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2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 1. General Provisions › Chapter 17. Licensure of Individuals With Military Training; Licensure of Military Spouses › 25-1-17-5.5. Issuance of License to Applicants Based on Work Experience

Sec. 5.5. Notwithstanding any other law, the board shall issue a license to an applicant who is a member of the military, a military spouse, or a dependent, upon application based on work experience in another state, if the applicant satisfies the following conditions:
(1) Has worked in a state that does not use a license to regulate a lawful occupation, but a license to regulate a lawful occupation with a similar scope of practice is required in Indiana, as determined by the board.
(2) Has worked for at least three (3) years in the lawful occupation.
(3) Has not committed any act in any jurisdiction that would have constituted grounds for refusal, suspension, or revocation of a license, certificate, registration, or permit to practice that occupation in Indiana at the time the act was committed.
(4) Is in good standing and has not been disciplined by the agency that has jurisdiction to issue the license, certification, registration, or permit.
(5) Does not have a complaint or investigation pending before an occupational licensing board that relates to unprofessional conduct or an alleged crime.
(6) Pays any fees required by the board for which the applicant is seeking licensure, certification, registration, or a permit.
As added by P.L.87-2023, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 1. General Provisions › Chapter 17. Licensure of Individuals With Military Training; Licensure of Military Spouses › 25-1-17-6. Relevant Experience

Sec. 6. (a) All relevant experience of a:
(1) military service member in the discharge of official duties; or
(2) military spouse or dependent, including full-time and part-time experience, regardless of whether in a paid or volunteer capacity;
must be credited in the calculation of years of practice in an occupation as required under section 4 or 5 of this chapter.
(b) In determining if a military service member substantially meets the academic requirements for a license, certificate, registration, or permit issued by a board, the board shall consider the recommendations in the Guide to the Evaluation of Educational Experiences in the Armed Services published by the American Council on Education, or the council's successor organization.
As added by P.L.57-2012, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.87-2023, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 1. General Provisions › Chapter 17. Licensure of Individuals With Military Training; Licensure of Military Spouses › 25-1-17-7. Effect of Nonresidency

Sec. 7. (a) This section does not apply to a member of the military, a military spouse, or a dependent who applies for a license, certificate, registration, or permit issued by a board under IC 25-34.1.
(b) A nonresident who is issued a license, certificate, registration, or permit under this chapter is entitled to the same rights and subject to the same obligations as required of a resident who is issued a license, certificate, registration, or permit by a board.
As added by P.L.57-2012, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.87-2023, SEC.6.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 1. General Provisions › Chapter 17. Licensure of Individuals With Military Training; Licensure of Military Spouses › 25-1-17-8. Provisional License

Sec. 8. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, an applicant for a license is entitled to a provisional license in the regulated occupation applied for and at the same practice level as determined by the board, without an examination, if all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The person submits a signed affidavit affirming, under the penalties for perjury, the following:
(A) The person is the spouse or dependent of a member of the military service assigned to Indiana.
(B) The person is in good standing in all states in which the person holds a license for the regulated occupation applied for.
(C) The person has not had a license revoked and has not voluntarily surrendered a license in another state or country while under investigation for unprofessional conduct.
(D) The person has not had discipline imposed by the regulating entity for the regulated occupation in another state or country.
(E) The person does not have a complaint or an investigation pending before the regulating entity in another state or country that relates to unprofessional conduct.
(2) The person submits verification that the person is currently licensed in at least one (1) other state in the regulated occupation applied for.
(3) The person does not have a disqualifying criminal history, as determined by the board, if a national criminal history background check (as defined in IC 25-1-1.1-4) is required under IC 25-1-1.1-4 for the regulated occupation for which the applicant seeks a license.
(4) The person has submitted an application for a license with the board and has paid any application fee.
(b) An applicant who has met the requirements in subsection (a) shall be issued a provisional license not more than thirty (30) days after the requirements are met.
(c) A provisional license expires three hundred sixty-five (365) days after it is issued.
(d) In addition to any other penalties for perjury, a person who violates this section commits a Class A infraction.
(e) If the board discovers that any of the information submitted under this section is false, the board may immediately revoke the person's provisional license.
(f) This section does not apply to a license that is established by or recognized through an interstate compact, a reciprocity agreement, or a comity agreement that is established by a board or a law.
(g) This section does not prohibit an individual from proceeding under other licensure, certification, registration, or permit requirements established by a board or a law.
As added by P.L.57-2012, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.89-2020, SEC.1; P.L.116-2021, SEC.1; P.L.87-2023, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 1. General Provisions › Chapter 17. Licensure of Individuals With Military Training; Licensure of Military Spouses › 25-1-17-9. Rules

