§ 16-21-11-1 “Health care facility”
§ 16-21-11-2 “Miscarried fetus”
§ 16-21-11-3 “Person in charge of interment”
§ 16-21-11-4 Determination of disposition
§ 16-21-11-5 Information required; final disposition decision
§ 16-21-11-6 Disposition by cremation or interment; costs; permits; confidential information

Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 16 > Article 21 > Chapter 11 - Treatment of Miscarried Remains

  • health care facility: means any of the following:

    Indiana Code 16-21-11-1

  • in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • medical record: means written or printed information possessed by a provider (as defined in Ind. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • miscarried fetus: means an unborn child, irrespective of gestational age, who has died from a spontaneous or accidental death before expulsion or extraction from the unborn child's mother, irrespective of the duration of the pregnancy. See Indiana Code 16-21-11-2
  • person in charge of interment: means a person who places or causes to be placed the body of a miscarried fetus who has a gestational age of less than twenty (20) weeks of age or the ashes, after cremation, in a grave, vault, urn, or other receptacle, or who otherwise disposes of the body or ashes. See Indiana Code 16-21-11-3