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Chapter 0.1. Application
16-39-0.1-1. Application of Prior Law to Confidentiality of Certain Records - Sec. 1. To the extent that IC 5-14-3 and IC...
Chapter 1. Release of Health Records to Patient and Authorized Persons
16-39-1-1. Right of Access; Written Requests; Deadline for Complying With Written Requests - Sec. 1. (a) This section applies to all health records...
16-39-1-2. X-Rays - Sec. 2. Upon a patient's written request and reasonable notice,...
16-39-1-3. Request for Patient's Health Records; Who May Request - Sec. 3. (a) Health records may be requested by a...
16-39-1-4. Patient's Written Consent for Release of Records; Contents - Sec. 4. Except as provided in IC 16-39-5, a patient's...
16-39-1-5. Withholding Requested Information - Sec. 5. If a provider who is a health care...
16-39-1-6. Inpatient Requests - Sec. 6. This chapter does not authorize a patient to...
16-39-1-7. Child's Health Records; Access to Custodial and Noncustodial Parents - Sec. 7. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a...
16-39-1-8. Copying Fees - Sec. 8. Except as provided in section 2 of this...
16-39-1-9. Alcohol and Drug Abuse Records - Sec. 9. Alcohol and drug abuse records described in 42...
Chapter 2. Release of Mental Health Records to Patient and Authorized Persons
16-39-2-1. Application of Chapter - Sec. 1. This chapter applies only to mental health records....
16-39-2-2. Maintenance of Records by Provider; Contents; Dominion; Time Limits - Sec. 2. A record for each patient receiving mental health...
16-39-2-3. Confidentiality - Sec. 3. A patient's mental health record is confidential and...
16-39-2-4. Patient Access; Restrictions; Appeal - Sec. 4. A patient is entitled to inspect and copy...
16-39-2-5. Access to Patient's Designee or Legal Representative; Written Request - Sec. 5. (a) This section applies to private and public...
16-39-2-5.5. Provider Requirements; Individualized Mental Health Safety Plans - Sec. 5.5. (a) Each psychiatric crisis center, psychiatric inpatient unit,...
16-39-2-6. Disclosure Without Patient's Consent; Interpretation of Records; Immunities - Sec. 6. (a) Without the consent of the patient, the...
16-39-2-7. Discovery or Admissibility Without Patient's Consent - Sec. 7. Except as provided in section 8 of this...
16-39-2-8. Court Ordered Release of Mental Health Records; Provider Provision of Records - Sec. 8. (a) The court may order the release of...
16-39-2-9. Exercise of Patient's Rights by Others; Equal Access to Records; Fees - Sec. 9. (a) For the purposes of this chapter, the...
16-39-2-10. Decedents' Records; Consent to Release - Sec. 10. For the purposes of this chapter, consent to...
16-39-2-11. Copying Fees - Sec. 11. IC 16-39-9 governs the fees that may be...
16-39-2-12. Application to Other Mental Health Records Laws - Sec. 12. This chapter does not prohibit the application to...
Chapter 3. Release of Mental Health Records in Investigations and Legal Proceedings
16-39-3-1. Application of Chapter - Sec. 1. This chapter applies only to mental health records....
16-39-3-2. Repealed - [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-4-8-3.2(b).] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.22. Repealed...
16-39-3-3. Petition for Release of Patient's Records - Sec. 3. A person: (1) seeking access to a patient's...
16-39-3-4. Notice of Hearing - Sec. 4. Except as provided in section 8 of this...
16-39-3-5. Right to Counsel - Sec. 5. If a patient has an attorney, the patient...
16-39-3-6. Confidential Hearing Record - Sec. 6. A hearing under this chapter shall be conducted...
16-39-3-7. Release of Records; Necessary Findings - Sec. 7. At the conclusion of the hearing, the court...
16-39-3-8. Child in Need of Services; Petition for Emergency Hearing on Request for Records of Parent, Guardian, or Custodian - Sec. 8. If an emergency exists in which a child...
16-39-3-9. Court Order Authorizing Release of Records; Requisites - Sec. 9. A court order authorizing release of a patient's...
16-39-3-10. Admission of Record or Related Testimony in Evidence; Confidentiality - Sec. 10. If a patient's mental health record or testimony...
16-39-3-11. Proceedings Under Ic 31-6; Exception - Sec. 11. Except as provided in section 8 of this...
16-39-3-12. Copying Fees - Sec. 12. IC 16-39-9 governs the fees that may be...
16-39-3-13. Application to Other Mental Health Records Laws - Sec. 13. This chapter does not prohibit the application to...
Chapter 4. Provision of Mental Health Information
16-39-4-1. Application of Chapter - Sec. 1. This chapter applies only to patients receiving mental...
16-39-4-2. "Primary Caregiver"; Written Request From Relative or Guardian for Information; Provision of Mental Health Records to a School - Sec. 2. (a) As used in this section, "primary caregiver"...