Sec. 9. A board may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 necessary to implement this chapter.
As added by P.L.57-2012, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 1. General Provisions › Chapter 17. Licensure of Individuals With Military Training; Licensure of Military Spouses › 25-1-17-10. Applications Under Established Requirements

Sec. 10. This chapter does not prohibit a military service applicant, military spouse, or dependent from proceeding under other licensure, certification, registration, or permit requirements established by a board.
As added by P.L.57-2012, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.87-2023, SEC.8.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 1. General Provisions › Chapter 17. Licensure of Individuals With Military Training; Licensure of Military Spouses › 25-1-17-11. Expedited Issuance or Renewal of License, Certificate, Registration, or Permit

Sec. 11. The board shall expedite the issuance or renewal of a:
(1) license;
(2) certificate;
(3) registration; or
(4) permit;
of a military spouse whose husband or wife, or a dependent whose parent, is assigned to a duty station in Indiana.
As added by P.L.94-2016, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.78-2017, SEC.7; P.L.87-2023, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 1. General Provisions › Chapter 17. Licensure of Individuals With Military Training; Licensure of Military Spouses › 25-1-17-12. Appeal of Board Decisions

Sec. 12. An applicant under this chapter may appeal under IC 4-21.5 the following decisions of the board:
(1) Denial of a license.
(2) Determination of the occupation.
(3) Determination of the similarity of the scope of practice of the license issued.
(4) Any other final determination under this chapter.
As added by P.L.87-2023, SEC.10.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 1. General Provisions › Chapter 19. Scleral Tattooing › 25-1-19-1. "Scleral Tattooing"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "scleral tattooing" means the practice of producing an indelible mark or figure on the human eye by scarring or inserting a pigment on, in, or under:
(1) the fornix conjunctiva;
(2) the bulbar conjunctiva;
(3) the ocular conjunctiva; or
(4) another ocular surface;
using needles, scalpels, or other related equipment.
As added by P.L.50-2018, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.10-2019, SEC.108.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 1. General Provisions › Chapter 19. Scleral Tattooing › 25-1-19-2. Scleral Tattooing Prohibited; Exception

Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person may not perform or offer to perform scleral tattooing on another person.
(b) This section does not apply to an act of a health care professional (as defined in IC 16-27-2-1) licensed under IC 25 when the act is performed in the scope of the health care professional's practice.
As added by P.L.50-2018, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 1. General Provisions › Chapter 19. Scleral Tattooing › 25-1-19-3. Civil Penalties

Sec. 3. A person who violates this chapter is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each violation, as determined by the court.
As added by P.L.50-2018, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 1. General Provisions › Chapter 19. Scleral Tattooing › 25-1-19-4. Investigation; Prosecution by Attorney General

Sec. 4. (a) The attorney general may receive, investigate, and prosecute complaints against alleged violators of this chapter.
(b) The attorney general may institute and conduct an action in the name of the state of Indiana for any of the following:
(1) An injunction in any circuit or superior court of Indiana for injunctive relief to restrain a person from continuing any activity that violates this chapter.
(2) The assessment and recovery of civil penalties provided in section 3 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.50-2018, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 1. General Provisions › Chapter 19. Scleral Tattooing › 25-1-19-5. Reimbursement of Costs

Sec. 5. The attorney general shall be reimbursed through civil penalties collected under this chapter for the costs incurred in providing the services described in section 4 of this chapter. Any remaining funds shall be deposited in the state general fund.
As added by P.L.50-2018, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 1. General Provisions › Chapter 20. Effect of a State Disaster Emergency on Professional Disciplinary Action › 25-1-20-1. Application

Sec. 1. This chapter applies during a period of a state disaster emergency declared under IC 10-14-3-12 to respond to COVID-19, if the state of disaster emergency was declared:
(1) after February 29, 2020; and
(2) before April 1, 2022.
As added by P.L.166-2021, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 1. General Provisions › Chapter 20. Effect of a State Disaster Emergency on Professional Disciplinary Action › 25-1-20-2. Definitions

Sec. 2. The following definitions apply throughout this chapter:
(1) "Arising (or arises) from a (or the) state disaster emergency" means an injury or harm:
(A) caused by or resulting from an act or omission performed in response to a state disaster emergency declared under IC 10-14-3-12 to respond to COVID-19; and
(B) arising from COVID-19 (as defined by IC 34-6-2-10.4(b)).
(2) "COVID-19" has the meaning set forth in IC 34-6-2-31.4(c).
(3) "Health care provider" has the meaning set forth in IC 4-6-14-2.
(4) "Health care services" has the meaning set forth in IC 34-6-2-55(b).
As added by P.L.166-2021, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 1. General Provisions › Chapter 20. Effect of a State Disaster Emergency on Professional Disciplinary Action › 25-1-20-3. Health Care Provider Not Subject to Discipline for Certain Acts

