2013 Indiana Code TITLE 16. HEALTH ARTICLE 28. HEALTH FACILITIES CHAPTER 1. HEALTH FACILITIES COUNCIL
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IC 16-28
ARTICLE 28. HEALTH FACILITIES
IC 16-28-1
Chapter 1. Health Facilities Council
IC 16-28-1-1
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.156-2011, SEC.41; P.L.197-2011, SEC.153.)
IC 16-28-1-2
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.156-2011, SEC.41; P.L.197-2011, SEC.153.)
IC 16-28-1-3
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.156-2011, SEC.41; P.L.197-2011, SEC.153.)
IC 16-28-1-4
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.156-2011, SEC.41; P.L.197-2011, SEC.153.)
IC 16-28-1-5
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.156-2011, SEC.41; P.L.197-2011, SEC.153.)
IC 16-28-1-6
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.156-2011, SEC.41; P.L.197-2011, SEC.153.)
IC 16-28-1-7
Adoption and recommendation of rules; classification of facilities;
encouragement of program development; action as advisory body
Sec. 7. The council shall do the following:
(1) Propose the adoption of rules by the department under
IC 4-22-2 governing the following:
(A) Health and sanitation standards necessary to protect the
health, safety, security, rights, and welfare of patients.
(B) Qualifications of applicants for licenses issued under
this article to assure the proper care of patients.
(C) Operation, maintenance, management, equipment, and
construction of facilities required to be licensed under this
article if jurisdiction is not vested in any other state agency.
(D) Manner, form, and content of the license, including rules
governing disclosure of ownership interests.
(E) Levels of medical staffing and medical services in
cooperation with the office of Medicaid policy and planning,
division of family resources, and other agencies authorized
to pay for the services.
(2) Recommend to the fire prevention and building safety
commission fire safety rules necessary to protect the health,
safety, security, rights, and welfare of patients.
(3) Classify health facilities in health care categories.
(4) Act as an advisory body for the division, commissioner, and
state department.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.179-1993, SEC.3;
P.L.145-2006, SEC.135; P.L.156-2011, SEC.21.
IC 16-28-1-8
Repealed
(Repealed by P.L.156-2011, SEC.41; P.L.197-2011, SEC.153.)
IC 16-28-1-9
Waiver of rules by council
Sec. 9. The council may not waive a rule adopted under this
chapter.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.11.
IC 16-28-1-10
Waiver of rules
Sec. 10. (a) The state health commissioner may, for good cause
shown, waive for a specified time any rule that may be waived under
the following for a health facility:
(1) This article.
(2) IC 16-29.
(3) IC 16-30.
(b) The granting of a waiver may not adversely affect the health,
safety, and welfare of the patients or residents.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.156-2011,
SEC.22.
IC 16-28-1-11
Qualified medication aides and certified nurse aides; certification
by state department; registry
Sec. 11. (a) Unless an individual is certified under this section:
(1) the individual may not practice as a qualified medication
aide or a certified nurse aide; and
(2) a facility may not employ the individual as a qualified
medication aide or a certified nurse aide.
(b) The state department shall do the following:
(1) Establish a program for the certification of qualified
medication aides and certified nurse aides who work in
facilities licensed under this article.
(2) Prescribe education and training programs for qualified
medication aides and certified nurse aides, including course and
inservice requirements. The training program must include a
competency test that the individual must pass before being
granted an initial certification.
(3) Determine the standards concerning the functions that may
be performed by a qualified medication aide and a certified
nurse aide.
(4) Establish annual certification fees for qualified medication
aides.
(5) Adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 necessary to implement and
enforce this section.
(c) The state department shall maintain a registry of each
individual who is:
(1) certified as a:
(A) qualified medication aide; or
(B) certified nurse aide; or
(2) registered as a home health aide under rules adopted under
IC 16-27-1-7.
(d) The department may conduct hearings for violations of this
section under IC 4-21.5.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.24-2002, SEC.1;
P.L.156-2011, SEC.23; P.L.226-2011, SEC.5.
IC 16-28-1-12
Proposal and adoption of rules
Sec. 12. (a) The department may request the council to propose a
new rule or an amendment to a rule necessary to protect the health,
safety, rights, and welfare of patients. If the council does not propose
a rule not more than ninety (90) days after the department's request,
the department may propose its own rule.
(b) The executive board may adopt, modify, remand, or reject
specific rules or parts of rules proposed by the council.
(c) To become effective, all rules adopted under this chapter must
be adopted by the executive board in accordance with IC 4-22-2. The
rules adopted under this chapter are the only rules governing the
licensing and operation of health facilities.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.179-1993, SEC.4;
P.L.156-2011, SEC.24; P.L.197-2011, SEC.66.
IC 16-28-1-13
Licensure inspections; reports
Sec. 13. (a) Licensure inspections of health facilities shall be
made regularly in accordance with rules adopted under this chapter.
The division shall make all health and sanitation inspections. The
division of fire and building safety shall make all fire safety
inspections. The council or the director may provide for other
inspections necessary to carry out this chapter.
(b) The exact date of an inspection of a health facility under this
chapter may not be announced or communicated directly or
indirectly to the owner, administrator, or an employee of the facility
before the inspection. An employee of the state department who
knowingly or intentionally informs a health facility of the exact date
of an inspection shall be suspended without pay for five (5) days for
a first offense and shall be dismissed for a subsequent offense.
(c) Reports of all inspections must be:
(1) in writing; and
(2) sent to the health facility.
(d) The report of an inspection and records relating to the
inspection may not be released to the public until the conditions set
forth in IC 16-19-3-25 are satisfied.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.190-1995, SEC.5;
P.L.1-2006, SEC.299.
IC 16-28-1-14
Provision of licensure inspection report copies and summaries;
maintenance and inspection of reports
Sec. 14. (a) The division shall provide, on the request of any
person and payment of a fee to cover the direct and indirect costs of
complying with the request:
(1) a copy of a report of an inspection from the public file of a
health facility;
(2) a brief descriptive summary of the annual survey report of
a health facility; or
(3) both.
(b) Reports of all inspections under this chapter shall be
maintained by each health facility for two (2) years and shall be
made available for inspection by any member of the public upon
request.
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.11.
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