{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-16-41-17-8","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 16-41-17-8","heading":"Blood sample; collection; exceptions","body":"Sec. 8. (a) Each hospital and physician shall:\n(1) subject to subsection (b), take or cause to be taken a blood sample from every infant born under the hospital's and physician's care; and\n(2) transport or cause to be transported each blood sample described in subdivision (1) to a laboratory designated under section 7 of this chapter;\nfor testing for the disorders listed in section 2(a) of this chapter.\n(b) This subsection does not apply to preterm infants or newborn infants who receive a total exchange blood transfusion. Except as provided in subsection (c), a newborn infant's blood sample taken under subsection (a)(1) must be collected not earlier than twenty-four (24) hours after birth.\n(c) If a newborn infant is discharged before the time set forth in subsection (b), the blood sample must be collected not earlier than immediately before the infant's discharge, and a second blood sample must be collected after forty-eight (48) hours but not later than one hundred twenty (120) hours after birth.","path":["TITLE 16. HEALTH","ARTICLE 41. PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES FOR THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF DISEASE","Chapter 17. Prevention and Treatment Programs: Examination of Infants for Phenylketonuria, Hypothyroidism, and Other Disorders"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_16.html#16-41-17-8","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-11T20:02:18Z","sha256":"3299a5aad31bd86dae0c4f89d066c547ddb83332182e2c1429139a490e8ad0f5","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-16-41-17-7","next":"us-in/ic-16-41-17-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}