Sec. 3. Except as provided in section 4 of this chapter, a health care provider is not subject to professional discipline under IC 25-1-7 or IC 25-1-9 for any of the following:
(1) Health care services provided in response to or arising from a state disaster emergency declared under IC 10-14-3-12 to respond to COVID-19.
(2) An act or omission of the health care provider committed with respect to the provision, withholding, delay, or withdrawal of health care services in response to or arising from a state disaster emergency declared under IC 10-14-3-12 to respond to COVID-19.
(3) Compliance with an executive order or local health order issued in response to or arising from a state disaster emergency declared under IC 10-14-3-12 to respond to COVID-19.
(4) An injury, a death, or a loss to a person or property alleged to have occurred because the health care provider was unable to treat, diagnose, or test the person for any illness, disease, or condition, including an inability to perform any elective procedure in compliance with an executive order or local health order issued in response to or arising from a state disaster emergency declared under IC 10-14-3-12 to respond to COVID-19.
As added by P.L.166-2021, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 1. General Provisions › Chapter 20. Effect of a State Disaster Emergency on Professional Disciplinary Action › 25-1-20-4. Health Care Provider Subject to Discipline for Certain Acts; Exceptions

Sec. 4. (a) Except as provided by subsection (b), section 3 of this chapter does not protect a health care provider from professional discipline under IC 25-1-7 or IC 25-1-9 if the health care provider's action, omission, decision, or compliance constitutes gross negligence, willful or wanton misconduct, fraud, or intentional misrepresentation.
(b) The following do not constitute gross negligence, willful or wanton misconduct, fraud, or intentional misrepresentation under this chapter if performed in response to or arising from a state disaster emergency declared under IC 10-14-3-12 to respond to COVID-19:
(1) Providing services without required personal protective equipment caused by:
(A) a shortage; or
(B) an inability to timely acquire personal protective equipment;
during an event that is declared a disaster emergency under IC 10-14-3-12 to respond to COVID-19.
(2) Providing services without access to adequate or reliable testing for COVID-19, even if the COVID-19 testing that was used received emergency use authorization from the federal Food and Drug Administration.
(3) Using equipment, medicine, or supplies in a manner that is not approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration.
(4) Providing services under a reallocation of staff or resources.
(5) Providing services that are outside of an individual's expertise or specialty.
As added by P.L.166-2021, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 1. General Provisions › Chapter 20. Effect of a State Disaster Emergency on Professional Disciplinary Action › 25-1-20-5. Emergency Orders Do Not Create a New Cause of Action

Sec. 5. An order or a recommendation issued in response to or arising from a state disaster emergency declared under IC 10-14-3-12 to respond to COVID-19 by:
(1) the governor or a state agency;
(2) the executive of a city, town, or county;
(3) a local health official or local health department; or
(4) an agency of the federal government;
does not create a new cause of action against any person with respect to the matters contained in the order or recommendation.
As added by P.L.166-2021, SEC.5.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 1. General Provisions › Chapter 21. Reciprocity for Health Care Professionals › 25-1-21-1. Application of Chapter; Effect of Other Requirements

Sec. 1. (a) This chapter does not apply to any of the following licenses:
(1) Any type of social work license issued under IC 25-23.6-5.
(2) Any type of marriage and family therapist license issued under IC 25-23.6-8.
(3) Any type of mental health counselor license issued under IC 25-23.6-8.5.
(4) Any type of addiction counselor or clinical addiction counselor license issued under IC 25-23.6-10.5.
(5) Any type of respiratory care practitioner license issued under IC 25-34.5.
(b) This chapter does not prohibit an applicant from proceeding under other licensure, certification, registration, or permit requirements established by a board or another law.
As added by P.L.149-2022, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 1. General Provisions › Chapter 21. Reciprocity for Health Care Professionals › 25-1-21-2. "Board"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "board" means any of the entities described in IC 25-0.5-11.
As added by P.L.149-2022, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 1. General Provisions › Chapter 21. Reciprocity for Health Care Professionals › 25-1-21-3. "Jurisdiction"

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "jurisdiction" means the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
As added by P.L.149-2022, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 1. General Provisions › Chapter 21. Reciprocity for Health Care Professionals › 25-1-21-5. Requirements

