Ind. Code § 35-31.5-2-1.7

Current through P.L. 171-2024
Section 35-31.5-2-1.7 - "Abusive head trauma"

"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.

IC 35-31.5-2-1.7

Added by P.L. 148-2024,SEC. 20, eff. 7/1/2024.