Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, “dead body” means a lifeless human body or parts or bones of the human body from the condition of which it reasonably may be concluded that death recently occurred. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-15-2(4).] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.20.
Sec. 10. Upon receipt of a properly executed certificate of death or stillbirth or, when authorized by rule of the state department, a provisional certificate of death, a local health officer in the county in which the death occurred shall issue a permit for the disposal of the body. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-17-7.] As added […]
Sec. 11. The person in charge of interment shall secure a permit for the disposition of the body before any of the following occur: (1) Disposition of the body. (2) Removing the body from the county in which the death occurred. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-17-8.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.20.
Sec. 12. If the body is to be transported by common carrier, the person in charge of interment shall secure a burial transit permit in duplicate. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-17-9.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.20.
Sec. 13. The person in charge of interment shall attach one (1) copy of the burial transit permit to the shipping box in which the body is transported. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-17-10.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.20.
Sec. 14. When death occurs outside Indiana and the body is accompanied by a burial transit permit issued where death occurred, the permit authorizes transportation into Indiana. Before burial, cremation, or other disposal of the body the local health officer shall endorse and keep a record of the permit. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-17-11.] As added […]
Sec. 15. This chapter: (1) supplements other laws concerning autopsies; (2) does not require consent for a local health officer to order or perform an autopsy in the discharge of the health officer’s duties; and (3) does not grant authority to a local health officer to hold an inquest under Indiana statutes governing inquests. [Pre-1993 […]
Sec. 16. (a) This section does not apply to section 3 of this chapter. (b) Except as provided, a person who recklessly violates or fails to comply with this chapter commits a Class B misdemeanor. (c) Each day a violation continues constitutes a separate offense. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-35-1.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.20. Amended […]
Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, “person in charge of interment” means a person who places or causes to be placed a stillborn child or dead body or the ashes, after cremation, in a grave, vault, urn, or other receptacle, or otherwise disposes of the body or ashes. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-15-2(5).] As added […]
Sec. 3. Except as provided in IC 16-37-1-3.1(f), the physician, the physician assistant, or the advanced practice registered nurse last in attendance upon the deceased, or the person in charge of interment shall use the Indiana death registration system established under IC 16-37-1-3.1 to file a certificate of death with the local health officer of […]
Sec. 4. The physician, the physician assistant, or the advanced practice registered nurse last in attendance upon the deceased, or the person in charge of interment shall secure the personal data required by the state department by rules adopted under IC 4-22-2 for preparation of the certificate of death or of stillbirth from the persons […]
Sec. 5. Except as provided in IC 16-37-1-3.1(f), if the person in charge of interment initiates the process, the person in charge of interment shall electronically provide a certificate of death to the physician, the physician assistant, or the advanced practice registered nurse last in attendance upon the deceased. The physician, the physician assistant, or […]
Sec. 6. (a) If: (1) a death or stillbirth occurred without medical attendance; or (2) the physician, the physician assistant, or the advanced practice registered nurse last in attendance is physically or mentally unable to sign the certificate of death or stillbirth; the local health officer shall inquire into the cause of death from anyone […]
Sec. 7. (a) If the circumstances suggest that the death was caused by other than natural causes or a person dies or is declared dead in an emergency department and the emergency physician, who is the physician last in attendance, is uncertain as to the cause and manner of death, the following individual shall refer […]
Sec. 8. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), payment for the cost of an autopsy requested by a party other than the local health official of the county in which the individual died must be made by the party requesting the autopsy. (b) Except as provided in subsection (c), payment for the cost of […]
Sec. 9. (a) The local health officer shall, from the stillbirth and death certificates, make a permanent record of the: (1) name; (2) sex; (3) age; (4) place of death; (5) residence; and (6) for a death certificate only: (A) residence addresses of the deceased during the two (2) years before the death; and (B) […]
