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Ind. Code § 35-31.5-2-1.7

"Abusive head trauma"

As added by P.L.148-2024, SEC.20.

Sec. 1.7. "Abusive head trauma" means an inflicted injury to the head and its contents of an infant or a child less than six (6) years of age, including an injury caused by shaking or blunt impact, that may:

(1) result in bleeding inside the head; and

(2) cause one (1) or more of the following conditions:

(A) Irreversible brain damage.

(B) Blindness, retinal hemorrhage, or eye damage.

(C) Cerebral palsy.

(D) Hearing loss.

(E) Spinal cord injury, including paralysis.

(F) Seizures.

(G) Learning disability.

(H) Death.

(I) Central nervous system injury as evidenced by central nervous system hemorrhaging.

(J) Closed head injury.

(K) Subdural hematoma.

Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.