CHAPTER 1. REPORTING OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

IC 16-40
    ARTICLE 40. OTHER REPORTINGREQUIREMENTS

IC 16-40-1
    Chapter 1. Reporting of Persons With Disabilities

IC 16-40-1-1
Legislative intent and purpose
    Sec. 1. (a) It is the intent of the state to develop, within the limitsof the state's capabilities and resources, a program that gives thegreatest assurance of enabling a person with a disability to achievethe person's maximum potential and the highest degree ofindependence possible.
    (b) The purpose of this chapter is to create a procedure by whichto locate and identify persons with disabilities.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.23. Amended by P.L.23-1993, SEC.78.

IC 16-40-1-2
Persons required to make report
    Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), each:
        (1) physician;
        (2) superintendent of a hospital;
        (3) director of a local health department;
        (4) director of a local office of the department of child services;
        (5) director of the division of disability and rehabilitativeservices;
        (6) superintendent of a state institution serving individuals witha disability; or
        (7) superintendent of a school corporation;
who diagnoses, treats, provides, or cares for a person with adisability shall report the disabling condition to the state departmentwithin sixty (60) days.
    (b) Each:
        (1) physician holding an unlimited license to practice medicine;or
        (2) optometrist licensed under IC 25-24-1;
shall file a report regarding a person who is blind or has a visualimpairment with the office of the secretary of family and socialservices in accordance with IC 12-12-9.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.23. Amended by P.L.4-1993, SEC.246;P.L.5-1993, SEC.259; P.L.23-1993, SEC.79; P.L.1-1994, SEC.90;P.L.104-2003, SEC.5; P.L.141-2006, SEC.92; P.L.99-2007,SEC.160; P.L.146-2008, SEC.449.

IC 16-40-1-3
Forms
    Sec. 3. A report made under this chapter shall be made in themanner and upon forms prescribed by and furnished by the state

department.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.23.

IC 16-40-1-4
Birth defects reports
    Sec. 4. The reports filed under this chapter by hospitals mustinclude birth defects.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.23.

IC 16-40-1-5
School children
    Sec. 5. The reports filed under this chapter by school corporationsmust include children excluded from school because of a disabilityas well as children with disabilities attending regular or specialprograms of education.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.23. Amended by P.L.23-1993, SEC.80.

IC 16-40-1-6
Confidentiality
    Sec. 6. The contents of a report made under this chapter are solelyfor the use of departments of state government in the performance oftheir duties under law and of organizations having a legitimateinterest in the information. The reports shall not be open to publicinspection and are not public records.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.23.

IC 16-40-1-7
Transmission of reports to state department; tabulation,compilation, and analysis
    Sec. 7. All reports filed under this chapter shall be transmitted tothe state department. The state department shall tabulate, compile,and analyze the reports and provide information to state departmentsand organizations having a legitimate interest in the information.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.23.