Ind. Code § 16-19-4-5
Commissioner; employed physicians; practice of medicine; liability of state
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Current — January 1, 2023
As of January 1, 2018
Sec. 5. This section does not apply to the prescribing, dispensing, or issuance of a standing order for an overdose intervention drug under IC 16-42-27-2. Any medical care provided to a patient by the state health commissioner is provided by the state health commissioner in an individual capacity as a licensed physician and the state is not liable for any act performed by the state health commissioner in this capacity.
Sec. 5. (a) This section does not apply to the prescribing, dispensing, or issuance of a standing order for an overdose intervention drug under IC 16-42-27-2.
(b) The state is not liable for any act performed by the state health commissioner or a physician employed by the state department for any medical care provided to a patient by the state health commissioner or a physician employed by the state department that is provided in an individual capacity as a licensed physician.
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