Sec. 5. (a) This section does not apply to the Indiana Veterans' Home.
(b) A health facility licensed under IC 16-28 as a comprehensive care facility must do the following:
(1) Have an automatic fire sprinkler system installed throughout the facility before July 1, 2012.
(2) If an automatic fire sprinkler system is not installed throughout the health facility before July 1, 2010, submit before July 1, 2010, a plan to the state department for completing the installation of the automatic fire sprinkler system before July 1, 2012.
(3) Have a battery operated or hard wired smoke detector in each resident's room before July 1, 2012.
(c) The state department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement this section.
As added by P.L.73-2007, SEC.1.
Structure Indiana Code
Chapter 11. Miscellaneous Provisions
16-28-11-1. Payment of Fines and Fees; Deposit
16-28-11-1.5. Care Plans; Inclusion of a Resident Representative
16-28-11-2. Compulsory Medical Treatment and Examination
16-28-11-3. Practice of Medicine
16-28-11-5. Fire Sprinkler Systems in Health Facilities
16-28-11-5.5. Employee of Health Facility Not Required to Perform Cpr if Specified Criteria Are Met
16-28-11-6. Disclosure of Fire Sprinkler Systems in Consumer Guide to Nursing Homes
16-28-11-7. Disclosure of Smoke Detector Information in Consumer Guide to Nursing Homes