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IN Code § 16-27-3-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 27. Home Health Agencies|Chapter 3. Possession of Certain Drugs and Other Health Care Items|16-27-3-3. Other Drugs

Sec. 3. An employee of a home health agency who is a licensed pharmacist, registered nurse, or licensed practical nurse may purchase, store, or transport the following drugs in order to administer to a home health patient or hospice patient of the home health agency, in accordance with section 5 of this chapter:(1) Any of the following items in a sealed portable container in a size determined by the dispensing pharmacist:(A) Up to one thousand (1,000) milliliters of nine-tenths of one percent (0.9%) sodium chloride intravenous infusion.(B) Up to one thousand (1,000) milliliters of five percent (5%) dextrose in water injection.(2) Not more than five (5) dosage units of each of the following items, each in an individually sealed, unused container:(A) Heparin sodium lock flush in a concentration of ten (10) units per milliliter, one hundred (100) units per milliliter, or one thousand (1,000) units per milliliter.(B) Epinephrine HC1 solution in a concentration of one (1) to one thousand (1,000).(C) Diphenhydramine HCl solution in a concentration of fifty (50) milligrams per milliliter.(D) Methylprednisolone in a concentration of one hundred twenty-five (125) milligrams per two (2) milliliters.(E) Naloxone in a concentration of up to one (1) milligram per milliliter in a two (2) milliliter vial.(F) Glucagon in a concentration of one (1) milligram per milliliter.(G) Furosemide in a concentration of ten (10) milligrams per milliliter.(H) Lidocaine two and one-half percent (2.5%) and prilocaine two and one-half percent (2.5%) cream in a five (5) gram tube.(I) Lidocaine HCl solution in a concentration of one percent (1%) in a two (2) milliliter vial.(J) Urokinase five thousand (5,000) units per a one (1) milliliter vial.As added by P.L.105-1998, SEC.2.
IN Code § 16-27-3-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 27. Home Health Agencies|Chapter 3. Possession of Certain Drugs and Other Health Care Items|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 is a licensed pharmacist, registered nurse, or licensed practical nurse may purchase, store, or transport drugs in a sealed portable container under this chapter only if the home health agency has established written policies and procedures to ensure the following:(1) That the container is handled properly with respect to storage, transportation, and temperature stability.(2) That a drug is removed from the container only on the written or oral order of a licensed physician, an advanced practice registered nurse, or a physician assistant.(3) That the administration of a drug in the container is performed in accordance with a specific treatment protocol.(4) That the home health agency maintains a written record of the dates and times the container is in the possession of a licensed pharmacist, registered nurse, or licensed practical nurse.(5) That the home health agency require an employee who possesses the container to submit a daily accounting of all drugs and devices in the container to the home health agency in writing.As added by P.L.105-1998, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.207-2021, SEC.17.
IN Code § 16-27-3-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 27. Home Health Agencies|Chapter 3. Possession of Certain Drugs and Other Health Care Items|16-27-3-5. Administration of Drugs

Sec. 5. An employee of a home health agency who:(1) is a licensed pharmacist, registered nurse, or licensed practical nurse; and(2) administers a drug listed in section 3 of this chapter;may administer the drug only in the residence of a home health patient or hospice patient of the home health agency under the order of a licensed physician, an advanced practice registered nurse, or a physician assistant in connection with the provision of emergency treatment or the adjustment of parenteral drug therapy or vaccine administration.As added by P.L.105-1998, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.207-2021, SEC.18.
IN Code § 16-27-3-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 27. Home Health Agencies|Chapter 3. Possession of Certain Drugs and Other Health Care Items|16-27-3-6. Copy of Order for Administration of Drug

Sec. 6. (a) If an employee of a home health agency who is a licensed pharmacist, registered nurse, or licensed practical nurse administers a drug listed in section 3 of this chapter under the oral order of a licensed physician, an advanced practice registered nurse, or a physician assistant, the physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant shall promptly send a signed copy of the order to the home health agency.(b) Not more than twenty (20) days after receiving an order under subsection (a), the home health agency shall send a copy of the order, as signed by and received from the physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant, to the dispensing pharmacy.As added by P.L.105-1998, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.207-2021, SEC.19.
IN Code § 16-27-3-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 27. Home Health Agencies|Chapter 3. Possession of Certain Drugs and Other Health Care Items|16-27-3-7. Duties of Pharmacist Regarding Drug Containers

Sec. 7. A pharmacist who dispenses a sealed portable container under this chapter shall ensure that the container:(1) is designed to allow access to the contents of the container only if a tamperproof seal is broken;(2) bears a label that lists the drugs in the container and provides notice of the container's expiration date; and(3) remains in the pharmacy or under the control of a licensed pharmacist, registered nurse, or licensed practical nurse.As added by P.L.105-1998, SEC.2.
IN Code § 16-27-3-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 27. Home Health Agencies|Chapter 3. Possession of Certain Drugs and Other Health Care Items|16-27-3-8. Honoring Nurse's Orders

