Title 16, HEALTH

Sec. 11. A health care professional must apply for a loan repayment on an application form supplied by the state department. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-3-6-9.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.29. Amended by P.L.72-2001, SEC.7.

Sec. 12. The state department shall consider each application and determine the following: (1) The eligibility of the applicant for the program under which the application is submitted. (2) The extent to which the shortage area or eligible entity located in a shortage area is und…

Sec. 13.5. The state department may award an annual loan repayment in an amount not greater than the documented amount of the student loans incurred by a health care professional. As added by P.L.72-2001, SEC.9.

Sec. 18. (a) If money is received and disbursed under this chapter in a particular state fiscal year, the state department shall submit to the governor and the general assembly a report on the following before November 1 of the following state fiscal year: (1) The receipt, disbur…

Sec. 19. (a) The state department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 necessary to carry out this chapter. (b) The state department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to ensure that a loan repayment provided under this chapter complies with federal law and regulations. [Pre-1993 Rec…

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "fund" refers to the Indiana health care professional recruitment and retention fund. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-3-6-3.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.29. Amended by P.L.72-2001, SEC.2.

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "maternal and child health clinic" means a clinic that provides quality, comprehensive prenatal, child health, or family services to a person who would otherwise be unable to obtain these services due to financial or geographic barriers. [Pre-1993…

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "shortage area" means a county, city, town, census tract, or township designated by the state department as underserved by health care professionals under section 7 of this chapter. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-3-6-4.] As added by P.L.2-1…

Sec. 7. The state department shall annually adopt the federal designation of the counties, cities, towns, census tracts, and townships in Indiana that are underserved by specific types of health care professionals as determined by the state department. The state department shall …

Sec. 8. (a) The Indiana health care professional recruitment and retention fund is established. The purpose of the fund is to provide loan repayment for student loans incurred by health care professionals to encourage the delivery of health care in shortage areas. The state depar…

Sec. 9. In order to be eligible for loan repayment for student loans, a health care professional must meet all of the following conditions: (1) Hold an unlimited license to practice a health care profession in Indiana that has been declared by the state department to be eligible …

Sec. 1. The state department shall employ a state child fatality review coordinator to do the following: (1) Assist the statewide child fatality review committee chairperson in establishing agendas for meetings of the statewide child fatality review committee. (2) Coordinate info…

Sec. 2. (a) The state child fatality review coordinator shall develop a data collection form that includes: (1) identifying and nonidentifying information; (2) information regarding the circumstances surrounding a death; (3) factors contributing to a death; and (4) findings and r…

Sec. 3. The following must be paid from funds appropriated to the state department: (1) The salary of the state child fatality review coordinator. (2) Expenses for any training for: (A) the state child fatality review coordinator; (B) members of the statewide child fatality revie…

Sec. 1. The gift of William H. Coleman: (1) for the establishment and maintenance of a hospital in Marion County; and (2) for the provision of clinical facilities for students in connection with the Indiana University School of Medicine; contained in the proposal set forth in Act…

Sec. 2. The board of trustees: (1) may accept the control and management of the gift; and (2) shall administer the affairs of the hospital in accordance with the terms and conditions imposed by the donor of the gift. [Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 20-12-31.5-…

Sec. 3. (a) In consideration of the gift and on the condition that the gift be made effectual, the hospital must forever bear the name of "William H. Coleman Hospital for Women, of Indiana University". (b) The state pledges that the name is the permanent designation of the hospit…

Sec. 4. The board of trustees may erect and maintain the hospital upon the ground belonging to the state for the use of Indiana University in Indianapolis, near the Robert W. Long Hospital. [Pre-2007 Higher Education Recodification Citation: 20-12-31.5-4.] As added by P.L.2-2007,…

Sec. 1. (a) As used in this chapter, "health care professional" means any of the following: (1) A physician licensed under IC 25-22.5. (2) A dentist licensed under IC 25-14. (3) A chiropractor licensed under IC 25-10-1. (4) A nurse licensed under IC 25-23-1. (5) A podiatrist lice…

Sec. 10. (a) This section applies to a registered home health aide who: (1) is employed as a home health aide; and (2) provides care to an individual who has been diagnosed with or experiences symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, dementia, or a related cognitive disorder. (b) As used…

Sec. 11. (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 re…

Sec. 2. (a) An individual shall do the following to become a registered home health aide: (1) Apply for registration in the manner prescribed by the commission. (2) Complete a competency evaluation program described in section 5 of this chapter. (b) An individual applying for reg…

Sec. 3. An individual who is a home health aide, or the equivalent in another state, shall do the following to be registered as a home health aide in Indiana: (1) Apply for registration in the manner prescribed by the state department. (2) Submit proof that the individual is a ho…

Sec. 4. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a home health aide registered under this chapter shall complete at least twelve (12) inservice training hours each calendar year, including a minimum of eight (8) hours in the following topics: (1) Communication skills, including …

Sec. 5. A home health aide competency evaluation program must: (1) operate in accordance with 42 CFR 484.80; and (2) address each topic described in section 4(a) of this chapter. As added by P.L.143-2025, SEC.24. Amended by P.L.96-2026, SEC.21; P.L.118-2026, SEC.1.

Sec. 6. An individual may not provide home health aide services unless the individual is registered as a home health aide under this chapter. As added by P.L.143-2025, SEC.24.

Sec. 7. A health care professional shall supervise a home health aide in the provision of care to ensure competent care is provided. Supervision of services must be within the health care professional's scope of practice. As added by P.L.143-2025, SEC.24.

Sec. 8. Information required for entry of a home health aide in the registry established under IC 16-27.5-1 must be the same as the information required for nurse aides under 42 CFR 483.156(c). As added by P.L.143-2025, SEC.24.

Sec. 9. A registered home health aide shall notify the commission of any change in the registered home health aide's mailing address or electronic mail address not later than thirty (30) days after the date on which the address changed. As added by P.L.143-2025, SEC.24.

Sec. 1. An individual may practice in a remote state under a privilege to practice only in the performance of the individual's EMS duties as assigned by an appropriate authority, as defined in the rules of the commission and under the following circumstances: (1) The individual o…