Sec. 10. (a) Local fetal-infant mortality review team members and individuals who attend a local fetal-infant mortality review team meeting at the invitation of the chairperson shall maintain the confidentiality of records and information discussed and disseminated during a local fetal-infant mortality review team meeting.
(b) The local fetal-infant mortality review team members and individuals who attend a review team meeting at the invitation of the chairperson:
(1) may discuss among themselves confidential matters that are before the local fetal-infant mortality review team; and
(2) are, except when acting:
(A) with malice;
(B) in bad faith; or
(C) with negligence;
immune from any civil or criminal liability that might otherwise be imposed as a result of sharing among themselves those matters.
(c) The discussions, determinations, conclusions, and recommendations of the local fetal-infant mortality review team or its members concerning a review of a fatality at a review team meeting:
(1) are privileged; and
(2) are not:
(A) subject to subpoena or discovery; or
(B) admissible as evidence;
in any judicial or administrative proceeding.
As added by P.L.31-2019, SEC.5.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 49. Child Fatality Reviews
Chapter 6. Fetal-Infant Mortality Review Teams
16-49-6-3. "Local Fetal-Infant Mortality Review Team"
16-49-6-4. Establishment of Local Fetal-Infant Mortality Review Team; Notification; Duties
16-49-6-5. Members of Review Team; Quarterly Meetings
16-49-6-6. Review of Records; Access to Records; Immunity; Confidentiality
16-49-6-7. Statewide Fetal-Infant Mortality Review Coordinator
16-49-6-8. Report; Confidentiality; Data
16-49-6-9. Open Meetings; Executive Session