Sec. 8. If a home health agency or hospice patient's care or treatment is being managed, directed, or provided by an advanced practice registered nurse licensed under IC 25-23, that nurse's orders will be honored, unless it will cause the home health agency or hospice to be unreimbursed for the home health agency's or hospice's service.As added by P.L.105-1998, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.86-2018, SEC.170; P.L.129-2018, SEC.10.
IN Code § 16-27-4-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 27. Home Health Agencies|Chapter 4. Licensure of Personal Services Agencies|16-27-4-1. "Client"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "client" means an individual who has been accepted to receive personal services from a personal services agency.As added by P.L.212-2005, SEC.18.
IN Code § 16-27-4-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 27. Home Health Agencies|Chapter 4. Licensure of Personal Services Agencies|16-27-4-2. "Parent Personal Services Agency"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "parent personal services agency" means the personal services agency that develops and maintains administrative and fiscal control over a branch office.As added by P.L.212-2005, SEC.18.
IN Code § 16-27-4-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 27. Home Health Agencies|Chapter 4. Licensure of Personal Services Agencies|16-27-4-3. "Personal Representative"

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "personal representative" means a person who has legal authority to act on behalf of the client with regard to the action to be taken.As added by P.L.212-2005, SEC.18.
IN Code § 16-27-4-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 27. Home Health Agencies|Chapter 4. Licensure of Personal Services Agencies|16-27-4-4. "Personal Services"

Sec. 4. (a) As used in this chapter, "personal services" means:(1) attendant care services;(2) homemaker services that assist with or perform household tasks, including housekeeping, shopping, laundry, meal planning and preparation, and cleaning; and(3) companion services that provide fellowship, care, and protection for a client, including transportation, letter writing, mail reading, and escort services;that are provided to a client at the client's residence.(b) The term does not apply to the following:(1) Incidental services provided by a licensed health facility to patients of the licensed health facility.(2) Services provided by employers or membership organizations for their employees, members, and families of the employees or members if the services are not the predominant purpose of the employer or the membership organization's business.(3) Services that are allowed to be performed by a personal services attendant under IC 12-10-17.1.(4) Services that require the order of a health care professional for the services to be lawfully performed in Indiana.(5) Assisted living Medicaid waiver services.(6) Services that are performed by a facility described in IC 12-10-15.As added by P.L.212-2005, SEC.18. Amended by P.L.141-2006, SEC.82.
IN Code § 16-27-4-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 27. Home Health Agencies|Chapter 4. Licensure of Personal Services Agencies|16-27-4-5. "Personal Services Agency"

Sec. 5. (a) As used in this chapter, "personal services agency" means a person that provides or offers to provide a personal service for compensation, whether through the agency's own employees or by arrangement with another person.(b) The term does not include the following:(1) An individual who provides personal services only to the individual's family or to not more than three (3) individuals per residence and not more than a total of seven (7) individuals concurrently. As used in this subdivision, "family" means the individual's spouse, child, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, brother, brother-in-law, sister, sister-in-law, aunt, aunt-in-law, uncle, uncle-in-law, niece, and nephew.(2) A local health department as described in IC 16-20 or IC 16-22-8.(3) A person that:(A) is approved by the division of disability and rehabilitative services to provide supported living services or supported living support to individuals with developmental disabilities;(B) is subject to rules adopted under IC 12-11-2.1; and(C) serves only individuals with developmental disabilities who are in a placement authorized under IC 12-11-2.1-4.As added by P.L.212-2005, SEC.18. Amended by P.L.141-2006, SEC.83.
IN Code § 16-27-4-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 27. Home Health Agencies|Chapter 4. Licensure of Personal Services Agencies|16-27-4-7. Unlicensed Agencies; Attorney General

Sec. 7. (a) The state department shall investigate a report of an unlicensed personal services agency operation and report its findings to the attorney general.(b) The attorney general may do the following:(1) Seek an injunction in the circuit or superior court of the county in which the unlicensed home health agency is located.(2) Prosecute violations under section 23 of this chapter.As added by P.L.212-2005, SEC.18.
IN Code § 16-27-4-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 27. Home Health Agencies|Chapter 4. Licensure of Personal Services Agencies|16-27-4-8. Unstable Health Conditions

