1. (a) The state department or the state department's designee shall maintain a toll-free telephone answering service to provide information on safety precautions and emergency procedures with regard to poisons.
2. (b) The telephone number shall be widely disseminated throughout Indiana and shall be manned on a twenty-four (24) hour per day basis.

3. (c) The telephone companies in Indiana, the state department, all hospitals, and all other boards or commissions registering or licensing health care professions or emergency medical services shall cooperate in making the toll-free telephone number available to the public.

   [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-3-29.]

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.143-2022, SEC.25.