Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, “exposure risk disease” refers to: (1) anthrax; (2) hepatitis; (3) human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); (4) meningococcal meningitis; (5) any variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), including coronavirus disease (COVID-19); (6) smallpox; or (7) tuberculosis. As added by P.L.185-2002, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.112-2020, SEC.1; P.L.143-2021, SEC.1.
Note: This version of section effective 7-1-2023. See also preceding version of this section, effective until 7-1-2023. Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, “employee” means an individual who: (1) is employed full time by the state or a political subdivision of the state as: (A) a member of a fire department (as defined in […]
Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2023. See also following version of this section, effective 7-1-2023. Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, “employee” means an individual who: (1) is employed full time by the state or a political subdivision of the state as: (A) a member of a fire department (as defined in […]
Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, “high risk for occupational exposure” means that risk is incurred by an individual in performing the basic duties of the individual’s employment, including: (1) providing emergency medical treatment in a nonhealth care setting where there is a potential for transfer of body fluids between individuals; (2) working at […]
Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, “political subdivision” means a county, township, town, city, separate municipal corporation, special taxing district, or public school corporation. As added by P.L.185-2002, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.197-2016, SEC.2.
Sec. 5. (a) Except as provided in section 6 of this chapter, an employee who: (1) is diagnosed with a health condition caused by an exposure risk disease that: (A) requires medical treatment; and (B) results in total or partial disability or death; (2) by written affidavit has provided to the employee’s employer a verification […]
Sec. 6. If a standard, medically recognized vaccine or other measure exists for the prevention of an exposure risk disease and the vaccine or other measure is medically indicated for an employee according to immunization policies established by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the United States Public Health Service, the following apply: (1) […]
Sec. 7. (a) An employee shall file a report with the employee’s employer of each known or reasonably suspected exposure to an exposure risk disease in the scope of the employee’s employment. (b) The employer shall maintain a permanent record of a report filed by an employee under subsection (a). As added by P.L.185-2002, SEC.3.
Sec. 8. (a) The state or a political subdivision of the state may provide, in the life and disability insurance that covers employees of the state or political subdivision, accidental death coverage or double indemnity coverage for a health condition caused by a communicable disease that results in total or partial disability or death that […]
Sec. 9. This chapter does not affect the requirements for determining eligibility for disability benefits provided by the state or a political subdivision of the state except to the extent of determining whether an employee incurred a disability in the line of duty. As added by P.L.185-2002, SEC.3.
