Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), each:

(1) physician;

Terms Used In Indiana Code 16-40-1-2

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(2) superintendent of a hospital;

(3) director of a local health department;

(4) director of a local office of the department of child services;

(5) director of the division of disability and rehabilitative services;

(6) superintendent of a state institution serving individuals with a disability; or

(7) superintendent of a school corporation;

who diagnoses, treats, provides, or cares for a person with a disability shall report the disabling condition to the state department within sixty (60) days.

     (b) Each:

(1) physician holding an unlimited license to practice medicine; or

(2) optometrist licensed under IC 25-24-1;

shall file a report regarding a person who is blind or has a visual impairment with the office of the secretary of family and social services in accordance with IC 12-12-9.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-4-6-3 part.]

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.23. Amended by P.L.4-1993, SEC.246; P.L.5-1993, SEC.259; P.L.23-1993, SEC.79; P.L.1-1994, SEC.90; P.L.104-2003, SEC.5; P.L.141-2006, SEC.92; P.L.99-2007, SEC.160; P.L.146-2008, SEC.449.