{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-16-41-13-1","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 16-41-13-1","heading":"Notice requirement","body":"Sec. 1. (a) The attending physician or health care provider shall prepare and attach to the body of a deceased individual a conspicuous notice with the statement: \"Observe Body Fluid Precautions\" whenever the physician or provider knows that at least one (1) of the following disease processes was present in the deceased at the time of death:\n(1) Hepatitis (Types B and C).\n(2) Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.\n(3) Tuberculosis.\n(4) Herpes.\n(5) Gonorrhea.\n(6) Syphilis (primary and secondary).\n(7) Burkett's lymphoma.\n(8) Kaposi's sarcoma.\n(9) Arthropod-borne viral diseases.\n(10) Babesiosis.\n(11) Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.\n(12) Leptospirosis.\n(13) Malaria.\n(14) Rat-bite fever.\n(15) Relapsing fever.\n(16) Y. Pestis.\n(17) Hemorrhagic fevers.\n(18) Rabies.\n(19) Any other communicable disease (as defined in IC 16-41-2).\n(b) The notice required in this chapter must accompany the body when the body is picked up for disposition.","path":["TITLE 16. HEALTH","ARTICLE 41. PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES FOR THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF DISEASE","Chapter 13. Communicable Disease: Body Fluid Precautions With Respect to Handling of Dead Bodies"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_16.html#16-41-13-1","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-11T20:02:18Z","sha256":"e47e2ead2d62f79a0978ff454611953d8c5cbaa3fbf843670f195e92ac684e18","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-16-41-12-21","next":"us-in/ic-16-41-13-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}