# Ind. Code § 16-39-1-6: Inpatient requests

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T16_A39_C1_S16-39-1-6

## Section

- **Citation:** Ind. Code § 16-39-1-6
- **Heading:** Inpatient requests
- **Jurisdiction:** Indiana
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Indiana Code / Title 16 / Article 39 / Chapter 1 / Section 16-39-1-6

## Text

Sec. 6. This chapter does not authorize a patient to obtain a copy of the patient's health records while the patient is an inpatient of a hospital, health facility, or facility licensed under IC 12-24 or IC 12-29. However, if the inpatient is:

(1) unemancipated and less than eighteen (18) years of age, a parent, guardian, or next of kin (if the patient does not have a parent or guardian) is entitled to obtain a copy of the health records of the inpatient;

(2) incompetent to request the patient's own health records, a spouse, parent, guardian, or next of kin (if the patient does not have a parent, spouse, or guardian) is entitled to obtain a copy of the health records of the inpatient; or

(3) competent, a spouse, parent or next of kin (if the patient does not have a parent or spouse) is entitled to obtain a copy of the health records of the inpatient if the inpatient requests that the records be released.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-4-8-7.]

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.22.

## Nearby sections

- [Ind. Code § 16-39-1-1 Right of access; written requests; deadline for complying with written requests](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T16_A39_C1_S16-39-1-1.md)
- [Ind. Code § 16-39-1-2 X-rays](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T16_A39_C1_S16-39-1-2.md)
- [Ind. Code § 16-39-1-3 Request for patient's health records; who may request](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T16_A39_C1_S16-39-1-3.md)
- [Ind. Code § 16-39-1-4 Patient's written consent for release of records; contents](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T16_A39_C1_S16-39-1-4.md)
- [Ind. Code § 16-39-1-5 Withholding requested information](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T16_A39_C1_S16-39-1-5.md)
- [Ind. Code § 16-39-1-6 Inpatient requests](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T16_A39_C1_S16-39-1-6.md)
- [Ind. Code § 16-39-1-7 Child's health records; access to custodial and noncustodial parents](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T16_A39_C1_S16-39-1-7.md)
- [Ind. Code § 16-39-1-8 Copying fees](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T16_A39_C1_S16-39-1-8.md)
- [Ind. Code § 16-39-1-9 Alcohol and drug abuse records](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T16_A39_C1_S16-39-1-9.md)

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