Indiana Code
Title 16. Health
Article 21. Hospitals

16-21-1-10. Licensure Inspections; Disclosure of Inspection Date; Penalties; Reports; Release of Records to Public - Sec. 10. (a) Licensure inspections of an institution or agency...

Chapter 2. Licensure of Hospitals

16-21-2-1. Application of Chapter - Note: This version of section effective until 9-15-2022. See also...

16-21-2-1-b. Application of Chapter - Note: This version of section effective 9-15-2022. See also preceding...

16-21-2-2. Duty to License and Regulate Hospitals, Ambulatory Outpatient Surgical Centers, Birthing Centers, and Abortion Clinics - Note: This version of section effective until 9-15-2022. See also...

16-21-2-2-b. Licensure of Hospitals, Ambulatory Outpatient Surgical Centers, and Birthing Centers - Note: This version of section effective 9-15-2022. See also preceding...

16-21-2-2.3. Adoption of Rules Concerning Food and Dietetic Services - Sec. 2.3. The state department shall adopt rules under IC...

16-21-2-2.5. Adoption of Rules Concerning Birthing Centers and Abortion Clinics; Penalty for Operating or Advertising the Operation of an Unlicensed Birthing Center or Abortion Clinic - Note: This version of section effective until 9-15-2022. See also...

16-21-2-2.5-b. Adoption of Rules Concerning Birthing Centers; Penalties - Note: This version of section effective 9-15-2022. See also preceding...

16-21-2-2.6. Inspection of Abortion Clinics - Note: This version of section effective until 9-15-2022. See also...

16-21-2-2.6-b. Repealed - Note: This repeal of section effective 9-15-2022. See also preceding...

16-21-2-3. Determination of Coverage of Chapter; Review - Sec. 3. The state department may determine if an institution...

16-21-2-4. Repealed - [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-10-1-4.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.4. Repealed...

16-21-2-5. Hospital Governing Board; Responsibilities - Sec. 5. (a) The governing board of the hospital is...

16-21-2-6. Hospital Governing Board; Disciplinary Actions; Reports; Immunity - Sec. 6. (a) The governing board shall report, in writing,...

16-21-2-7. Medical Staff; Responsibilities - Sec. 7. The medical staff of a hospital is responsible...

16-21-2-8. Retrospective Medical Review; Medical Staff Committee Members; Immunity - Sec. 8. The members of a medical staff committee who...

16-21-2-9. Practice of Medicine Not Authorized by Chapter; Performance of Health Care Services Not Prohibited - Sec. 9. This chapter does not authorize a person or...

16-21-2-10. Necessity of License - Note: This version of section effective until 9-15-2022. See also...

16-21-2-10-b. Necessity of License - Note: This version of section effective 9-15-2022. See also preceding...

16-21-2-11. License; Application; Form; Tax Warrant List; Disclosures - Note: This version of section effective until 9-15-2022. See also...

16-21-2-11-b. License Form and Information; Tax Warrant List - Note: This version of section effective 9-15-2022. See also preceding...

16-21-2-11.5. Construction Projects; Prior Notice and Hearing - Sec. 11.5. (a) As used in this section, "construction project"...

16-21-2-12. License; Application; Fee - Sec. 12. An application must be accompanied by a licensing...

16-21-2-13. Licensure Issuance; Recognized Accrediting Organization; Investigation; Survey; Effect - Sec. 13. (a) The state health commissioner: (1) may: (A)...

16-21-2-13.5. Common Accrediting and Licensure Standards; Notification to Recognized Accrediting Organization of Changes in State Law - Sec. 13.5. (a) The state department shall work with recognized...

16-21-2-14. License; Duration; Transferability; Posting; Renewal - Note: This version of section effective until 9-15-2022. See also...

16-21-2-14-b. License; Duration; Transferability; Posting; Renewal - Note: This version of section effective 9-15-2022. See also preceding...

16-21-2-15. Physician to Be on Duty at All Times at Hospital With at Least 100 Beds - Sec. 15. A hospital with at least one hundred (100)...

16-21-2-15.4. Hospital Procedures to Aid in the Identification of Newborns and Reduction of Newborn and Infant Abductions; Prerequisites to Licensure - Sec. 15.4. (a) To obtain a license under this chapter,...

16-21-2-15.7. Visitation; Requirements; Limitation on Number of Visitors; Immunity - Sec. 15.7. (a) As used in this section, "facility" includes...

16-21-2-16. Third Party Billing Notice - Note: This version of section effective until 9-15-2022. See also...

