Title 25, PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Sec. 1. The centralization of staff, functions, and services contemplated by this chapter shall be done in such a way as to enhance the Indiana professional licensing agency's ability to: (1) make maximum use of data processing as a means of more efficient operation; (2) provide …

Sec. 10. (a) As used in this section, "provider" means an individual licensed, certified, registered, or permitted by any of the entities described in IC 25-0.5-6. (b) The agency shall create and maintain a provider profile for each provider described in subsection (a). (c) A pro…

Sec. 10.5. The Indiana board of veterinary medicine shall provide the agency with the information necessary to create and maintain a provider profile under section 10 of this chapter for each provider (as defined by section 10(a) of this chapter) regulated under IC 25-38.1. As ad…

Sec. 11. (a) As used in this section, "applicant" means an individual who applies for a license, certificate, registration, or permit issued by a board under this title. (b) As used in this section, "licensee" means an individual who is or has been licensed, certified, or registe…

Sec. 12. (a) The agency and the boards shall allow the department of state revenue, the alcohol and tobacco commission, and the bureau of motor vehicles access to the name of each person who: (1) is licensed under this article; or (2) has applied for a license under this article.…

Sec. 2. The following terms are defined for this chapter: (1) "Agency" means the Indiana professional licensing agency established by section 3 of this chapter. (2) "Board" means any agency, board, advisory committee, or group described in IC 25-0.5-5 or IC 25-0.5-7. As added by …

Sec. 3. (a) There is established the Indiana professional licensing agency. The agency shall perform all administrative functions, duties, and responsibilities assigned by law or rule to the executive director, secretary, or other statutory administrator of the entities described…

Sec. 3.3. (a) The rules adopted by the health professions bureau before July 1, 2005, and in effect on June 30, 2005, shall be treated after June 30, 2005, as the rules of the agency. (b) On July 1, 2005, the agency becomes the owner of all the property of the health professions …

Sec. 3.5. For purposes of Article 2, Section 9 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana, membership on a board is not a lucrative office. As added by P.L.135-2012, SEC.3.

Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2027. See also following version of this section, effective 7-1-2027. Sec. 4. (a) The agency shall employ necessary staff, including specialists and professionals, to carry out the administrative duties and functions of the boards…

Sec. 4.5. (a) The agency's duties and functions under this chapter include developing and maintaining a system that allows an individual who is applying for: (1) an initial license or certificate; or (2) the renewal of an existing license or certificate; to become a donor of an a…

Sec. 4.6. (a) Beginning January 1, 2024, all applications for a new license or certificate or renewal of a license or certificate must be submitted electronically, unless an individual requests a paper copy of the application for a new license or certificate or renewal of a licen…

Sec. 4.7. A person who has a license or certificate renewal denied by a board described in IC 25-0.5-7 may file an appeal of the denial under IC 4-21.5-3. As added by P.L.29-2026, SEC.21.

Sec. 5. (a) The agency shall be administered by an executive director appointed by the governor who shall serve at the will and pleasure of the governor. (b) The executive director must be qualified by experience and training. (c) The term "executive director" or "secretary", or …

Sec. 6. (a) The executive director may designate certain employees of the agency to represent the executive director of the agency at the board meetings, proceedings, or other activities of the board. (b) The executive director shall assign staff to individual boards and shall wo…

Sec. 9. If a board or committee requires an applicant for a certificate or license to submit a certified copy of a diploma showing that the applicant graduated from a school or program as a condition for certification or licensure, the applicant may satisfy this requirement by su…

Sec. 1. This chapter sets forth the entities for which the Indiana professional licensing agency performs administrative functions, duties, and responsibilities under IC 25-1-5-3(a). As added by P.L.3-2014, SEC.5.

Sec. 10. The Indiana professional licensing agency shall perform administrative functions, duties, and responsibilities for the speech-language pathology and audiology board (IC 25-35.6-2) under IC 25-1-5-3(a). As added by P.L.3-2014, SEC.5.

Sec. 11. The Indiana professional licensing agency shall perform administrative functions, duties, and responsibilities for the state psychology board (IC 25-33) under IC 25-1-5-3(a). As added by P.L.3-2014, SEC.5.

Sec. 13. The Indiana professional licensing agency shall perform administrative functions, duties, and responsibilities for the committee of hearing aid dealer examiners (IC 25-20) under IC 25-1-5-3(a). As added by P.L.3-2014, SEC.5.

Sec. 14. The Indiana professional licensing agency shall perform administrative functions, duties, and responsibilities for the Indiana board of physical therapy (IC 25-27) under IC 25-1-5-3(a). As added by P.L.3-2014, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.160-2019, SEC.3; P.L.156-2020, SEC.92.

Sec. 15. The Indiana professional licensing agency shall perform administrative functions, duties, and responsibilities for the respiratory care committee (IC 25-34.5) under IC 25-1-5-3(a). As added by P.L.3-2014, SEC.5.

Sec. 16. The Indiana professional licensing agency shall perform administrative functions, duties, and responsibilities for the occupational therapy committee (IC 25-23.5) under IC 25-1-5-3(a). As added by P.L.3-2014, SEC.5.

