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Chapter 0.5. Proposal of Rule or Rule Amendment by Health Care Advisory Council
16-27-0.5-0.5. Repealed - As added by P.L.152-2005, SEC.2. Repealed by P.L.156-2011, SEC.41; P.L.197-2011,...
16-27-0.5-1. Repealed - As added by P.L.12-2004, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.152-2005, SEC.3; P.L.197-2007,...
16-27-0.5-2. Repealed - As added by P.L.12-2004, SEC.5. Repealed by P.L.156-2011, SEC.41; P.L.197-2011,...
16-27-0.5-3. Repealed - As added by P.L.12-2004, SEC.5. Repealed by P.L.156-2011, SEC.41; P.L.197-2011,...
16-27-0.5-4. Repealed - As added by P.L.12-2004, SEC.5. Repealed by P.L.156-2011, SEC.41; P.L.197-2011,...
16-27-0.5-5. Repealed - As added by P.L.12-2004, SEC.5. Repealed by P.L.156-2011, SEC.41; P.L.197-2011,...
16-27-0.5-6. Repealed - As added by P.L.12-2004, SEC.5. Repealed by P.L.156-2011, SEC.41; P.L.197-2011,...
16-27-0.5-7. Repealed - As added by P.L.12-2004, SEC.5. Repealed by P.L.156-2011, SEC.41; P.L.197-2011,...
16-27-0.5-8. Repealed - As added by P.L.12-2004, SEC.5. Repealed by P.L.156-2011, SEC.41; P.L.197-2011,...
16-27-0.5-9. Rules - Sec. 9. The state department may adopt rules under IC...
Chapter 1. Licensure of Home Health Agencies
16-27-1-0.5. Repealed - As added by P.L.255-2001, SEC.13. Repealed by P.L.212-2005, SEC.77.
16-27-1-1. "Health Care Professional" - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "health care professional"...
16-27-1-2. "Home Health Agency" - Sec. 2. (a) As used in this chapter, "home health...
16-27-1-3. Repealed - [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-10-2.2-2.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.10. Repealed...
16-27-1-4. "Home Health Aide Services" - Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "home health aide...
16-27-1-5. "Home Health Services" - Sec. 5. (a) As used in this chapter, "home health...
16-27-1-6. "Patient" - Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "patient" means an...
16-27-1-7. Rules - Sec. 7. The state department shall adopt rules under IC...
16-27-1-8. Licensing; Tax Warrant List - Sec. 8. (a) To operate a home health agency, a...
16-27-1-9. Operation of Unlicensed Home Health Agencies - Sec. 9. (a) The state department shall investigate a report...
16-27-1-10. Services Not Prohibited - Sec. 10. This chapter does not prohibit the provision of:...
16-27-1-11. Home Health Agency Operated by Licensed Hospital or Health Facility - Sec. 11. For purposes of this chapter, a facility licensed...
16-27-1-12. Prohibited Acts; Penalties - Sec. 12. (a) The state health commissioner may take one...
16-27-1-13. Review - Sec. 13. A licensee or an applicant for a license...
16-27-1-14. Appeals Panel; Expiration - Sec. 14. (a) The executive board shall appoint an appeals...
16-27-1-15. Operation or Advertisement of Unlicensed Home Health Agency; Violation; Classification - Sec. 15. A person who: (1) operates a home health...
16-27-1-16. Acceptance of Written Orders for Home Health Services - Sec. 16. (a) A licensed home health agency may accept...
16-27-1-17. Third Party Billing Notice - Sec. 17. A home health agency that provides to a...
Chapter 1.5. Registration of Home Health Aides
16-27-1.5-1. Home Health Aide Included in Registry of Nurse Aides - Sec. 1. The state department shall include in the registry...
16-27-1.5-2. Information Required for Entry in Registry - Sec. 2. Information required for entry of a home health...
16-27-1.5-3. Review and Investigation of Allegations Against Home Health Aides - Sec. 3. (a) The state department shall establish a procedure...
16-27-1.5-4. Rules - Sec. 4. The state department may adopt rules under IC...
16-27-1.5-5. Approved Dementia Training for Home Health Aides - Sec. 5. (a) This section applies to a registered home...
Chapter 2. Criminal History of Home Health Care Operators and Workers
16-27-2-0.2. Application of Prior Law to Employees of Home Health Agencies - Sec. 0.2. The addition of IC 16-10-2.6 (before its repeal,...
16-27-2-0.5. "Expanded Criminal History Check" - Sec. 0.5. As used in this chapter, "expanded criminal history...
16-27-2-1. "Health Care Professional" - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "health care professional"...
16-27-2-1.5. Repealed - As added by P.L.177-2009, SEC.3. Repealed by P.L.51-2016, SEC.4.
16-27-2-2. "Home Health Agency" - Sec. 2. (a) As used in this chapter, "home health...
16-27-2-2.1. "National Criminal History Background Check" - Sec. 2.1. As used in this chapter, "national criminal history...
16-27-2-2.2. "Services" - Sec. 2.2. As used in this chapter, "services" includes: (1)...
16-27-2-3. Operation of Home Health Agency or Personal Services Agency; Prohibition; Criminal Conviction - Sec. 3. (a) A person may not operate a home...
16-27-2-4. Employees; Criminal History - Sec. 4. (a) A person who operates a home health...
16-27-2-5. Employees; Prohibition; Criminal Conviction - Sec. 5. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a...
16-27-2-6. Fees; Responsibility for Payment - Sec. 6. (a) A person who operates a home health...
