Dog bite injury reporting
Ind. Code § 35-47-7-4
in effectSec. 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 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. Amended by P.L.56-2023, SEC.325.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://iga.in.gov/laws/2026/ic/titles/35Fetched: 10/17/2026