Authority: IC 25-22.5-2-7

Affected: IC 25-22.5-1

Sec. 1. It is not necessary that the examination and diagnosis of biopsies, x-rays, or materials produced by a patient's body or substances obtained or removed from a patient's body be made in the presence of the patient. Information supplied either directly or indirectly by the patient may be utilized by the physician in arriving at such a diagnosis. The physician who makes such an examination or diagnosis is required to have a license to practice medicine or osteopathic medicine, although the physician does not see the patient.

(Medical Licensing Board of Indiana; 844 IAC 4-3-1; filed Nov 5, 1981, 12:50 p.m.: 4 IR 2846; filed Oct 29, 1991, 3:00 p.m.: 15 IR 242; readopted filed Dec 10, 2001, 3:48 p.m.: 25 IR 1731; readopted filed Oct 10, 2008, 8:57 a.m.: 20081105-IR-844080339RFA; readopted filed Dec 2, 2014, 10:09 a.m.: 20141231-IR-844140391RFA; readopted filed Nov 5, 2021, 8:40 a.m.: 20211201-IR-844210387RFA; readopted filed Feb 27, 2024, 10:19 a.m.: 20240327-IR-844230772RFA)