Sec. 5. Notwithstanding any other law, subject to section 11 of this chapter, a board shall issue a license or certificate to an applicant to allow the individual to practice the applicant's occupation in Indiana if, upon application to the board, the applicant satisfies the following conditions:
(1) Holds a current license or certificate from another state or jurisdiction; and
(A) that state's or jurisdiction's requirements for a license or certificate are substantially equivalent to or exceed the requirements for a license or certificate of the board from which the applicant is seeking licensure or certification; or
(B) when the person was licensed or certified by another state:
(i) there were minimum education requirements in the other state;
(ii) if there were applicable work experience and clinical supervision requirements in effect, the person met those requirements in order to be licensed or certified in that state; and
(iii) if required by the other state, the person previously passed an examination required for the license or certification.
(2) Has not committed any act in any state or jurisdiction that would have constituted grounds for refusal, suspension, or revocation of a license, certificate, registration, or permit to practice that occupation in Indiana at the time the act was committed.
(3) Does not have a complaint or an investigation pending before the regulating agency in another state or jurisdiction that relates to unprofessional conduct.
(4) Is in good standing and has not been disciplined by the agency that has authority to issue the license or certification.
(5) Submits a signed affidavit affirming, under the penalties for perjury, the following:
(A) The individual is in good standing in all states and jurisdictions in which the individual holds a license or certificate for the occupation applied for.
(B) The individual has not had a license, certificate, registration, or permit revoked and has not voluntarily surrendered a license, certificate, registration, or permit in another state or jurisdiction while under investigation for unprofessional conduct.
(C) The individual has not had discipline imposed by the regulating agency for the occupation in another state or jurisdiction.
(D) The individual does not have a complaint or an investigation pending before the regulating agency in another state or jurisdiction that relates to unprofessional conduct.
(6) If a law regulating the applicant's occupation requires the board to administer an examination on the relevant laws of Indiana, the board may require the applicant to take and pass an examination specific to the laws of Indiana.
(7) Pays any fees required by the board for which the applicant is seeking licensure or certification.
As added by P.L.149-2022, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.148-2023, SEC.10.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 1. General Provisions › Chapter 21. Reciprocity for Health Care Professionals › 25-1-21-6. Criminal History Background Check

Sec. 6. If a national criminal history background check (as defined in IC 25-1-1.1-4) is required under IC 25-1-1.1-4 for the occupation for which the applicant seeks a license or certificate, not more than five (5) business days after the:
(1) professional licensing agency received the individual's application for a license or certificate under this chapter; and
(2) individual has paid any fees required by the board for which the applicant is seeking licensure or certification;
the professional licensing agency shall notify the applicant that the applicant is eligible to submit a national criminal history background check to the professional licensing agency.
As added by P.L.149-2022, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 1. General Provisions › Chapter 21. Reciprocity for Health Care Professionals › 25-1-21-7. License or Certificate From Other State or Jurisdiction

Sec. 7. (a) If an applicant's current license or certificate from one (1) other state or jurisdiction is verified by the board and the applicant has met the requirements in sections 5 and 6 of this chapter, the applicant shall be issued a license or certificate not more than thirty (30) days after the requirements are met.
(b) Not later than the first renewal of the license or certificate issued by the board under subsection (a), any remaining licenses or certificates from other states or jurisdictions must be verified to be in good standing by the board for the license or certificate to be renewed.
As added by P.L.149-2022, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.148-2023, SEC.11.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 1. General Provisions › Chapter 21. Reciprocity for Health Care Professionals › 25-1-21-8. Rights and Obligations on Nonresidents

Sec. 8. A nonresident who is issued a license or certificate under this chapter is entitled to the same rights and subject to the same obligations as required of a resident who is issued a license or certificate by a board.
As added by P.L.149-2022, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 1. General Provisions › Chapter 21. Reciprocity for Health Care Professionals › 25-1-21-9. Board Final Approval

Sec. 9. Notwithstanding any other law, if a board has a pending application for initial licensure or certification that requires final approval by the board, the board shall meet not more than thirty-one (31) days after the application is ready for approval.
As added by P.L.149-2022, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 1. General Provisions › Chapter 21. Reciprocity for Health Care Professionals › 25-1-21-11. Physician Licenses

Sec. 11. Beginning July 1, 2026, the medical licensing board of Indiana may not issue a license under this chapter to an applicant seeking a license as a physician under IC 25-22.5.
As added by P.L.149-2022, SEC.2.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 1. General Provisions › Chapter 22. Gender Transition Procedures for Minors › 25-1-22-1. "Gender"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "gender" means the psychological, behavioral, social, and cultural aspects of being male or female.
As added by P.L.10-2023, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 1. General Provisions › Chapter 22. Gender Transition Procedures for Minors › 25-1-22-2. "Gender Reassignment Surgery"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "gender reassignment surgery" means any medical or surgical service that seeks to surgically alter or remove healthy physical or anatomical characteristics or features that are typical for the individual's sex, in order to instill or create physiological or anatomical characteristics that resemble a sex different from the individual's sex, including genital gender reassignment surgery or nongenital gender reassignment surgery knowingly performed for the purpose of assisting an individual with a gender transition.
As added by P.L.10-2023, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 1. General Provisions › Chapter 22. Gender Transition Procedures for Minors › 25-1-22-3. "Gender Transition"

