Title 25, PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Sec. 31. The board of podiatric medicine (IC 25-29-2-1) is a board under IC 25-1-8. As added by P.L.3-2014, SEC.5.

Sec. 33. The Indiana board of physical therapy (IC 25-27) is a board under IC 25-1-8. As added by P.L.3-2014, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.160-2019, SEC.6; P.L.156-2020, SEC.95.

Sec. 34. The manufactured home installer licensing board (IC 25-23.7) is a board under IC 25-1-8. As added by P.L.3-2014, SEC.5.

Sec. 35. The home inspectors licensing board (IC 25-20.2-3-1) is a board under IC 25-1-8. As added by P.L.3-2014, SEC.5.

Sec. 36. The state board of massage therapy (IC 25-21.8-2-1) is a board under IC 25-1-8. As added by P.L.3-2014, SEC.5.

Sec. 37. Any other occupational or professional agency created after June 30, 1981, is a board under IC 25-1-8. As added by P.L.3-2014, SEC.5.

Sec. 4. The Indiana auctioneer commission (IC 25-6.1-2-1) is a board under IC 25-1-8. As added by P.L.3-2014, SEC.5.

Sec. 5. The board of chiropractic examiners (IC 25-10-1) is a board under IC 25-1-8. As added by P.L.3-2014, SEC.5.

Sec. 6. The state board of cosmetology and barber examiners (IC 25-8-3-1) is a board under IC 25-1-8. As added by P.L.3-2014, SEC.5.

Sec. 7. The state board of dentistry (IC 25-14-1) is a board under IC 25-1-8. As added by P.L.3-2014, SEC.5.

Sec. 8. The state board of funeral and cemetery service (IC 25-15) is a board under IC 25-1-8. As added by P.L.3-2014, SEC.5.

Sec. 9. The state board of registration for professional engineers (IC 25-31-1-3) is a board under IC 25-1-8. As added by P.L.3-2014, SEC.5.

Sec. 1. The board may license a person to be a cosmetologist. As added by P.L.257-1987, SEC.8.

Sec. 13. A person licensed under this chapter may not engage in beauty culture in a beauty culture school except as part of student instruction. As added by P.L.257-1987, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.170-2013, SEC.64.

Sec. 14. A person licensed under this chapter may not engage in beauty culture outside a beauty culture salon unless that person: (1) has the permission of a person who holds a cosmetology salon license and: (A) employs the person licensed under this chapter; or (B) leases or sub…

Sec. 2. A person must file a verified application for a cosmetologist license with the board on a form prescribed by the board to obtain that license. As added by P.L.257-1987, SEC.8.

Sec. 3. The application described in section 2 of this chapter must state that the applicant: (1) is at least seventeen (17) years of age; (2) has successfully completed the tenth grade or received the equivalent of tenth grade education; (3) has graduated from a beauty culture s…

Sec. 4. The board may waive the requirement for applicants under section 3(2) of this chapter if: (1) the applicant petitions the board for a waiver; and (2) the board determines that the requirement would result in extreme hardship to the applicant if enforced. As added by P.L.2…

Sec. 4.5. An individual who has completed a United States Department of Labor registered apprenticeship program to practice cosmetology is eligible to take the examination described in section 3(4) of this chapter. As added by P.L.82-2024, SEC.3.

Sec. 5. If a person does not receive a satisfactory grade on the examination described in section 3(4) of this chapter, that person may repeat the examination without completing any additional study in cosmetology. As added by P.L.257-1987, SEC.8.

Sec. 1. The state board of funeral and cemetery service is established. As added by P.L.48-1991, SEC.31.

Sec. 10. The board shall do the following: (1) Determine compliance with IC 23-14 by cemetery owners. (2) Investigate a complaint alleging a violation of IC 23-14. (3) For a violation of IC 23-14 by a cemetery owner, if necessary, take any combination of the following actions: (A…

Sec. 11. An official action of the board is valid only if the action is adopted by a majority of the appointed members. As added by P.L.48-1991, SEC.31. Amended by P.L.249-2019, SEC.80.

Sec. 12. The Indiana department of health and local health officers shall cooperate with the board to enforce the sanitation standards adopted by the board for funeral homes. As added by P.L.48-1991, SEC.31. Amended by P.L.2-1992, SEC.770; P.L.56-2023, SEC.228.