Sec. 17. The Indiana professional licensing agency shall perform administrative functions, duties, and responsibilities for the behavioral health and human services licensing board (IC 25-23.6) under IC 25-1-5-3(a). As added by P.L.3-2014, SEC.5.

Sec. 18. The Indiana professional licensing agency shall perform administrative functions, duties, and responsibilities for the physician assistant committee (IC 25-27.5) under IC 25-1-5-3(a). As added by P.L.3-2014, SEC.5.

Sec. 19. The Indiana professional licensing agency shall perform administrative functions, duties, and responsibilities for the Indiana athletic trainers board (IC 25-5.1-2-1) under IC 25-1-5-3(a). As added by P.L.3-2014, SEC.5.

Sec. 2. The Indiana professional licensing agency shall perform administrative functions, duties, and responsibilities for the board of chiropractic examiners (IC 25-10-1) under IC 25-1-5-3(a). As added by P.L.3-2014, SEC.5.

Sec. 21. The Indiana professional licensing agency shall perform administrative functions, duties, and responsibilities for the midwifery committee (IC 25-23.4-2-1) under IC 25-1-5-3(a). As added by P.L.3-2014, SEC.5.

Sec. 22. The Indiana professional licensing agency shall perform administrative functions, duties, and responsibilities for the behavior analyst committee (IC 25-8.5-2) under IC 25-1-5-3(a). As added by P.L.212-2021, SEC.5.

Sec. 3. The Indiana professional licensing agency shall perform administrative functions, duties, and responsibilities for the state board of dentistry (IC 25-14-1) under IC 25-1-5-3(a). As added by P.L.3-2014, SEC.5.

Sec. 4. The Indiana professional licensing agency shall perform administrative functions, duties, and responsibilities for the Indiana state board of health facility administrators (IC 25-19-1) under IC 25-1-5-3(a). As added by P.L.3-2014, SEC.5.

Sec. 5. The Indiana professional licensing agency shall perform administrative functions, duties, and responsibilities for the medical licensing board of Indiana (IC 25-22.5-2) under IC 25-1-5-3(a). As added by P.L.3-2014, SEC.5.

Sec. 6. The Indiana professional licensing agency shall perform administrative functions, duties, and responsibilities for the Indiana state board of nursing (IC 25-23-1) under IC 25-1-5-3(a). As added by P.L.3-2014, SEC.5.

Sec. 7. The Indiana professional licensing agency shall perform administrative functions, duties, and responsibilities for the Indiana optometry board (IC 25-24) under IC 25-1-5-3(a). As added by P.L.3-2014, SEC.5.

Sec. 8. The Indiana professional licensing agency shall perform administrative functions, duties, and responsibilities for the Indiana board of pharmacy (IC 25-26) under IC 25-1-5-3(a). As added by P.L.3-2014, SEC.5.

Sec. 9. The Indiana professional licensing agency shall perform administrative functions, duties, and responsibilities for the board of podiatric medicine (IC 25-29-2-1) under IC 25-1-5-3(a). As added by P.L.3-2014, SEC.5.

Sec. 1. (a) The board may issue a license under this article to operate a beauty culture school. (b) Beginning July 1, 2014, a license issued or renewed under this chapter for a barber school must state, in prominent type on the license, that the license is a "barber school licen…

Sec. 2. A person must file a verified application for a beauty culture school license with the board on a form prescribed by the board to obtain that license. As added by P.L.257-1987, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.170-2013, SEC.32.

Sec. 3. (a) The application described in section 2 of this chapter must state that: (1) as a requirement for graduation, the proposed school will require its students to successfully complete the hours of course work required by the student's specific course of study to be eligib…

Sec. 4. The board may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 requiring that: (1) the curriculum offered by a beauty culture school licensed under this chapter provide a minimum number of hours of instruction of each of the subjects described in section 3(a)(3) of this chapter; and (2) the f…

Sec. 4.2. (a) A beauty culture school licensed under this chapter shall require each student for graduation to pass a final examination that tests the student's practical knowledge of the curriculum studied. (b) The board shall consider an applicant for the beauty culture profess…

Sec. 4.5. (a) If a student in a beauty culture school presents to the school a valid license issued by the board, the school shall accept and provide credit toward the student's current program for the hours completed in a beauty culture school in the theory and demonstration, or…

Sec. 4.6. The board may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 that will allow curriculum offered by a beauty culture school licensed under this chapter to be delivered within a distance learning environment. Instructors used in the distance learning environment must be licensed under IC 25…

Sec. 5. (a) A beauty culture school licensed under this chapter shall display a sign complying with standards established by the board at each entrance to the beauty culture school used by the school's customers. (b) The sign must state that the students of the school are perform…

Sec. 6. A beauty culture school licensed under this chapter may not display a sign listing the prices charged for services at the beauty culture school unless: (1) the beauty culture school displays the sign required under section 5 of this chapter; or (2) the price list sign des…

Sec. 7. (a) A school of barbering, manicuring, esthetics, or cosmetology licensed under this chapter shall be authorized to offer postsecondary higher education classes, courses, or programs consistent with the rules and policies adopted by the board subject to the board's oversi…