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "gender transition" means the process in which an individual shifts from identifying with and living as a gender that corresponds to his or her sex to identifying with and living as a gender different from his or her sex, and may involve social, legal, or physical changes.
As added by P.L.10-2023, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 1. General Provisions › Chapter 22. Gender Transition Procedures for Minors › 25-1-22-4. "Gender Transition Hormone Therapy"

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "gender transition hormone therapy" means:
(1) testosterone;
(2) estrogen; or
(3) progesterone;
given to an individual in an amount greater than would normally be produced endogenously in a healthy individual of that individual's age and sex.
As added by P.L.10-2023, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 1. General Provisions › Chapter 22. Gender Transition Procedures for Minors › 25-1-22-5. "Gender Transition Procedures"

Sec. 5. (a) As used in this chapter, "gender transition procedures" means any medical or surgical service, including physician's services, practitioner's services, inpatient and outpatient hospital services, or prescribed drugs related to gender transition, that seeks to:
(1) alter or remove physical or anatomical characteristics or features that are typical for the individual's sex; or
(2) instill or create physiological or anatomical characteristics that resemble a sex different from the individual's sex, including medical services that provide puberty blocking drugs, gender transition hormone therapy, or genital gender reassignment surgery or nongenital gender reassignment surgery knowingly performed for the purpose of assisting an individual with a gender transition.
(b) The term does not include the following:
(1) Medical or surgical services to an individual born with a medically verifiable disorder of sex development, including an individual with:
(A) external sex characteristics that are irresolvably ambiguous;
(B) forty-six (46) XX chromosomes with virilization;
(C) forty-six (46) XY chromosomes with undervirilization; or
(D) both ovarian and testicular tissue.
(2) Medical or surgical services provided when a physician or practitioner has diagnosed a disorder or condition of sexual development that the physician or practitioner has determined through genetic or biochemical testing that the individual does not have normal sex chromosome structure, sex steroid hormone production, or sex steroid hormone action.
(3) The treatment of any infection, injury, disease, or disorder that has been caused by or exacerbated by the performance of gender transition procedures.
(4) Any medical or surgical service undertaken because the individual suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness that would, as certified by a physician or practitioner, place the individual in imminent danger of death or impairment of major bodily function unless the medical or surgical service is performed.
(5) Mental health or social services other than gender transition procedures as defined in subsection (a).
(6) Services for a disorder or condition of sexual development that is unrelated to a diagnosis of gender dysphoria or gender identity disorder.
As added by P.L.10-2023, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 1. General Provisions › Chapter 22. Gender Transition Procedures for Minors › 25-1-22-6. "Genital Gender Reassignment Surgery"

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "genital gender reassignment surgery" means a medical procedure knowingly performed for the purpose of assisting an individual with a gender transition, including the following:
(1) Surgical procedures, including a penectomy, orchiectomy, vaginoplasty, clitoroplasty, or vulvoplasty for a male sex patient or hysterectomy or ovariectomy for a female sex patient.
(2) Reconstruction of the fixed part of the urethra with or without a metoidioplasty.
(3) Phalloplasty, vaginectomy, scrotoplasty, or implantation of erection or testicular prostheses for a female sex patient.
As added by P.L.10-2023, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 1. General Provisions › Chapter 22. Gender Transition Procedures for Minors › 25-1-22-8. "Nongenital Gender Reassignment Surgery"

Sec. 8. As used in this chapter, "nongenital gender reassignment surgery" means medical procedures knowingly performed for the purpose of assisting an individual with a gender transition, including the following:
(1) Surgical procedures for a male sex patient, including augmentation mammoplasty, facial feminization surgery, liposuction, lipofilling, voice surgery, thyroid cartilage reduction, gluteal augmentation, hair reconstruction, or associated aesthetic procedures.
(2) Surgical procedures for a female sex patient, including subcutaneous mastectomy, voice surgery, liposuction, lipofilling, pectoral implants, or associated aesthetic procedures.
As added by P.L.10-2023, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 1. General Provisions › Chapter 22. Gender Transition Procedures for Minors › 25-1-22-9. "Physician"

Sec. 9. As used in this chapter, "physician" means an individual who is licensed under IC 25-22.5.
As added by P.L.10-2023, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 1. General Provisions › Chapter 22. Gender Transition Procedures for Minors › 25-1-22-10. "Practitioner"