16-21-2-16-b. Third Party Billing Notice - Note: This version of section effective 9-15-2022. See also preceding...

16-21-2-17. "Born Alive"; Hospital Duties; Determination of Perinatal Level of Care; Penalties; Discipline - Sec. 17. (a) As used in this section, "born alive"...

Chapter 3. Remedies for Violations

16-21-3-1. Civil Penalty, License Revocation, or Other Possible Actions - Sec. 1. The state health commissioner may take any of...

16-21-3-2. Grounds for Action - Sec. 2. The state health commissioner may take action under...

16-21-3-3. Application of Ic 4-21.5 - Sec. 3. IC 4-21.5 applies to an action under this...

16-21-3-4. Revocation of Hospital License for Cloning - Sec. 4. Notwithstanding section 1 of this chapter, the state...

Chapter 4. Hearings and Appeals

16-21-4-1. Licensees and License Applicants; Requests for Review - Sec. 1. A licensee or an applicant for a license...

16-21-4-2. Appeals Panel; Expiration - Sec. 2. (a) The state department shall appoint an appeals...

Chapter 5. Penalties

16-21-5-1. Investigation of Report of Unlicensed Institution or Agency; Actions by Attorney General - Sec. 1. The state department shall investigate a report of...

16-21-5-2. Use of Term "Hospital" - Sec. 2. An agency, a building, an institution, or a...

16-21-5-3. Unlawful Operation or Advertisement of Unlicensed Institution or Agency; Violation; Classification - Sec. 3. A person who: (1) operates an institution or...

Chapter 6. Hospital Financial Disclosure Law

16-21-6-0.1. Contractual Allowances Defined - Sec. 0.1. As used in this chapter, "contractual allowances" means...

16-21-6-0.2. Education Related Costs Defined - Sec. 0.2. As used in this chapter, "education related costs"...

16-21-6-1. Gross Patient Revenue Defined - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "gross patient revenue"...

16-21-6-2. Net Patient Revenue Defined - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "net patient revenue"...

16-21-6-3. Fiscal Reports; Required Documentation - Sec. 3. (a) Each hospital shall file with the state...

16-21-6-4. Repealed - [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-10-5-2(b).] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.4. Repealed...

16-21-6-5. Fiscal Reports; Further Verifying Information - Sec. 5. If further fiscal information is necessary to verify...

16-21-6-6. Patient Information Reports - Sec. 6. In addition to the report filed under section...

16-21-6-7. Fiscal and Patient Information Reports; Personal Identification of Patients; Public Inspection; Copies - Sec. 7. (a) The reports filed under section 3 of...

16-21-6-8. Compliance; Injunctive Relief - Sec. 8. The state department may, through the attorney general,...

16-21-6-9. Rules; Uniform Reporting System - Sec. 9. (a) The state department shall adopt rules under...

16-21-6-10. State Health Commissioner; Findings and Recommendations; Report - Sec. 10. Each year the state health commissioner or the...

16-21-6-11. Consumer Guide to Indiana Hospitals - Sec. 11. (a) The state department shall annually publish a...

16-21-6-12. Violations - Sec. 12. Any person who is a custodian of confidential...

Chapter 7. Hospitals; Tuberculosis Patients; Individuals With a Communicable Disease

16-21-7-1. Tuberculosis Patient Care or Treatment; Reimbursement - Sec. 1. The state shall reimburse a hospital, including a...

16-21-7-2. Rules for Payment - Sec. 2. The state department shall adopt rules under IC...

16-21-7-3. Aid to County Hospitals Tuberculosis Fund - Sec. 3. (a) The aid to county hospitals tuberculosis fund...

16-21-7-4. Counties' Pro Rata Share of Remaining Funds at End of Fiscal Year - Sec. 4. With the approval of the budget director and...

16-21-7-5. Violations - Sec. 5. (a) Except as otherwise provided, a person who...

Chapter 7.5. Repealed - Repealed by P.L.138-2014, SEC.7.

Chapter 8. Emergency Services to Sex Crime Victims

16-21-8-0.1. Repealed - As added by P.L.41-2007, SEC.6. Repealed by P.L.161-2014, SEC.10.

16-21-8-0.2. Definitions - Sec. 0.2. The following definitions apply throughout this chapter: (1)...

16-21-8-0.3. Repealed - As added by P.L.41-2007, SEC.7. Repealed by P.L.161-2014, SEC.12.

16-21-8-0.5. Repealed - As added by P.L.90-2005, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.41-2007, SEC.8. Repealed...