Sec. 8. (a) If a personal services agency is aware that the client's medical or health condition has become unstable or unpredictable, the personal services agency shall notify the client, the client's personal representative, a family member, other relative of the client, or other person identified by the client of the need for a referral for medical or health services. The notification may be given in writing or orally and must be documented in the client's record with the personal services agency.(b) The personal services agency may continue to provide personal services for a client with an unstable or unpredictable medical or health condition but may not manage or represent itself as able to manage the client's medical or health condition.As added by P.L.212-2005, SEC.18.
IN Code § 16-27-4-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 27. Home Health Agencies|Chapter 4. Licensure of Personal Services Agencies|16-27-4-9. Personal Services Agency Manager

Sec. 9. (a) A personal services agency shall employ an individual to act as the personal services agency's manager. The manager is responsible for the organization and daily operation of the personal services agency.(b) The manager may designate in writing one (1) or more individuals to act on behalf of or to perform any or all the responsibilities of the personal services agency's manager under this chapter.As added by P.L.212-2005, SEC.18.
IN Code § 16-27-4-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 27. Home Health Agencies|Chapter 4. Licensure of Personal Services Agencies|16-27-4-10. Service Plan

Sec. 10. The personal services agency's manager or the manager's designee shall prepare a service plan for a client before providing personal services for the client. A permanent change to the service plan requires a written change to the service plan. The service plan must:(1) be in writing, dated, and signed by the individual who prepared it;(2) list the types and schedule of services to be provided; and(3) state that the services to be provided to the client are subject to the client's right to temporarily suspend, permanently terminate, temporarily add, or permanently add the provision of any service.All permanent changes require a change in the written service plan. The service plan must be signed and dated by the client not later than fourteen (14) days after services begin for the client and not later than fourteen (14) days after any permanent change to the service plan.As added by P.L.212-2005, SEC.18.
IN Code § 16-27-4-11 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 27. Home Health Agencies|Chapter 4. Licensure of Personal Services Agencies|16-27-4-11. Client Satisfaction Review

Sec. 11. The personal services agency's manager or the manager's designee shall conduct a client satisfaction review with the client every seventy-six (76) to one hundred four (104) days to discuss the services being provided and to determine if any change in the plan of services should occur. The review with the client may be in person or by telephone. This client satisfaction review must:(1) be put in writing; and(2) be signed and dated by the individual conducting the review.As added by P.L.212-2005, SEC.18.
IN Code § 16-27-4-12 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 27. Home Health Agencies|Chapter 4. Licensure of Personal Services Agencies|16-27-4-12. Client Rights Statement

Sec. 12. The personal services agency shall provide the client or the client's personal representative with the personal services agency's written statement of client rights not more than seven (7) days after providing services to the client. The statement of client rights must include the following information:(1) The client has the right to have the client's property treated with respect.(2) The client has the right to temporarily suspend, permanently terminate, temporarily add, or permanently add services in the service plan.(3) The client has the right to file grievances regarding services furnished or regarding the lack of respect for property by the personal services agency and is not subject to discrimination or reprisal for filing a grievance.(4) The client has the right to be free from verbal, physical, and psychological abuse and to be treated with dignity.(5) A statement that it is not within the scope of the personal services agency's license to manage the medical and health conditions of the client if a condition becomes unstable or unpredictable.(6) The charges for services provided by the personal services agency.(7) The personal services agency's policy for notifying the client of any increase in the cost of services.(8) The hours the personal services agency's office is open for business.(9) That on request the personal services agency will make available to the client a written list of the names and addresses of all persons having at least a five percent (5%) ownership or controlling interest in the personal services agency.(10) The procedures for contacting the personal services agency's manager, or the manager's designee, while the personal services agency's office is open or closed.(11) The procedure and telephone number to call to file a complaint with the personal services agency.(12) That the state department does not inspect personal service agencies as part of the licensing process but does investigate complaints concerning personal service agencies.(13) The procedure and telephone number to call to file a complaint with the state department along with the business hours of the state department.As added by P.L.212-2005, SEC.18.
IN Code § 16-27-4-12.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 27. Home Health Agencies|Chapter 4. Licensure of Personal Services Agencies|16-27-4-12.5. Client Declining Assistance; Lift Services Not Required

Sec. 12.5. (a) A client who receives attendant care services may decline assistance with any component of the attendant care services, including the use of lift equipment.(b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require a client to use lift equipment when lift services are provided.As added by P.L.77-2021, SEC.3.
IN Code § 16-27-4-13 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 27. Home Health Agencies|Chapter 4. Licensure of Personal Services Agencies|16-27-4-13. Complaint Investigations

Sec. 13. A personal services agency shall investigate a complaint made by a client, the client's family, or the client's personal representative regarding:(1) service that is or fails to be furnished; and(2) lack of respect for the client's property by anyone furnishing services on behalf of the personal services agency.The personal services agency shall document the complaint and the resolution of the complaint.As added by P.L.212-2005, SEC.18.
IN Code § 16-27-4-14 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 27. Home Health Agencies|Chapter 4. Licensure of Personal Services Agencies|16-27-4-14. Telephone Contact

