1. (a) The medical licensing board may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to certify a child death pathologist and to require special training to conduct autopsies on child fatalities.

2. (b) A child death pathologist must be a physician:

   1. (1) who is certified by the American Board of Pathology in forensic pathology;

   2. (2) who is certified in anatomic pathology by:

      1. (A) the American Board of Pathology; or

      2. (B) another certifying organization that:

         1. (i) is comparable to the American Board of Pathology in its adherence to nationally or internationally recognized certification standards; and

         2. (ii) has been approved and recognized by the medical licensing board;

            and has received special training in the area of child fatalities that has been approved by the medical licensing board; or

   3. (3) who has received certification in the area of forensic pathology or child death pathology by a certifying organization that:

      1. (A) is comparable to the American Board of Pathology in its adherence to nationally or internationally recognized certification standards; and
      2. (B) that has been approved and recognized by the medical licensing board.

3. (c) The medical licensing board may approve an annual training program or provide a training program for pathologists concerning new procedures for child death investigations for physicians who want to become child death pathologists under subsection (b)(2). In approving or providing a training program, the medical licensing board shall consult and coordinate with pathologists who have received:

   1. (1) certification in forensic pathology by the American Board of Pathology; or
   2. (2) a comparable certification in forensic pathology.

As added by P.L.225-2007, SEC.1.