2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 27. Home Health Agencies › Chapter 1.5. Registration of Home Health Aides › 16-27-1.5-6. Conditions Required to Administer Gastrointestinal and Jejunostomy Tube Feedings; Training

Sec. 6. (a) A registered home health aide may administer gastrointestinal and jejunostomy tube feedings to a specific patient only if the following conditions are met:
(1) The registered home health aide has completed the training curriculum described in subsection (b).
(2) A registered nurse, providing registered nursing under IC 25-23-1-1.1(b)(6), either:
(A) supervises the registered home health aide in administering the gastrointestinal and jejunostomy tube feedings; or
(B) delegates responsibility for administering the gastrointestinal and jejunostomy tube feedings to the registered home health aide based on the registered nurse's assessment of the registered home health aide's competency to administer gastrointestinal and jejunostomy tube feedings.
(3) The home health agency that the registered home health aide is employed with:
(A) allows the registered home health aide to administer gastrointestinal and jejunostomy tube feedings;
(B) establishes a procedure for:
(i) the delegation of the administration of gastrointestinal and jejunostomy tube feedings from a registered nurse to a registered home health aide that includes patient specific clinical parameters based on the registered nurse's assessment of the patient and the registered home health aide's competency to administer the gastrointestinal and jejunostomy tube feedings; and
(ii) the assessment by the registered nurse of the patient specific clinical parameters;
(C) retains documentation that the registered home health aide has completed the training curriculum described in subsection (b); and
(D) notifies each patient requiring gastrointestinal and jejunostomy tube feedings upon admission that the home health aide agency may allow registered home health aides to administer gastrointestinal and jejunostomy tube feedings.
(b) Training curriculum for home health aides to administer gastrointestinal and jejunostomy tube feedings must:
(1) be approved by the state department; and
(2) include the following concerning the administration of gastrointestinal and jejunostomy tube feedings:
(A) At least four (4) hours and not more than eight (8) hours of classroom training.
(B) At least two (2) hours and not more than four (4) hours of practical training.
(C) A written and practical examination administered by the trainer.
(c) A registered home health aide may not administer gastrointestinal and jejunostomy tube feedings until the home health aide has successfully:
(1) completed the curriculum described in subsection (b); and
(2) passed the examinations described in subsection (b)(2)(C).
(d) The state department may require a registered home health aide who administers gastrointestinal and jejunostomy tube feedings under this section to annually complete not more than one (1) hour of in service training specific to the administration of gastrointestinal and jejunostomy tube feedings.
(e) Before January 1, 2024, the state department must approve at least one (1) training curriculum described in subsection (b).
As added by P.L.117-2023, SEC.6.