IN Code § 23-2-4-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 23. Business and Other Associations|Article 2. Securities and Franchises|Chapter 4. Supervision of Continuing Care Contracts|23-2-4-3. Registration; Application; Order

Sec. 3. (a) A provider shall register each continuing care retirement community with the commissioner if:(1) before opening the continuing care retirement community, the provider:(A) enters into;(B) extends; or(C) solicits;a continuing care agreement; or(2) while operating the continuing care retirement community, the provider has either:(A) for a continuing care retirement community registered before January 2, 2007, continuously maintained since on or before January 1, 2007, at least one (1) continuing care agreement with an individual living in the continuing care community; or(B) for a continuing care retirement community registered after January 1, 2007, entered into a continuing care agreement with at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the individuals living in the continuing care retirement community.(b) If a provider fails to register a continuing care retirement community, the provider may not:(1) enter into, or extend the term of, a continuing care agreement to provide continuing care to any person at that continuing care retirement community;(2) provide services at that continuing care retirement community under a continuing care agreement; or(3) solicit the execution, by persons residing within Indiana, of a continuing care agreement to provide continuing care at that continuing care retirement community.(c) The provider's application for registration must be filed with the commissioner by the provider on forms prescribed by the commissioner, and must be accompanied by an application fee of two hundred fifty dollars ($250). The application must contain the following information:(1) an initial disclosure statement, as described in section 4 of this chapter; and(2) any other information required by the commissioner under rules adopted under this chapter.(d) The commissioner may accept, in lieu of the information required by subsection (c), any other registration, disclosure statement, or other document filed by the provider in Indiana, in any other state, or with the federal government if the commissioner determines that such document substantially complies with the requirements of this chapter.(e) Upon receipt of the application for registration, the commissioner shall mark the application filed. Within sixty (60) days of the filing of the application, the commissioner shall enter an order registering the provider or rejecting the registration. If no order of rejection is entered within that sixty (60) day period, the provider shall be considered registered unless the provider has consented in writing to an extension of time; if no order of rejection is entered within the time period as extended by consent, the provider shall be considered registered.(f) If the commissioner determines that the application for registration complies with all of the requirements of this chapter, the commissioner shall enter an order registering the provider. If the commissioner determines that such requirements have not been met, the commissioner shall notify the provider of the deficiencies and shall inform the provider that it has sixty (60) days to correct them. If the deficiencies are not corrected within sixty (60) days, the commissioner shall enter an order rejecting the registration. The order rejecting the registration shall include the findings of fact upon which the order is based. The provider may petition for reconsideration, and is entitled to a hearing upon that petition.As added by Acts 1982, P.L.145, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.153-2009, SEC.5; P.L.278-2013, SEC.18.