Sec. 18. (a) If the insurance commissioner forwards to the board the name of a practitioner under IC 34-18-9-4(a) (or IC 27-12-9-4(a) before its repeal), the board shall consider whether:
(1) the practitioner has become unfit to practice under section 4 of this chapter; and
(2) a complaint should be filed under IC 25-1-7-4.
(b) If the board determines that a complaint should be filed under subsection (a), the board must report to the consumer protection division whether the board will schedule the matter:
(1) for informal negotiation under IC 25-1-7-6;
(2) on the board's agenda for a vote requesting that the attorney general prosecute the matter before the board under IC 25-1-7-7; or
(3) on the board's agenda for a vote on summary suspension of the practitioner's license pending prosecution of the matter before the board under IC 25-1-7-7.
(c) A board may designate a board member or staff member to act on behalf of the board under this section.
As added by P.L.43-1995, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.1-1998, SEC.131.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 25. Professions and Occupations
Chapter 9. Health Professions Standards of Practice
25-1-9-4.5. Failure to Provide Human Trafficking Information
25-1-9-5. Optometry Employment Practice
25-1-9-6. Veterinary Practitioners; Cruelty to Animals
25-1-9-6.5. Chiropractors; Waiver of Deductible or Copayment
25-1-9-6.7. Marriage and Family Therapists; Disciplinary Sanctions
25-1-9-6.9. Failing to Provide or Providing False Information to Agency
25-1-9-7. Physical or Mental Examination; Power to Require
25-1-9-8. Failure to Submit to Physical or Mental Examination; Sanctions
25-1-9-9. Disciplinary Sanctions
25-1-9-10. Summary License Suspension Pending Final Adjudication; Notice; Opportunity to Be Heard
25-1-9-10.1. Retention of Clinical Consultants and Experts to Advise on Suspension
25-1-9-11. Reinstatement of Suspended Licenses
25-1-9-12. Reinstatement of Revoked License
25-1-9-13. Consistency of Sanctions Prescribed
25-1-9-14. Surrender of Practitioner's License Instead of Hearing; Approval
25-1-9-15. Costs in Disciplinary Proceedings
25-1-9-16. Refusal of Licensure or Grant of Probationary License
25-1-9-17. Applicant Appearance Before Board
25-1-9-18. Fitness Determination of Health Care Provider; Filing Complaint
25-1-9-19. Third Party Billing Notice
25-1-9-21. Rules; Management and Disposition of Health Records
25-1-9-22. Prohibition on Release of Screening and Test Results