(a) The attending physician or health care provider shall prepare and attach to the body of a deceased individual a conspicuous notice with the statement: 'Observe Body Fluid Precautions' whenever the physician or provider knows that at least one (1) of the following disease processes was present in the deceased at the time of death:(1) Hepatitis (Types B and C).(2) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.(3) Tuberculosis.(4) Herpes.(5) Gonorrhea.(6) Syphilis (primary and secondary).(7) Burkett's lymphoma.(8) Kaposi's sarcoma.(9) Arthropod-borne viral diseases.(10) Babesiosis.(11) Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.(12) Leptospirosis.(13) Malaria.(14) Rat-bite fever.(15) Relapsing fever.(16) Y. Pestis.(17) Hemorrhagic fevers.(18) Rabies.(19) Any other communicable disease (as defined in IC 16-41-2).(b) The notice required in this chapter must accompany the body when the body is picked up for disposition.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-9.5-9(a), (b).]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24. Amended by P.L.112-2020, SEC.50.
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