CHAPTER 7. DEATHS OF CHILDREN - Indiana Statutes

IC 16-35-7
     Chapter 7. Deaths of Children

IC 16-35-7-1
Sources of funding
     Sec. 1. The state department may receive funds from any source and expend the funds for the administration of this chapter.
As added by P.L.225-2007, SEC.1.

IC 16-35-7-2
Adoption of rules regarding suspicious deaths of children
     Sec. 2. The state department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 requiring hospitals and physicians to identify suspicious deaths of children who are less than eighteen (18) years of age.
As added by P.L.225-2007, SEC.1.

IC 16-35-7-3
Adoptions of rules regarding certification of child death pathologists
     Sec. 3. (a) The medical licensing board may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to certify a child death pathologist and to require special training to conduct autopsies on child fatalities.
    (b) A child death pathologist must be a physician:
        (1) who is certified by the American Board of Pathology in forensic pathology;
        (2) who is certified in anatomic pathology by:
            (A) the American Board of Pathology; or
            (B) another certifying organization that:
                (i) is comparable to the American Board of Pathology in its adherence to nationally or internationally recognized certification standards; and
                (ii) has been approved and recognized by the medical licensing board;
        and has received special training in the area of child fatalities that has been approved by the medical licensing board; or
        (3) who has received certification in the area of forensic pathology or child death pathology by a certifying organization that:
            (A) is comparable to the American Board of Pathology in its adherence to nationally or internationally recognized certification standards; and
            (B) that has been approved and recognized by the medical licensing board.
    (c) The medical licensing board may approve an annual training program or provide a training program for pathologists concerning new procedures for child death investigations for physicians who want to become child death pathologists under subsection (b)(2). In approving or providing a training program, the medical licensing board shall consult and coordinate with pathologists who have received:         (1) certification in forensic pathology by the American Board of Pathology; or
        (2) a comparable certification in forensic pathology.
As added by P.L.225-2007, SEC.1.