Indiana Code > Title 16 > Article 21 > Chapter 11 – Treatment of Miscarried Remains


§ 16-21-11-1	“Health care facility”
§ 16-21-11-2	“Miscarried fetus”
§ 16-21-11-3	“Person in charge of interment”
§ 16-21-11-4	Determination of disposition
§ 16-21-11-5	Information required; final disposition decision
§ 16-21-11-6	Disposition by cremation or interment; costs; permits; confidential information

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health care facility: means any of the following:
Indiana Code 16-21-11-1
in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
medical record: means written or printed information possessed by a provider (as defined in IC 16-18-2-295) concerning any diagnosis, treatment, or prognosis of the patient, unless otherwise defined. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
miscarried fetus: means an unborn child, irrespective of gestational age, who has died from a spontaneous or accidental death before expulsion or extraction from the unborn child's mother, irrespective of the duration of the pregnancy. See Indiana Code 16-21-11-2
person in charge of interment: means a person who places or causes to be placed the body of a miscarried fetus who has a gestational age of less than twenty (20) weeks of age or the ashes, after cremation, in a grave, vault, urn, or other receptacle, or who otherwise disposes of the body or ashes. See Indiana Code 16-21-11-3