Sec. 14. The personal services agency's manager or the manager's designee shall be available to respond to client telephone calls twenty-four (24) hours a day.As added by P.L.212-2005, SEC.18.
IN Code § 16-27-4-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 27. Home Health Agencies|Chapter 4. Licensure of Personal Services Agencies|16-27-4-15. Tuberculosis Test

Sec. 15. An employee or agent of a personal services agency who will have direct client contact must complete a tuberculosis test in the same manner as required by the state department for licensed home health agency employees and agents.As added by P.L.212-2005, SEC.18.
IN Code § 16-27-4-16 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 27. Home Health Agencies|Chapter 4. Licensure of Personal Services Agencies|16-27-4-16. Evaluation and Training

Sec. 16. (a) The competency of an employee or agent of a personal services agency who will perform attendant care services at the client's residence must be evaluated by the agency or the agency's designee for each attendant care services task that the personal services agency chooses to have that employee or agent perform. The agency has the sole discretion to determine if an employee or agent is competent to perform an attendant care services task.(b) After an evaluation, an employee or agent shall be trained in the attendant care services tasks the personal services agency believes require improvement. The employee or agent shall be reevaluated following any training. The evaluation of the employee or agent and determination by the agency that the employee or agent is competent to perform the attendant care services task must occur before the employee or agent performs that task for a client without direct agency supervision.(c) A personal services agency that offers lift services to clients must train each employee or agent who provides those services on general standards for operating a lift, and train the employee or agent at the location where the client will need those services on the specific instructions on how to safely operate the client's lift in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions and manual. Lift services training is an attendant care services task and each employee or agent must be trained and evaluated in the same manner as required in subsections (a) and (b).(d) The content of the evaluation and training conducted under this section, including the date and the signature of the person conducting the evaluation and training, must be documented for each employee or agent who performs personal services, including lift services.As added by P.L.212-2005, SEC.18. Amended by P.L.77-2021, SEC.4.
IN Code § 16-27-4-17 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 27. Home Health Agencies|Chapter 4. Licensure of Personal Services Agencies|16-27-4-17. Disclosure of Ownership

Sec. 17. (a) Disclosure of ownership and management information must be made to the state department:(1) at the time of the personal services agency's request for licensure;(2) during each survey of the personal services agency; and(3) when there is a change in the management or in an ownership interest of more than five percent (5%) of the personal services agency.(b) The disclosure under subsection (a) must include the following:(1) The name and address of all persons having at least five percent (5%) ownership or controlling interest in the personal services agency.(2) The name and address of each person who is an officer, a director, a managing agent, or a managing employee of the personal services agency.(3) The name and address of the person responsible for the management of the personal services agency.(4) The name and address of the chief executive officer and the chairperson (or holder of the equivalent position) of the governing body that is responsible for the person identified under subdivision (3).(c) The determination of an ownership interest and the percentage of an ownership interest under this chapter must be determined under 42 CFR 420.201 and 42 CFR 420.202, as in effect on July 1, 2005.As added by P.L.212-2005, SEC.18. Amended by P.L.7-2015, SEC.42.
IN Code § 16-27-4-18 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 27. Home Health Agencies|Chapter 4. Licensure of Personal Services Agencies|16-27-4-18. Compliance Documentation

Sec. 18. A personal services agency shall document evidence of compliance with the requirements of this chapter and document services provided to clients. The documentation or copies of the documentation must be maintained or be electronically accessible at a personal services agency's office in Indiana for not less than seven (7) years.As added by P.L.212-2005, SEC.18.
IN Code § 16-27-4-19 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 27. Home Health Agencies|Chapter 4. Licensure of Personal Services Agencies|16-27-4-19. Penalties

Sec. 19. (a) The state health commissioner may take one (1) or more of the following actions on any ground listed in subsection (b):(1) Issue a probationary license.(2) Conduct a resurvey.(3) Deny renewal of a license.(4) Revoke a license.(5) Impose a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).(b) The state health commissioner may take action under subsection (a) on any of the following grounds:(1) Violation of a provision of this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter.(2) Permitting, aiding, or abetting the commission of an illegal act in a personal services agency.(c) IC 4-21.5 applies to an action under this section.As added by P.L.212-2005, SEC.18.
IN Code § 16-27-4-20 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 27. Home Health Agencies|Chapter 4. Licensure of Personal Services Agencies|16-27-4-20. Rules

Sec. 20. (a) The state department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to govern the procedure for the following:(1) Issuing, renewing, denying, or revoking a personal services agency license.(2) Investigating a complaint against a personal services agency that alleges a violation of this chapter.(3) Collecting fees required under this chapter.(b) The state department may not add to the substantive or procedural requirements in this chapter.As added by P.L.212-2005, SEC.18.