35-47-7-4. Dog bite injury reporting

IN Code § 35-47-7-4 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 4. The:

(1) physician who treats a person for a dog bite or an apparent dog bite; or

(2) administrator or the administrator's designee of the hospital or outpatient surgical center if a person is treated in a hospital or an outpatient surgical center for a dog bite or an apparent dog bite;

shall report the case to the Indiana state department of health not more than seventy-two (72) hours after the time the person is treated. The report may be made orally or in writing.

As added by P.L.176-1993, SEC.7.