Sec. 10. As used in this chapter, "practitioner" means an individual who provides health services and holds:
(1) an unlimited license, certificate, or registration;
(2) a limited or probationary license, certificate, or registration;
(3) a temporary license, certificate, registration, or permit;
(4) an intern permit; or
(5) a provisional license;
issued by a board regulating the profession in question.
As added by P.L.10-2023, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 1. General Provisions › Chapter 22. Gender Transition Procedures for Minors › 25-1-22-11. "Puberty Blocking Drugs"

Sec. 11. As used in this chapter, "puberty blocking drugs" means:
(1) gonadotropin releasing hormone analogues or other synthetic drugs used to stop luteinizing hormone and follicle stimulating hormone secretion; or
(2) synthetic antiandrogen drugs used to block the androgen receptor;
when used for the purpose of assisting an individual with a gender transition.
As added by P.L.10-2023, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 1. General Provisions › Chapter 22. Gender Transition Procedures for Minors › 25-1-22-12. "Sex"

Sec. 12. As used in this chapter, "sex" means the biological state of being male or female, based on the individual's sex organs, chromosomes, and endogenous hormone profiles.
As added by P.L.10-2023, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 1. General Provisions › Chapter 22. Gender Transition Procedures for Minors › 25-1-22-13. Prohibition on Providing Gender Transition Procedures to a Minor; Prohibition on Aiding or Abetting; Exclusions; Prescribing

Sec. 13. (a) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d), a physician or other practitioner may not knowingly provide gender transition procedures to a minor.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), a physician or other practitioner may not aid or abet another physician or practitioner in the provision of gender transition procedures to a minor.
(c) This section does not prohibit a physician or other practitioner from providing any of the following to a minor:
(1) Services to individuals born with a medically verifiable disorder of sex development, including an individual with external biological sex characteristics that are irresolvably ambiguous, including individuals born with forty-six (46) XX chromosomes with virilization, born with forty-six (46) XY chromosomes with undervirilization, or having both ovarian and testicular tissue.
(2) Services provided when a physician or practitioner has diagnosed a disorder of sexual development that the physician or practitioner has determined through genetic or biochemical testing that the individual does not have normal sex chromosome structure, sex steroid hormone production, or sex steroid hormone action.
(3) The treatment of any infection, injury, disease, or disorder that has been caused by or exacerbated by the performance of gender transition procedures.
(4) Any medical or surgical service undertaken because the individual suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness that would, as certified by a physician or practitioner, place the individual in imminent danger of death or impairment of major bodily function unless the medical or surgical service is performed.
(d) A physician or practitioner within the practitioner's scope of practice may continue to prescribe to an individual, who was taking a gender transition hormone therapy on June 30, 2023, as part of a gender transition procedure, gender transition hormone therapy until December 31, 2023. This subsection expires January 1, 2024.
As added by P.L.10-2023, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 1. General Provisions › Chapter 22. Gender Transition Procedures for Minors › 25-1-22-14. Prohibition on Gender Transition Procedures in Specified Settings

Sec. 14. Health care services furnished in the following situations may not include gender transition procedures to a minor:
(1) By or in a health care facility owned by the state, a county, or a municipality.
(2) By a physician or other practitioner employed by state, county, or local government.
As added by P.L.10-2023, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 1. General Provisions › Chapter 22. Gender Transition Procedures for Minors › 25-1-22-15. Violation of Standards of Practice; Discipline

Sec. 15. A physician or practitioner that takes any action that aids or abets another physician or practitioner in the provision of gender transition procedures for a minor violates the standards of practice under IC 25-1-9 and is subject to discipline by the board regulating the physician or practitioner.
As added by P.L.10-2023, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 1. General Provisions › Chapter 22. Gender Transition Procedures for Minors › 25-1-22-16. Violation of Chapter as a Claim or Defense; Damages and Relief

Sec. 16. An:
(1) individual who has received gender transition procedures in violation of this chapter; or
(2) individual's parent or guardian;
may assert an actual or threatened violation of this chapter as a claim or defense in a judicial or administrative proceeding and may seek to obtain compensatory damages, injunctive relief, declaratory relief, or any other appropriate relief.
As added by P.L.10-2023, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 1. General Provisions › Chapter 22. Gender Transition Procedures for Minors › 25-1-22-17. Claim for Violation Time Frame; Cause of Action; Time Frame

