{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-5-10-18-3","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 5-10-18-3","heading":"\"Public safety officer\"","body":"Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, \"public safety officer\" means any of the following:\n(1) An excise police officer.\n(2) A conservation enforcement officer.\n(3) A gaming agent or a gaming control officer of the Indiana gaming commission (established by IC 4-33-3-1).\n(4) A state educational institution police officer appointed under IC 21-39-4.\n(5) A police officer who is employed by a postsecondary educational institution, other than a state educational institution, located in Indiana that appoints a police officer under IC 21-17-5.\n(6) A firefighter who is employed by the fire department of a state university.\n(7) A firefighter who is employed by a postsecondary educational institution, other than a state educational institution, located in Indiana that:\n(A) maintains a fire department;\n(B) employs firefighters for the fire department; and\n(C) is accredited by the North Central Association.\n(8) A firefighter who is employed by an operator that enters into an operating agreement under IC 5-23 for the operation of a public use airport that:\n(A) maintains a fire department; and\n(B) employs firefighters for the fire department.\n(9) A school corporation police officer appointed under IC 20-26-16.\n(10) A hospital police officer appointed under IC 16-18-4.\n(11) A police officer employed under IC 8-22-3-34 by:\n(A) a local airport authority; or\n(B) an operator that enters into an operating agreement under IC 5-23 for the operation of a public use airport.\n(12) A park ranger who:\n(A) completed at least the number of weeks of training at the Indiana law enforcement academy or a comparable law enforcement academy in another state that were required at the time the park ranger attended the Indiana law enforcement academy or the law enforcement academy in another state;\n(B) graduated from the Indiana law enforcement academy or a comparable law enforcement academy in another state; and\n(C) is employed by a local unit public employer located in a county containing a consolidated city.\n(13) A department of homeland security fire investigator.","path":["TITLE 5. STATE AND LOCAL ADMINISTRATION","ARTICLE 10. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFITS","Chapter 18. Public Safety Officer Survivor Health Coverage"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_5.html#5-10-18-3","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:11:39Z","sha256":"8ecd36e2a4a2d68d583a5ebae5d934ff5eecf01d0f6cc1faed7f06de19730603","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-5-10-18-2","next":"us-in/ic-5-10-18-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}