{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-25-1-9.8-16","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 25-1-9.8-16","heading":"Practitioner duty to give written notice of individual's right to an estimate; rules","body":"Sec. 16. (a) A practitioner that has scheduled or ordered for an individual a nonemergency health care service shall provide to the individual an electronic or paper copy of a written notice that states the following, or words to the same effect: \"A patient may ask a health care provider for an estimate of the price the health care providers and health facility will charge for providing a nonemergency health care service. The law requires that the estimate be provided within 2 business days of scheduling the nonemergency health care service unless the nonemergency health care service is scheduled to be performed by the practitioner within 2 business days of the date of the patient's request.\".\n(b) The appropriate board (as defined in IC 25-1-9-1) may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to establish requirements for practitioners to provide additional charging information under this section.","path":["TITLE 25. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS","ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS","Chapter 9.8. Practitioner Good Faith Estimates"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_25.html#25-1-9.8-16","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-10-06T20:43:28Z","sha256":"b9caa2ab58c526e2f7889671c49d95391ca1a4e867539668ae1a36f8554073f2","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-25-1-9.8-15","next":"us-in/ic-25-1-9.8-17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}