INDIANA HOUSE BILL No. 1085

Second Regular Session 110th General Assembly (1998)

Synopsis: Use of latex products in health care. Prohibits the use by health care providers of powdered latex gloves. Restricts the use of latex products to those containing a level of protein permissible under rules adopted by the state department of health.

Effective: Upon passage; January 1, 1999.

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning health.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

    SECTION 1. IC 16-18-2-163, AS AMENDED BY P.L.188-1995, SECTION 1, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 1999]: Sec. 163. (a) "Health care provider", for purposes of IC 16-21 and IC 16-41, means any of the following:

1. An individual, a partnership, a corporation, a professional corporation, a facility, or an institution licensed or legally authorized by this state to provide health care or professional services as a licensed physician, a psychiatric hospital, a hospital, a health facility, an emergency ambulance service (IC 16-31-3), a dentist, a registered or licensed practical nurse, a midwife, an optometrist, a pharmacist, a podiatrist, a chiropractor, a physical therapist, a respiratory care practitioner, an occupational therapist, a psychologist, a paramedic, an emergency medical technician, or an advanced emergency technician, or a person who is an officer, employee, or agent of the individual, partnership, corporation, professional corporation, facility, or institution acting in the course and scope of the person's employment.
2. A college, university, or junior college that provides health care to a student, a faculty member, or an employee, and the governing board or a person who is an officer, employee, or agent of the college, university, or junior college acting in the course and scope of the person's employment.
3. A blood bank, community mental health center, community mental retardation center, community health center, or migrant health center.
4. A home health agency (as defined in IC 16-27-1-2 ).
5. A health maintenance organization (as defined in IC 27-13-1-19 ).
6. A health care organization whose members, shareholders, or partners are health care providers under subdivision (1).
7. A corporation, partnership, or professional corporation not otherwise qualified under this subsection that:
   1. provides health care as one (1) of the corporation's, partnership's, or professional corporation's functions;
   2. is organized or registered under state law; and
   3. is determined to be eligible for coverage as a health care provider under IC 27-12 for the corporation's, partnership's, or professional corporation's health care function.
   Coverage for a health care provider qualified under this subdivision is limited to the health care provider's health care functions and does not extend to other causes of action.