Sec. 17. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), an individual must bring a claim for a violation of this chapter not more two (2) years after the day the cause of action accrues.
(b) A minor, through a parent, guardian, custodian, or next friend, may bring an action for a violation of this chapter.
(c) If an individual was less than eighteen (18) years of age when the cause of action for a violation of this chapter accrued, when the individual is eighteen (18) years of age or older, the individual may bring a cause of action at any time until the individual reaches twenty-eight (28) years of age.
As added by P.L.10-2023, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 1. General Provisions › Chapter 22. Gender Transition Procedures for Minors › 25-1-22-18. Commencing of Action Not Subject to Exhausting Administrative Remedies

Sec. 18. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, an action under this chapter may be commenced, and relief may be granted, in a judicial proceeding without regard to whether the person commencing the action has sought or exhausted available administrative remedies.
(b) In an action or proceeding to enforce a provision of this chapter, a prevailing party who establishes a violation of this chapter is entitled to recover reasonable attorney's fees.
As added by P.L.10-2023, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 2.1. Accountants › Chapter 1. Title and Definitions › 25-2.1-1-1. Short Title

Sec. 1. This article may be cited as "the accountancy act of 2007".
As added by P.L.30-1993, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.128-2001, SEC.3; P.L.190-2007, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 2.1. Accountants › Chapter 1. Title and Definitions › 25-2.1-1-3.3. "Aicpa"

Sec. 3.3. "AICPA" refers to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
As added by P.L.128-2001, SEC.4.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 2.1. Accountants › Chapter 1. Title and Definitions › 25-2.1-1-3.8. "Attest"

Sec. 3.8. "Attest" means to provide any of the following services:
(1) An audit or other engagement performed in accordance with the AICPA Statements on Auditing Standards (SAS) or other similar standards adopted by reference under IC 25-2.1-2-15.
(2) A review of a financial statement performed in accordance with the AICPA Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services (SSARS) or other similar standards adopted by reference under IC 25-2.1-2-15.
(3) An examination of prospective financial information performed in accordance with the AICPA Statements on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE) or other similar standards adopted by reference under IC 25-2.1-2-15.
(4) An engagement performed in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
(5) An examination, a review, or an agreed upon procedure to be performed in accordance with the SSAE, other than an examination described in subdivision (3).
As added by P.L.128-2001, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.190-2007, SEC.2; P.L.112-2014, SEC.15.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 2.1. Accountants › Chapter 1. Title and Definitions › 25-2.1-1-5. "Certificate"

Sec. 5. "Certificate" means:
(1) a certificate for a certified public accountant issued under IC 25-2.1-3 or IC 25-2.1-4;
(2) a certificate of registration for an accounting practitioner issued under IC 25-2.1-6-1 (before its repeal); or
(3) a certificate for a certified public accountant, public accountant, or accounting practitioner renewed under IC 25-2.1-4.
As added by P.L.30-1993, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.128-2001, SEC.6; P.L.190-2007, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 2.1. Accountants › Chapter 1. Title and Definitions › 25-2.1-1-6.2. "Competency Based Learning"

Sec. 6.2. "Competency based learning" refers to systems of instruction, assessment, grading, and academic reporting that are based on individualized learning to allow an individual to demonstrate proficiency of professional development content, regardless of time, place, or pace of learning. The term may include:
(1) traditional hours based learning;
(2) competency based learning activities; or
(3) experiences designed to increase the licensee's professional competence.
As added by P.L.30-2017, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.57-2019, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 2.1. Accountants › Chapter 1. Title and Definitions › 25-2.1-1-6.3. "Compilation"

Sec. 6.3. "Compilation" means providing a service to be performed in accordance with AICPA Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services (SSARS) or other similar standards adopted by reference under IC 25-2.1-2-15 that is presenting, in the form of financial statements, information that is the representation of the management or owners without undertaking to express any assurance on the statements.
As added by P.L.128-2001, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 2.1. Accountants › Chapter 1. Title and Definitions › 25-2.1-1-7. "Firm"

Sec. 7. "Firm" means a proprietorship, a general business corporation, a professional corporation, a limited liability company, a partnership, or other form of legal entity issued a permit under IC 25-2.1-5 or a registration under IC 25-2.1-6.
As added by P.L.30-1993, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.128-2001, SEC.9.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 2.1. Accountants › Chapter 1. Title and Definitions › 25-2.1-1-8. "Licensee"

Sec. 8. "Licensee" means the holder of:
(1) a certificate; or
(2) a firm permit issued under IC 25-2.1-5 or IC 25-2.1-6.
As added by P.L.30-1993, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.128-2001, SEC.10.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 2.1. Accountants › Chapter 1. Title and Definitions › 25-2.1-1-8.7. "Peer Review"

