Sec. 5. (a) If a designated health official determines that a carrier has a dangerous communicable disease and has reasonable grounds to believe that the carrier is mentally ill and either dangerous or gravely disabled, the designated health official may request:
(1) immediate detention under IC 12-26-4; or
(2) emergency detention under IC 12-26-5;
for the purpose of having the carrier apprehended, detained, and examined. The designated health official may provide to the superintendent of the psychiatric hospital or center or the attending physician information about the carrier's communicable disease status. Communications under this subsection do not constitute a breach of confidentiality.
(b) If the written report required under IC 12-26-5-5 states there is probable cause to believe the carrier is mentally ill and either dangerous or gravely disabled and requires continuing care and treatment, proceedings may continue under IC 12-26.
(c) If the written report required under IC 12-26-5-5 states there is not probable cause to believe the carrier is mentally ill and either dangerous or gravely disabled and requires continuing care and treatment, the carrier shall be referred to the designated health official who may take action under this article.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-1-10.5-13.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.24.
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