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Chapter 1. Repealed - [Pre-1993 Recodification Citations: Repealed by P.L.256-1999, SEC.19.
Chapter 1.1. Definitions
16-25-1.1-1. Applicability - Sec. 1. The definitions in this chapter apply throughout this...
16-25-1.1-2. "Applicant" - Sec. 2. "Applicant" means a person that applies for a...
16-25-1.1-3. "Hospice" - Sec. 3. "Hospice" means a person that owns or operates...
16-25-1.1-4. "Hospice Program" - Sec. 4. (a) "Hospice program" means a specialized form of...
16-25-1.1-5. "Hospice Program Patient" - Sec. 5. "Hospice program patient" means a patient who: (1)...
16-25-1.1-6. "Hospice Services" - Sec. 6. "Hospice services" means: (1) palliative care for the...
16-25-1.1-7. "Interdisciplinary Team" - Sec. 7. "Interdisciplinary team" means a group of individuals who...
16-25-1.1-8. "Person" - Sec. 8. "Person" means an individual, a corporation, a limited...
16-25-1.1-9. "Terminal Illness" - Sec. 9. "Terminal illness" means a life threatening illness with...
Chapter 2. Possession of Certain Drugs and Other Health Care Items
16-25-2-1. Sterile Water or Saline - Sec. 1. An employee of a hospice who is a...
16-25-2-2. Vaccines - Sec. 2. (a) An employee of a hospice who is...
16-25-2-3. Other Drugs - Sec. 3. An employee of a hospice who is a...
16-25-2-4. Transportation of Drugs in Sealed Portable Containers by Pharmacist or Nurse - Sec. 4. An employee of a hospice who is a...
16-25-2-5. Administering Drugs by Pharmacist or Nurse - Sec. 5. An employee of a hospice who: (1) is...
16-25-2-6. Physician's Orders to Pharmacist or Nurse to Administer Drugs - Sec. 6. (a) If an employee of a hospice who...
16-25-2-7. Duties of Pharmacist Regarding Drug Containers - Sec. 7. A pharmacist who dispenses a sealed portable container...
16-25-2-8. Honoring Nurse's Orders - Sec. 8. If a home health agency or hospice patient's...
Chapter 3. Licensure of Hospices
16-25-3-1. License Required for Facilities - Sec. 1. (a) For purposes of this chapter, a: (1)...
16-25-3-2. Licensee Permitted to Provide Hospice Services - Sec. 2. A license issued or approval granted under this...
16-25-3-2.5. Repealed - As added by P.L.12-2004, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.156-2011, SEC.19; P.L.197-2011,...
16-25-3-3. Application - Sec. 3. (a) An applicant shall submit an application for...
16-25-3-4. Requirements for License or Approval; Tax Warrant List - Sec. 4. (a) To obtain a license or approval under...
16-25-3-5. Provisional License - Sec. 5. The state department: (1) may issue a provisional...
16-25-3-6. Initial Survey of Program; Issuance or Nonissuance of License - Sec. 6. (a) If, after conducting an initial survey of...
16-25-3-7. Expiration of License - Sec. 7. (a) A license issued or approval granted under...
16-25-3-8. Employees of Hospice - Sec. 8. An employee of a hospice licensed or approved...
16-25-3-9. License Required for Persons Providing Services - Sec. 9. A person may not: (1) provide hospice services;...
16-25-3-10. Unlicensed Persons Not Permitted to Use "Hospice" to Describe Services - Sec. 10. A person that is not licensed or approved...
16-25-3-11. Third Party Billing Notice - Sec. 11. A hospice that provides to a hospice program...
Chapter 4. Hospice License Fees
16-25-4-1. Annual Fee - Sec. 1. The state department shall charge an annual hospice...
16-25-4-2. Administrative Costs - Sec. 2. The fees collected by the state department under...
Chapter 4.5. Perinatal Hospice
16-25-4.5-1. Purpose - Sec. 1. The purpose of this chapter is to ensure...
16-25-4.5-2. "Lethal Fetal Anomaly" - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "lethal fetal anomaly"...
16-25-4.5-3. "Perinatal Hospice" - Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "perinatal hospice" means...
16-25-4.5-4. Perinatal Hospice Brochure - Sec. 4. (a) The state department shall develop a perinatal...
16-25-4.5-5. Perinatal Hospice Provider List - Sec. 5. The state department shall develop and regularly update...
16-25-4.5-6. Provider Duty to Provide Perinatal Hospice Brochure, Perinatal Hospice Provider List, and Certification Form - Sec. 6. (a) The state department shall develop a form...
16-25-4.5-7. Severability - Sec. 7. This chapter is severable as specified in IC...
Chapter 4.7. Palliative Care
16-25-4.7-1. "Community Based Palliative Care" - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "community based palliative...
16-25-4.7-2. "Palliative Care" - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "palliative care" means...
16-25-4.7-3. Qualifications to Provide Community Based Palliative Care - Sec. 3. A hospice provider who is licensed under IC...
Chapter 5. Penalties, Enforcement Actions, and Grievance Procedures
16-25-5-1. Repealed - As added by P.L.256-1999, SEC.15. Repealed by P.L.1-2001, SEC.51.
16-25-5-2. Other Surveys or Inspections Required - Sec. 2. If a hospice program licensed or approved under...
16-25-5-2.5. Rules; Establishing Guidelines - Sec. 2.5. (a) The state department shall adopt rules under...
16-25-5-3. Actions That May Be Taken; Grounds - Sec. 3. (a) The state department may take any of...
16-25-5-4. Complaints; Investigations - Sec. 4. (a) The state department shall investigate any hospice...
16-25-5-5. Reports to Attorney General - Sec. 5. (a) The state department shall investigate a report...
16-25-5-6. Appeals - Sec. 6. A person aggrieved by an action of the...
16-25-5-7. Appeals Panel; Expiration - Sec. 7. (a) For an appeal under section 6 of...
16-25-5-8. Offering Hospice Services Without License a Misdemeanor - Sec. 8. A person who knowingly or intentionally: (1) represents...
Chapter 6. Criminal History of Hospice Owners, Operators, Employees, and Volunteers
16-25-6-1. Persons Prohibited From Owning or Operating Hospice Program - Sec. 1. (a) A person may not own or operate...
16-25-6-2. Employee's or Volunteer's Criminal History - Sec. 2. (a) A person who owns or operates a...
16-25-6-3. Employment of Certain Individuals Prohibited - Sec. 3. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a...
16-25-6-4. Fees - Sec. 4. (a) A person who owns or operates a...
16-25-6-5. Violations - Sec. 5. A person who: (1) owns or operates a...
Chapter 7. Disclosure Requirements
16-25-7-1. Disclosure Document Presented to Potential Patients - Sec. 1. Each hospice program licensed or approved under this...
16-25-7-2. Contents of Disclosure Document - Sec. 2. The disclosure document required under section 1 of...
16-25-7-3. Plan of Care - Sec. 3. The hospice program must: (1) include in the...