Sec. 3. Except as provided in section 4 of this chapter, a health care provider is not subject to professional discipline under IC 25-1-7 or IC 25-1-9 for any of the following:

(1) Health care services provided in response to or arising from a state disaster emergency declared under IC 10-14-3-12 to respond to COVID-19.

(2) An act or omission of the health care provider committed with respect to the provision, withholding, delay, or withdrawal of health care services in response to or arising from a state disaster emergency declared under IC 10-14-3-12 to respond to COVID-19.

(3) Compliance with an executive order or local health order issued in response to or arising from a state disaster emergency declared under IC 10-14-3-12 to respond to COVID-19.

(4) An injury, a death, or a loss to a person or property alleged to have occurred because the health care provider was unable to treat, diagnose, or test the person for any illness, disease, or condition, including an inability to perform any elective procedure in compliance with an executive order or local health order issued in response to or arising from a state disaster emergency declared under IC 10-14-3-12 to respond to COVID-19.

As added by P.L.166-2021, SEC.5.