16-27-2-7. Prohibited Employment Practices - Sec. 7. A person who: (1) operates a home health...
16-27-2-8. Repealed - As added by P.L.110-1999, SEC.3. Repealed by P.L.290-2001, SEC.36.
16-27-2-9. Immunity From Liability - Sec. 9. A person (other than a person denied employment...
Chapter 2.5. Drug Testing of Employees
16-27-2.5-0.5. Applicability - Sec. 0.5. This chapter does not apply to a home...
16-27-2.5-1. Drug Testing of Job Applicants; Use as Basis for Refusal to Hire; Contact With Patients - Sec. 1. (a) After giving a job applicant written notice...
16-27-2.5-2. Written Drug Testing Policy Requirement; Acknowledged Receipt by Employee; Random Testing; Discharge - Sec. 2. (a) A home health agency must: (1) have...
16-27-2.5-3. Positive Drug Test; Valid Prescription Exemption; Verification; Discharge - Sec. 3. If an employee tests positive on a drug...
16-27-2.5-4. Just Cause - Sec. 4. A home health agency that: (1) discharges or...
16-27-2.5-5. Immunity From Civil Liability; Gross Negligence or Willful or Wanton Misconduct - Sec. 5. (a) A home health agency, when acting in...
Chapter 3. Possession of Certain Drugs and Other Health Care Items
16-27-3-1. Sterile Water or Saline - Sec. 1. An employee of a home health agency who...
16-27-3-2. Vaccines - Sec. 2. (a) An employee of a home health agency...
16-27-3-3. Other Drugs - Sec. 3. An employee of a home health agency who...
16-27-3-4. Purchasing, Storing, or Transporting Drugs in Accordance With Written Policies and Procedures - Sec. 4. An employee of a home health agency who...
16-27-3-5. Administration of Drugs - Sec. 5. An employee of a home health agency who:...
16-27-3-6. Copy of Order for Administration of Drug - Sec. 6. (a) If an employee of a home health...
16-27-3-7. Duties of Pharmacist Regarding Drug Containers - Sec. 7. A pharmacist who dispenses a sealed portable container...
16-27-3-8. Honoring Nurse's Orders - Sec. 8. If a home health agency or hospice patient's...
Chapter 4. Licensure of Personal Services Agencies
16-27-4-1. "Client" - Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "client" means an...
16-27-4-2. "Parent Personal Services Agency" - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "parent personal services...
16-27-4-3. "Personal Representative" - Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "personal representative" means...
16-27-4-4. "Personal Services" - Sec. 4. (a) As used in this chapter, "personal services"...
16-27-4-5. "Personal Services Agency" - Sec. 5. (a) As used in this chapter, "personal services...
16-27-4-6. License Required; Branch Offices; Fee; Application; Onsite Inspection; Expiration; Home Health Agency - Sec. 6. (a) To operate a personal services agency, a...
16-27-4-7. Unlicensed Agencies; Attorney General - Sec. 7. (a) The state department shall investigate a report...
16-27-4-8. Unstable Health Conditions - Sec. 8. (a) If a personal services agency is aware...
16-27-4-9. Personal Services Agency Manager - Sec. 9. (a) A personal services agency shall employ an...
16-27-4-10. Service Plan - Sec. 10. The personal services agency's manager or the manager's...
16-27-4-11. Client Satisfaction Review - Sec. 11. The personal services agency's manager or the manager's...
16-27-4-12. Client Rights Statement - Sec. 12. The personal services agency shall provide the client...
16-27-4-12.5. Client Declining Assistance; Lift Services Not Required - Sec. 12.5. (a) A client who receives attendant care services...
16-27-4-13. Complaint Investigations - Sec. 13. A personal services agency shall investigate a complaint...
16-27-4-14. Telephone Contact - Sec. 14. The personal services agency's manager or the manager's...
16-27-4-15. Tuberculosis Test - Sec. 15. An employee or agent of a personal services...
16-27-4-16. Evaluation and Training - Sec. 16. (a) The competency of an employee or agent...
16-27-4-17. Disclosure of Ownership - Sec. 17. (a) Disclosure of ownership and management information must...
16-27-4-18. Compliance Documentation - Sec. 18. A personal services agency shall document evidence of...
16-27-4-19. Penalties - Sec. 19. (a) The state health commissioner may take one...
16-27-4-20. Rules - Sec. 20. (a) The state department shall adopt rules under...
16-27-4-21. Penalty Review - Sec. 21. A licensee or an applicant for a license...
16-27-4-22. Appeals Panel; Expiration - Sec. 22. (a) In response to a request for review...
16-27-4-23. Penalty - Sec. 23. A person who knowingly or intentionally: (1) operates...
Chapter 5. Home Health Agency Cooperative Agreements
16-27-5-1. Definitions - Sec. 1. The definitions in IC 16-27-1 apply throughout this...
16-27-5-2. "Office" - Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "office" refers to...
16-27-5-3. "Secretary" - Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "secretary" refers to...
16-27-5-4. Authority to Enter Into a Cooperative Agreement - Sec. 4. Home health agencies may enter into cooperative agreements...
16-27-5-5. Participating Provider - Sec. 5. (a) Any health care provider licensed under this...
16-27-5-6. Organizations Authorized to Undertake Activities - Sec. 6. A home health agency may authorize any of...
16-27-5-7. Supervision - Sec. 7. The secretary or the secretary's designee shall supervise...
16-27-5-8. Rules - Sec. 8. The secretary may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2...
16-27-5-9. Expiration - Sec. 9. This chapter expires July 1, 2023. As added...