16-39-4-3. Summary Response From Provider; Limitation for Mental Health Information to School; Requirement of Confidentiality Agreement; Immunity - Sec. 3. (a) If a provider has received a written...
16-39-4-4. Copying Fees - Sec. 4. IC 16-39-9 governs the fees that may be...
16-39-4-5. Information Subject to Disclosure; Exempt Institutions; Failure of Patient to Authorize Release of Information - Sec. 5. (a) This section does not apply to the...
16-39-4-6. Application to Other Mental Health Records Laws - Sec. 6. This chapter does not prohibit the application to...
Chapter 5. Release of Health Records to Third Parties and for Legitimate Business Purposes
16-39-5-1. Interprovider Exchange of Records Without Patient's Consent - Sec. 1. This article does not prohibit a provider from...
16-39-5-2. Patient's Written Consent to Insurer to Obtain Records or Medical Information - Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in IC 16-39-2, IC...
16-39-5-3. Provider's Use of Records; Confidentiality; Violations - Sec. 3. (a) As used in this section, "association" refers...
16-39-5-4. Copying Fees - Sec. 4. IC 16-39-9 governs the fees that may be...
Chapter 6. Access to Hospital Records by Hospital Medical Staff Committees
16-39-6-1. Purposes - Sec. 1. It is in the interest of public health...
16-39-6-2. Right of Hospital to Provide Records to Medical Staff Committee - Sec. 2. To carry out the purposes described in section...
16-39-6-3. Confidentiality; Production on Court Order - Sec. 3. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b): (1)...
16-39-6-4. Use or Publication of Obtained Information; Restrictions - Sec. 4. A hospital medical staff committee shall use or...
16-39-6-5. Protection of Patient's Identity - Sec. 5. (a) The members, agents, or employees of a...
Chapter 7. Maintenance of Health Records, X-Rays, and Other Tests
16-39-7-1. Maintenance of Health Records by Providers; Violations - Sec. 1. (a) As used in this section, "provider" means...
16-39-7-2. Maintenance of X-Rays by Providers; Mammograms; Violations; Civil Liability - Sec. 2. (a) This section does not apply to original...
16-39-7-3. Original Mammogram Films; Maintenance; Transfer - Sec. 3. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a...
Chapter 7.1. Autopsy Records
16-39-7.1-1. Applicability of Chapter - Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a physician. As added...
16-39-7.1-1.5. "Training or Educational Purposes" - Sec. 1.5. As used in this chapter, "training or educational...
16-39-7.1-2. Confidentiality of Records - Sec. 2. Except as provided in section 3 of this...
16-39-7.1-3. Access to Records; Confidentiality - Sec. 3. (a) A surviving spouse may: (1) view and...
16-39-7.1-4. Court Orders Regarding Access to Records - Sec. 4. (a) A court, upon a showing of good...
16-39-7.1-5. Notice to Survivors of Petitions for Access to Records - Sec. 5. (a) A surviving spouse shall be given: (1)...
16-39-7.1-6. Violations - Sec. 6. (a) A provider who: (1) is the custodian...
Chapter 8. Immunity From Liability
16-39-8-1. Libel or Slander; Immunity - Sec. 1. Providers and the providers' employees, agents, and representatives...
16-39-8-2. Applicability - Sec. 2. This chapter applies to mental health records. As...
Chapter 9. Charges Permitted for Providing Copies of Medical Records
16-39-9-1. Chapter Exemptions - Sec. 1. This chapter does not apply to x-rays covered...
16-39-9-2. Maximum Copying Fees - Sec. 2. A provider may not charge a person for...
16-39-9-3. Repealed - As added by P.L.102-1994, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.78-2004, SEC.24. Repealed...
16-39-9-4. Cost Adjustments by Department - Sec. 4. (a) As used in this section, "department" refers...
Chapter 10. Disclosure of Protected Health Information
16-39-10-1. "Covered Entity" - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "covered entity" has...
16-39-10-2. "Law Enforcement Official" - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "law enforcement official"...
16-39-10-3. "Protected Health Information" - Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "protected health information"...
16-39-10-4. Disclosure to Law Enforcement Official - Sec. 4. A covered entity may disclose the following protected...
Chapter 11. Covid-19 Immunization Records
16-39-11-1. "Covid-19" - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "COVID-19" means: (1)...
16-39-11-2. "Immunization" - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "immunization" means the...
16-39-11-3. "Immunization Passport" - Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "immunization passport" means...
16-39-11-4. "Immunization Status" - Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "immunization status" means...
16-39-11-4.5. "Indiana Governmental Entity" - Sec. 4.5. (a) As used in this chapter, "Indiana governmental...
16-39-11-5. Prohibition on Issuing or Requiring Immunization Passport - Sec. 5. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), an...