16-21-8-0.6. Repealed - As added by P.L.90-2005, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.121-2006, SEC.22; P.L.41-2007,...

16-21-8-0.7. Repealed - As added by P.L.90-2005, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.41-2007, SEC.10. Repealed...

16-21-8-0.8. Repealed - As added by P.L.41-2007, SEC.11. Repealed by P.L.161-2014, SEC.16.

16-21-8-0.9. Repealed - As added by P.L.41-2007, SEC.12. Repealed by P.L.161-2014, SEC.17.

16-21-8-1. Forensic Medical Exams and Additional Forensic Services; Rules; Enumeration of Sex Crimes - Sec. 1. (a) A hospital licensed under IC 16-21-2 that...

16-21-8-1.1. Forensic Medical Examinations Without Consent of the Examinee - Sec. 1.1. (a) A provider may conduct a forensic medical...

16-21-8-1.5. Appointment of a Sexual Assault Response Team - Sec. 1.5. If a sexual assault response team has not...

16-21-8-2. County or Regional Sexual Response Team; Duties - Sec. 2. (a) Each county or regional sexual assault response...

16-21-8-3. Forensic Medical Exams and Additional Forensic Services; Consent - Sec. 3. A physician or sexual assault nurse examiner who...

16-21-8-4. Assistance in Development and Operation of Forensic Medical Exams and Additional Forensic Services - Sec. 4. The victim services division of the Indiana criminal...

16-21-8-5. Payment of Forensic Medical Exams; Requirements; Suspension - Sec. 5. (a) The division shall award compensation or reimbursement...

16-21-8-6. Services Without Charge; Reimbursement - Sec. 6. (a) When a provider provides forensic medical exams...

16-21-8-7. Abortion Services Not Required - Sec. 7. This chapter does not require a hospital to...

16-21-8-9. Duties of a Provider; Delayed Implementation - Sec. 9. (a) Prior to the discharge of a victim...

16-21-8-9.5. Shower After Forensic Medical Examination - Sec. 9.5. After a forensic medical examination, an alleged sex...

16-21-8-10. Law Enforcement Duty to Transport a Sample to Secured Storage; Victim Notification; County Plans; Destruction of Samples - Sec. 10. (a) Law enforcement shall: (1) obtain the sample...

16-21-8-11. Confidentiality of Sexual Assault Examination Kits - Sec. 11. (a) Information entered into the web based claims...

16-21-8-12. Sexual Assault Examination Kit Tracking, Status, and Storage - Sec. 12. The following persons or entities shall provide status...

Chapter 9. Provision of Charitable Care by Nonprofit Hospitals

16-21-9-1. "Community Benefits" Defined - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "community benefits" means...

16-21-9-2. "Government Sponsored Indigent Health Care" Defined - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "government sponsored indigent...

16-21-9-3. "Nonprofit Hospital" Defined - Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "nonprofit hospital" means...

16-21-9-3.5. Public Forum; Requirements; Posting Information; Video Meeting Allowed - Sec. 3.5. (a) This section does not apply to the...

16-21-9-4. Organizational Mission Statement; Community Benefits Plan - Sec. 4. A nonprofit hospital shall develop: (1) an organizational...

16-21-9-5. Health Care Needs of Community - Sec. 5. When developing the community benefits plan, the hospital...

16-21-9-6. Elements of Community Benefits Plan - Sec. 6. The hospital shall include at least the following...

16-21-9-7. Annual Report for Community Benefits Plan - Sec. 7. (a) Each nonprofit hospital shall prepare an annual...

16-21-9-8. Failure to File Annual Report - Sec. 8. The state department may assess a civil penalty...

16-21-9-9. Other Rights and Remedies Retained - Sec. 9. The rights and remedies provided for in this...

Chapter 10. Hospital Assessment Fee

16-21-10-1. "Committee" - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "committee" refers to...

16-21-10-2. "Fee" - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "fee" refers to...

16-21-10-3. "Fee Period" - Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "fee period" means...

16-21-10-4. "Hospital" - Sec. 4. (a) As used in this chapter, "hospital" means...

16-21-10-5. "Office" - Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "office" refers to...

16-21-10-5.3. Determination of a Phase Out Period - Sec. 5.3. As used in this chapter, "phase out period"...

16-21-10-6. Authority to Assess Hospital Assessment Fee; Prerequisites; Conditions for Terminating the Fee; Records and Reports - Sec. 6. (a) Subject to subsection (b) and section 8(b)...

