Indiana Administrative Code
Title 410 - INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Article 1 - COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL
Rule 2.2 - Notification of Person at Risk
Section 2.2-6 - Contact by department
Universal Citation: 410 IN Admin Code 2.2-6
Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 16-41-7-4
Affected: IC 16-41-7-3
Sec. 6.
(a) If the department is requested in writing by a physician who has complied with IC 16-41-7-3(b)(2) to notify a person at risk, the department shall contact the physician to determine that the physician:
(1) has medical verification that the patient
is a carrier;
(2) knows the
identity of the person at risk and has a reasonable belief of a significant
risk of harm to the identified person at risk;
(3) has reason to believe the identified
person at risk has not been informed and will not be informed of the risk by
the patient or another person; and
(4) has made reasonable efforts to inform the
carrier of the physician's intent to make or cause the department to make a
disclosure to the person at risk.
(b) The department shall notify the person at risk unless, in the opinion of the department, the person at risk:
(1) has already been notified;
(2) will be notified; or
(3) will otherwise be made aware that they
are a person at risk.
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