Sec. 1. Except as provided in IC 16-28-1-11 and IC 16-28-7-4, fines or fees required to be paid under this article shall be paid directly to the director who shall deposit the fines or fees in the state general fund. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-10-4-27.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.218-1999, SEC.2.
Sec. 1.5. In developing and executing a care plan for a health facility resident, the health facility shall, at the request of the resident, facilitate the inclusion of a resident representative. As added by P.L.173-2019, SEC.2.
Sec. 2. This article does not authorize or require any form of compulsory medical treatment or physical or mental examination of a person who: (1) is a resident, a guest, a patient, an employee, a registrant, or an enrollee of an exempt institution specified in IC 16-18-2-167(c); and (2) is being treated by prayer or […]
Sec. 3. This article does not authorize any person to engage, in any manner, in the practice of medicine (as defined in IC 25-22.5). [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-10-4-29.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.11.
Sec. 4. (a) A health facility, county jail under IC 11-12-5-8, or department of correction facility under IC 11-10-3-4 that possesses unused medication that meets the requirements of IC 25-26-13-25(k)(1) through IC 25-26-13-25(k)(6): (1) shall return medication that belonged to a Medicaid recipient; and (2) may return other unused medication; to the pharmacy that dispensed […]
Sec. 5. (a) This section does not apply to the Indiana Veterans’ Home. (b) A health facility licensed under IC 16-28 as a comprehensive care facility must do the following: (1) Have an automatic fire sprinkler system installed throughout the facility before July 1, 2012. (2) If an automatic fire sprinkler system is not installed […]
Sec. 5.5. (a) This section does not apply to the implementation of a do not resuscitate order. (b) This article does not require an employee of a health facility to provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) or other intervention on a patient if a registered nurse licensed under IC 25-23 or a physician licensed under IC 25-22.5 […]
Sec. 6. The state department shall disclose, in the state department’s consumer guide to nursing homes, whether a health facility is: (1) fully; (2) partially; or (3) not; equipped with fire sprinklers. As added by P.L.73-2007, SEC.2.
Sec. 7. The state department shall disclose the following information in the state department’s consumer guide to nursing homes: (1) Until July 1, 2012, whether each health facility has: (A) a battery operated; (B) a hard wired; or (C) no; smoke detector in each resident’s room. (2) After June 30, 2012, whether a health facility […]
