Indiana Code 16-41-16-1. Application of chapter
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Sec. 1. (a) This chapter applies to persons and facilities that handle infectious waste, including the following:
(2) Ambulatory surgical facilities.
(1) Hospitals.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 16-41-16-1
- infectious waste: means waste that epidemiologic evidence indicates is capable of transmitting a serious communicable disease (as set forth in the list published under IC 16-41-2-1). See Indiana Code 16-41-16-4
(3) Medical laboratories.
(4) Diagnostic laboratories.
(5) Blood centers.
(6) Pharmaceutical companies.
(7) Academic research laboratories.
(8) Industrial research laboratories.
(9) Health facilities.
(10) Offices of health care providers.
(11) Diet or health care clinics.
(12) Offices of veterinarians.
(13) Veterinary hospitals.
(14) Emergency medical services providers.
(15) Mortuaries.
(b) Except as provided in sections 2, 4, and 7.5 of this chapter, this chapter does not apply to:
(1) home health agencies; or
(2) hospice services delivered in the home of a hospice patient.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-9.7-6.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24. Amended by P.L.146-1996, SEC.5; P.L.213-2016, SEC.23; P.L.179-2022(ss), SEC.37.