclusion From School
16-41-9-6. Detained Individuals With a Communicable Disease; Isolation; Unauthorized Absences
16-41-9-8. Discharge Reports; Release Orders
16-41-9-12. Refusal of Admission to Facilities; Actions Against Persons and Licensed Facilities