Sec. 8.7. (a) "Peer review" means a study, an appraisal, or a review of at least one (1) aspect of the professional work of:
(1) an individual who; or
(2) a firm in the practice of accountancy that;
attests or issues compilation reports, by at least one (1) individual who holds a certificate from any state and possesses qualifications that meet the applicable substantial equivalency standards and who is independent of the individual or firm being reviewed. The term includes any part of a quality review conducted before July 1, 2012, that becomes part of a peer review conducted or peer review report issued after June 30, 2012.
(b) After June 30, 2012, any reference in any law, rule, or other document to "quality review" as that term was applied under this article before July 1, 2012, shall be treated as a reference to peer review.
As added by P.L.197-2011, SEC.75.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 2.1. Accountants › Chapter 1. Title and Definitions › 25-2.1-1-9. "Permit"

Sec. 9. "Permit" means a permit to practice accountancy as a firm issued under IC 25-2.1-5 or by another state.
As added by P.L.30-1993, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.128-2001, SEC.12.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 2.1. Accountants › Chapter 1. Title and Definitions › 25-2.1-1-10. "Practice of Accountancy"

Sec. 10. (a) "Practice of accountancy" means the performance or the offering to perform by a licensee of a service involving:
(1) the use of accounting or auditing skills, including the issuance of reports on financial statements;
(2) management advisory, financial advisory, or consulting services; or
(3) the preparation of tax returns or the furnishing of advice on tax matters.
(b) The term does not include the performance or offering of the following services if the person performing or offering the services is not a licensee and no representation is made that the person performing or offering the service is a licensee:
(1) The selling and installing of data processing or bookkeeping equipment and forms.
(2) The preparation of tax returns.
(3) The performance of bookkeeping.
As added by P.L.30-1993, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.128-2001, SEC.13.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 2.1. Accountants › Chapter 1. Title and Definitions › 25-2.1-1-10.2. "Principal Place of Business"

Sec. 10.2. "Principal place of business" means the office location designated by the licensee for purposes of substantial equivalency and reciprocity.
As added by P.L.14-2023, SEC.1.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 2.1. Accountants › Chapter 1. Title and Definitions › 25-2.1-1-10.3. "Professional"

Sec. 10.3. "Professional" means the following:
(1) For a certified public accountant, arising out of or related to the specialized knowledge or skills associated with certified public accountants.
(2) For a public accountant, arising out of or related to the specialized knowledge or skills associated with public accountants.
(3) For an accounting practitioner, arising out of or related to the specialized knowledge or skills associated with accounting practitioners.
As added by P.L.128-2001, SEC.14.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 2.1. Accountants › Chapter 1. Title and Definitions › 25-2.1-1-10.5. "Program of Learning"

Sec. 10.5. "Program of learning" refers to a collection of learning activities that are designed and intended as professional development and that maintain professional competency by achieving specific learning outcomes.
As added by P.L.30-2017, SEC.3.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 2.1. Accountants › Chapter 1. Title and Definitions › 25-2.1-1-11. "Public Accountant"

Sec. 11. "Public accountant" means an individual certified by the board under IC 25-2.1-6.
As added by P.L.30-1993, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 2.1. Accountants › Chapter 1. Title and Definitions › 25-2.1-1-13. "Report"

Sec. 13. (a) "Report", when used with reference to any attest or compilation service, means an opinion, report, or other form of language that states or implies assurance as to the reliability of the attested information or compiled financial statements and that also includes or is accompanied by any statement or implication that the individual or firm issuing it has special knowledge or competence in accounting or auditing. The statement or implication of special knowledge or competence may arise from use by the issuer of the report of names or titles indicating that the individual is an accountant or auditor or from the language of the report.
(b) The term includes any form of language that disclaims an opinion when the form of the language is conventionally understood to imply any positive assurance as to:
(1) the reliability of the attested information or compiled financial statements referred to; or
(2) special competence on the part of the individual or firm issuing the language.
(c) The term includes any other form of language that is conventionally understood to imply an assurance or special knowledge or competence described in subsection (b).
As added by P.L.30-1993, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.128-2001, SEC.15; P.L.112-2014, SEC.16.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 2.1. Accountants › Chapter 1. Title and Definitions › 25-2.1-1-14. "State"

Sec. 14. "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, and Guam.
As added by P.L.30-1993, SEC.7.
2023 Indiana Code › Title 25. Professions and Occupations › Article 2.1. Accountants › Chapter 1. Title and Definitions › 25-2.1-1-15. "Substantial Equivalency"

Sec. 15. "Substantial equivalency" means a determination by the board or its designee that the:
(1) education, examination, and experience requirements contained in the laws and administrative rules of another state are comparable to or exceed the education, examination, and experience requirements of this state; or
(2) education, examination, and experience qualifications of the holder of a certificate granted by another state are comparable to or exceed the education, examination, and experience requirements of this state.
As added by P.L.128-2001, SEC.16.