16-21-10-7. Hospital Assessment Fee Committee Established; Membership; Meeting Requirements; Requirements for Approval and Determinations Concerning the Healthy Indiana Plan 2.0 and Incremental Fee - Sec. 7. (a) The hospital assessment fee committee is established....

16-21-10-8. Mandatory Programs for Increasing Medicaid Reimbursement; Committee Review of State Plan Amendments, Waivers, or Revisions; Report to Budget Committee; State Share Dollars; Termination of Fee - Sec. 8. (a) This section does not apply to the...

16-21-10-9. Hospital Medicaid Fee Fund Established; Purposes; Distribution of Excess if Fee Is Terminated - Sec. 9. (a) This section is effective upon implementation of...

16-21-10-10. Use of Hospital Care for the Indigent Funds as State Share Dollars - Sec. 10. This section: (1) is effective upon implementation of...

16-21-10-11. Disproportionate Share Payments; Allocations of Federal Medicaid Disproportionate Share Allotments - Sec. 11. (a) This section: (1) does not apply to...

16-21-10-12. Repealed - As added by P.L.205-2013, SEC.214. Amended by P.L.213-2015, SEC.146. Repealed...

16-21-10-13. Disproportionate Share Dollars That Are Unavailable to Private Psychiatric Institutions - Sec. 13. This section does not apply to the use...

16-21-10-13.3. Incremental Fees; Uses; Requirements Before Collection Can Occur; Deposit of Incremental Fees; Limitations on Use of Incremental Fees to Fund the State Share of Expenses - Sec. 13.3. (a) This section is effective beginning February 1,...

16-21-10-13.5. Incremental Hospital Fee Fund Established; Content; Administration; Uses; Distribution of Remaining Fund During Phase Out Period to Hospitals - Sec. 13.5. (a) The incremental hospital fee fund is established...

16-21-10-14. Permissible Uses of Hospital Assessment Fees - Sec. 14. This section does not apply to the use...

16-21-10-15. Rule of Statutory Construction; Local Fees, Taxes, or Assessments Not Permitted - Sec. 15. This chapter may not be construed to authorize...

16-21-10-16. Rules - Sec. 16. Subject to section 8(b) of this chapter, the...

16-21-10-17. Installment Agreements - Sec. 17. The office may enter into an agreement with...

16-21-10-18. Interest on Late Payments; License Revocations for Payments at Least 120 Days Overdue - Sec. 18. (a) A hospital shall pay to the office...

16-21-10-19. Program Payments - Sec. 19. Payments for the programs described in section 8(a)...

16-21-10-20. Collection of Unpaid Fees; Refunds - Sec. 20. The office may collect unpaid fees owed by...

16-21-10-21. Expiration Date - Sec. 21. This chapter expires June 30, 2023. As added...

Chapter 11. Treatment of Miscarried Remains

16-21-11-1. "Health Care Facility" - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "health care facility"...

16-21-11-2. "Miscarried Fetus" - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "miscarried fetus" means...

16-21-11-3. "Person in Charge of Interment" - Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "person in charge...

16-21-11-4. Determination of Disposition - Sec. 4. Subject to sections 5 and 6 of this...

16-21-11-5. Information Required; Final Disposition Decision - Sec. 5. (a) Not more than twenty-four (24) hours after...

16-21-11-6. Disposition by Cremation or Interment; Costs; Permits; Confidential Information - Sec. 6. (a) If the parent or parents choose a...

Chapter 11.2. Repealed - Repealed by P.L.111-2018, SEC.11.

Chapter 12. The Caregiver Advise, Record, and Enable (Care) Act

16-21-12-1. "After Care" - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "after care" means...

16-21-12-2. "At Home Care Plan" - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "at home care...

16-21-12-3. "Discharge" - Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "discharge" means a...

16-21-12-4. "Health Care Representative" - Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "health care representative"...

16-21-12-5. "Lay Caregiver" - Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "lay caregiver" means...

16-21-12-6. "Residence" - Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "residence" means a...

16-21-12-7. Opportunity to Designate Lay Caregiver; Documentation; Hospital Responsibilities Upon Designation - Sec. 7. (a) As soon as practicable following a patient's...

16-21-12-8. Provision of Preferred Means to Contact Lay Caregiver; Use by Hospital; Notification to Lay Caregiver if Patient Unable - Sec. 8. (a) If a patient or the patient's health...

16-21-12-9. Hospital Attempt to Consult With Lay Caregiver; at Home Care Plan - Sec. 9. (a) If a patient or the patient's health...

