Authority: IC 16-41-7-4

Affected: IC 16-41-7-3

Sec. 6. (a) If the department is requested in writing by a physician who has complied with IC 16-41-7-3(b)(2) to notify a person at risk, the department shall contact the physician to determine that the physician:

1. (1) has medical verification that the patient is a carrier;
2. (2) knows the identity of the person at risk and has a reasonable belief of a significant risk of harm to the identified person at risk;
3. (3) has reason to believe the identified person at risk has not been informed and will not be informed of the risk by the patient or another person; and
4. (4) has made reasonable efforts to inform the carrier of the physician's intent to make or cause the department to make a disclosure to the person at risk.

(b) The department shall notify the person at risk unless, in the opinion of the department, the person at risk:

1. (1) has already been notified;
2. (2) will be notified; or
3. (3) will otherwise be made aware that they are a person at risk.

(Indiana Department of Health; 410 IAC 1-2.2-6; filed Mar 21, 1994, 5:00 p.m.: 17 IR 1883; readopted filed Jul 11, 2001, 2:23 p.m.: 24 IR 4234; readopted filed May 22, 2007, 1:44 p.m.: 20070613-IR-410070141RFA; readopted filed Sep 11, 2013, 3:19 p.m.: 20131009-IR-410130346RFA; readopted filed Nov 13, 2019, 3:14 p.m.: 20191211-IR-410190391RFA)