CHAPTER 7. DEATHS OF CHILDREN

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 sourceand 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 4-22-2requiring hospitals and physicians to identify suspicious deaths ofchildren 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 deathpathologists
    Sec. 3. (a) The medical licensing board may adopt rules underIC 4-22-2 to certify a child death pathologist and to require specialtraining 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 inforensic 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 inits adherence to nationally or internationally recognizedcertification standards; and
                (ii) has been approved and recognized by the medicallicensing board;
        and has received special training in the area of child fatalitiesthat has been approved by the medical licensing board; or
        (3) who has received certification in the area of forensicpathology or child death pathology by a certifying organizationthat:
            (A) is comparable to the American Board of Pathology in itsadherence to nationally or internationally recognizedcertification standards; and
            (B) that has been approved and recognized by the medicallicensing board.
    (c) The medical licensing board may approve an annual trainingprogram or provide a training program for pathologists concerningnew procedures for child death investigations for physicians whowant to become child death pathologists under subsection (b)(2). Inapproving or providing a training program, the medical licensingboard shall consult and coordinate with pathologists who havereceived:        (1) certification in forensic pathology by the American Boardof Pathology; or
        (2) a comparable certification in forensic pathology.
As added by P.L.225-2007, SEC.1.