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Indiana Code Title 16. Health § 16-41-6-12

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 12.  (a) The state department shall provide that an HIV test history and assessment form from the patient's medical records or an interview with the patient must be filled out.  The state department shall develop the form to determine if:

(1) the patient is HIV positive and has been informed;  or

(2) the patient was tested during the current pregnancy and tested negative or was not tested during the current pregnancy and the HIV status is unknown.

(b) The form required under subsection (a) must identify what special support or assistance for continued medical care the patient might need as a result of a positive test.

(c) A copy of the form must be:

(1) kept in the patient's medical file;

(2) kept in the baby's medical file;  and

(3) given to the doctor in the hospital designated to administer the newborn HIV testing program.

(d) The state department must maintain a systemwide evaluation of prenatal HIV testing in Indiana.  The state department shall prescribe the HIV test history and assessment form and a newborn blood screening form.  The state department shall remove all identifying information from the maternal test history before the state department performs its analyses and shall not maintain HIV test history data with identifying information.

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