{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-16-41-9-7","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 16-41-9-7","heading":"Voluntarily admitted individuals with a communicable disease; unauthorized absences; prevention of health threat","body":"Sec. 7. (a) An individual with a communicable disease who:\n(1) poses a serious and present risk to the health of others;\n(2) has been voluntarily admitted to a hospital or other facility for the treatment of tuberculosis or another serious communicable disease; and\n(3) who leaves the facility without authorized leave or against medical advice or who fails to return from authorized leave;\nshall be reported to a health officer by the facility not more than twenty-four (24) hours after discovery of the individual with a communicable disease's absence.\n(b) If a health officer fails or refuses to institute or complete necessary legal measures to prevent a health threat (as defined in IC 16-41-7-2) by the individual with a communicable disease, the case shall be referred to a designated health official for appropriate action under this article.","path":["TITLE 16. HEALTH","ARTICLE 41. PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES FOR THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF DISEASE","Chapter 9. Communicable Disease: Imposition of Restrictions on Individuals With Certain Communicable or Serious Communicable Diseases"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_16.html#16-41-9-7","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-11T20:02:18Z","sha256":"8d9fbd630ed6ea104fa6c4888e61a7b4fac0c3296e940aab1f2b223894ac5e7c","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-16-41-9-6","next":"us-in/ic-16-41-9-8"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}