Authority: IC 16-19-3-4; IC 16-21-1-7

Affected: IC 16-19-3; IC 16-21-1

Sec. 22. For purposes of this rule, 410 IAC 15-1.4-2.2, and 410 IAC 15-2.4-2.2, "surgery or other invasive procedure" means surgical or other invasive procedures that involve a skin incision, puncture, or insertion of an instrument or foreign material into tissues, cavities, or organs. A procedure begins at the time of the skin incision, puncture, or insertion of an instrument or foreign material into tissues, cavities, or organs. A procedure ends when the surgical incision has been closed or operative devices, such as probes, have been removed. The procedures include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. (1) Open or percutaneous surgical procedures.
2. (2) Percutaneous aspiration.
3. (3) Selected injections.
4. (4) Biopsy.
5. (5) Percutaneous cardiac and vascular diagnostic or interventional procedures.
6. (6) Laparoscopies.
7. (7) Endoscopies.
8. (8) Colonoscopies.

The term excludes intravenous therapy, venipuncture for phlebotomy, diagnostic tests without intravenous contrast agents, nasogastric tubes, or indwelling urinary catheters.

(Indiana Department of Health; 410 IAC 15-1.1-22; filed Nov 16, 2006, 4:01 p.m.: 20061213-IR-410050193FRA; errata filed Dec 29, 2006, 1:53 p.m.: 20070117-IR-410050193ACA; readopted filed May 22, 2007, 1:44 p.m.: 20070613-IR-410070141RFA; filed Oct 7, 2008, 10:26 a.m.: 20081105-IR-410080061FRA; readopted filed Jul 14, 2011, 11:42 a.m.: 20110810-IR-410110253RFA; readopted filed Sep 13, 2017, 4:08 p.m.: 20171011-IR- 410170339RFA; readopted filed Nov 28, 2023, 12:13 p.m.: 20231227-IR-410230639RFA)