Sec. 13. (a) The funeral service education fund is established for the following purposes: (1) To supplement the funding for a program of inspection administered by the funeral director, consumer, and Indiana department of health members of the board under section 9 of this chapt…

Sec. 14. The Indiana professional licensing agency shall collect all fees required under this article and gifts received by the board and at the end of each month shall do the following: (1) Report amounts collected to the state comptroller. (2) Transfer amounts collected to the …

Sec. 15. (a) Each member of the board who is not a state employee is entitled to the minimum salary per diem provided by IC 4-10-11-2.1(b). Such a member is also entitled to reimbursement for travel expenses and other expenses actually incurred in connection with the member's dut…

Sec. 16. All expenses incurred in the administration of this article shall be paid from the state general fund. However, expenses approved by the funeral director, consumer, and Indiana department of health members of the board for payment from the funeral service education fund …

Sec. 17. (a) Each cemetery that: (1) qualifies for a certificate of authority as a seller under IC 30-2-13; or (2) is subject to IC 23-14-48; must register with the board. (b) The cemetery, consumer, and Indiana department of health members of the board shall impose a registratio…

Sec. 18. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the following persons, in the order of priority indicated, have the authority to designate the manner, type, and selection of the final disposition of human remains, to make arrangements for funeral services, and to make other ce…

Sec. 19. (a) An individual who signs an authorization for the cremation, interment, entombment, or inurnment of human remains: (1) is considered to warrant the truthfulness of: (A) any fact set forth in the authorization; (B) the identity of the person for whose remains cremation…

Sec. 2. (a) The board consists of five (5) members as follows: (1) Four (4) members appointed by the governor. (2) Subject to IC 25-1-6.5-3, one (1) member who must: (A) be a resident of Indiana; and (B) not be associated with the practice of funeral service or cemetery operation…

Sec. 3. Subject to IC 25-1-6.5-3, two (2) of the board's appointed members must be licensed funeral directors, in good standing, without any association with a school of mortuary science other than as a preceptor or supervisor of a funeral service intern. As added by P.L.48-1991,…

Sec. 4. Subject to IC 25-1-6.5-3, two (2) of the board's appointed members must be active in the cemetery industry in Indiana, either as an owner or a manager of an operating cemetery property. As added by P.L.48-1991, SEC.31. Amended by P.L.249-2019, SEC.74.

Sec. 6. Not more than three (3) of the board's appointed members may be affiliated with the same political party. As added by P.L.48-1991, SEC.31. Amended by P.L.249-2019, SEC.76.

Sec. 8. The board shall do the following: (1) Adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to do the following: (A) Establish standards for the sale and payment of funeral or burial services or merchandise in advance of need. (B) Establish the terms of contracts authorized under IC 30-2-13. (C) I…

Sec. 9. The board shall do the following: (1) Adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to do the following: (A) Establish standards for the competent practice of funeral service. (B) Establish sanitation standards for the construction and equipping of funeral homes. (C) Establish standards fo…

Sec. 1. (a) The board may, upon receipt of a complaint or other information suggesting a violation of this article or IC 25-1-11, conduct an investigation to determine whether a violation has occurred. (b) The board shall investigate any complaint made by the board of accountancy…

Sec. 2. (a) The board may designate a member or other individual of appropriate competence to serve as investigating officer to conduct an investigation. (b) After the completion of an investigation, the investigating officer shall file a report with the board. (c) Unless the boa…

Sec. 3. (a) If the board has reason to believe that the subject of an investigation has committed a violation of this article or IC 25-1-11: (1) the board shall direct that a complaint be issued under IC 25-1-7, if the subject of the investigation is a licensee; and (2) the board…

Sec. 4. (a) This section applies to a licensee that receives a peer review rating of fail for a peer review conducted under IC 25-2.1-5-8. (b) The following definitions apply throughout this section: (1) "Administering entity" refers to the body established or sanctioned by the b…

Sec. 5. An: (1) entity administering a peer review program; (2) officer, member, or employee of an entity administering a peer review program; (3) employee or member of a peer review committee; and (4) entity in which or for which a member of a peer review committee is a sole pro…

Sec. 1. (a) A person that knowingly engages or aids and abets another person, in the practice of podiatric medicine without a license issued under this article commits unauthorized practice of podiatric medicine, a Level 6 felony. (b) A person who otherwise violates this article …

Sec. 1. Each party state shall enforce this compact and take all actions necessary and appropriate to effectuate this compact's purposes and intent. As added by P.L.135-2019, SEC.5.

Sec. 10. (a) The commission, in the reasonable exercise of the commission's discretion, shall enforce the provisions and rules of this compact. (b) By majority vote, the commission may initiate legal action in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia or the f…