2017 Indiana Code
TITLE 16. Health
ARTICLE 27. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES
CHAPTER 1. Licensure of Home Health Agencies
16-27-1-12. Prohibited acts; penalties
Sec. 12. (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 letter of correction.
(2) Issue a probationary license.
(3) Conduct a resurvey.
(4) Deny renewal of a license.
(5) Revoke a license.
(6) Impose a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
(b) The state health commissioner may take action under subsection (a) on any of the following grounds:
(1) Violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter.
(2) Permitting, aiding, or abetting the commission of an illegal act in a home health agency.
(3) Conduct or practice found by the state department to be detrimental to the welfare of the patients of the home health care agency.
(c) IC 4-21.5 applies to an action under this section.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-10-2.2-14.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.10.