16-21-12-10. Opportunity for Lay Caregiver to Ask Questions; Live or Recorded Demonstration of After Care Needs - Sec. 10. (a) As part of the consultation under section...

16-21-12-11. No Interference or Delay of Medical Care if Unable to Contact Lay Caregiver - Sec. 11. If the hospital is unable to contact the...

16-21-12-12. No Requirement to Designate Lay Caregiver - Sec. 12. This chapter may not be construed to require...

16-21-12-13. No Obligation for Lay Caregiver to Perform After Care - Sec. 13. The designation of a lay caregiver does not...

16-21-12-14. No Interference With, Delay, or Affect on Patient Care - Sec. 14. A hospital may not allow the process of...

16-21-12-15. No Interference With Health Care Representative Rights; No Private Right of Action Against Hospital - Sec. 15. (a) This chapter may not be construed to...

16-21-12-16. No New Reimbursement Requirements Under Chapter - Sec. 16. This chapter may not be construed to establish...

Chapter 13. Perinatal Levels of Care Designation and Perinatal Centers

16-21-13-1. Establishment of Program; Certification - Sec. 1. (a) The state department shall establish a program...

16-21-13-2. Department Authority - Sec. 2. The state department may do any of the...

16-21-13-3. Requirements to Operate as Perinatal Center; Peer Review; Review - Sec. 3. (a) A hospital or birthing center licensed under...

16-21-13-4. Review Under Ic 4-21.5 - Sec. 4. A decision by the state department under this...

16-21-13-5. Rules; Regulation of Interfacility Patient Transfers - Sec. 5. (a) The state department shall adopt rules under...

Chapter 14. Sepsis Guidelines

16-21-14-1. Application of Chapter; Adoption of Guidelines - Sec. 1. (a) This section and section 2 of this...

16-21-14-2. Guidelines Provided to Department; Presumption of Meeting Guideline Requirements - Sec. 2. (a) The sepsis guidelines adopted under this chapter...

16-21-14-3. Task Force Established; Members; Duties; Subcommittees - Sec. 3. (a) As used in this section, "task force"...

Chapter 15. Certificate of Public Advantage of Hospital Mergers

16-21-15-0.5. Findings; Applicability - Sec. 0.5. (a) The general assembly finds the following as...

16-21-15-1. Application of Chapter - Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a merger agreement between...

16-21-15-1.5. "Merger"; "Merger Agreement" - Sec. 1.5. (a) As used in this chapter, "merger" means...

16-21-15-2. Affect on Antitrust Immunity; Requirements for Subsequent Purchases - Sec. 2. (a) Nothing in this chapter affects antitrust immunity...

16-21-15-3. Merger Agreement Application; Requirements; Filing; Fees; Costs - Sec. 3. (a) Any hospital entering into a merger agreement...

16-21-15-4. Review of Application; Certification; Compliance Terms and Conditions; Attorney General Investigations - Sec. 4. (a) The state department, in consultation with the...

16-21-15-4.5. Authority for Agreement to Study Impact of Certificate of Public Advantage; Requirements - Sec. 4.5. (a) As a part of a certificate of...

16-21-15-5. Termination of Certificate - Sec. 5. (a) A hospital that is a party to...

16-21-15-6. Annual Review; Expiration; Costs - Sec. 6. (a) The state department shall annually review a...

16-21-15-7. Monitoring of Hospital; Costs; Charges for Hospital Services; Investment of Cost Savings - Sec. 7. (a) The state department shall actively supervise and...

16-21-15-8. Annual Report - Sec. 8. (a) A hospital that is issued a certificate...

16-21-15-9. Authority Over Hospitals Granted a Certificate; Deficiency Notice; Investigations - Sec. 9. (a) The state department may do any of...

16-21-15-10. Appeals - Sec. 10. (a) A person aggrieved by a decision of...

16-21-15-11. Rules - Sec. 11. The state department may adopt rules under IC...

Chapter 17. Health Care Pricing Information

16-21-17-0.3. Definitions - Sec. 0.3. (a) As used in this chapter, "de-identified maximum...

16-21-17-0.5. Repealed - As added by P.L.93-2020, SEC.3. Repealed by P.L.151-2021, SEC.10 and...

16-21-17-1. Internet Posting of Pricing and Information - Sec. 1. (a) Not later than December 31, 2021, an...

16-21-17-2. Easy to Read Format for Posting - Sec. 2. (a) The information displayed on the Internet web...

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Indiana Code Title 16. Health Article 21. Hospitals

Indiana Code
Title 16. Health
Article 21. Hospitals