Title 25, PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

Sec. 1.5. "Appraisal" means the use or administration of career and occupational instruments, adaptive behavioral and symptoms screening checklists, and inventories of interests and preferences that are administered for the purpose of counseling persons to cope with or adapt to c…

Sec. 10. "Social worker" means an individual who graduates from a program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education. As added by P.L.186-1990, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.147-1997, SEC.26.

Sec. 11. "Social work experience" means a period of time during which an applicant provides social worker services, including assessment and evaluation of clients, in which at least fifty percent (50%) of the time consists of providing services directly to clients. As added by P.…

Sec. 2. "Board" refers to the behavioral health and human services licensing board. As added by P.L.186-1990, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.147-1997, SEC.13; P.L.122-2009, SEC.11.

Sec. 2.6. "Clinical addiction counseling experience" refers to a time during which an applicant provides clinical services, including evaluation and treatment of clients, and at least fifty percent (50%) of the time consists of providing addiction counseling services directly to …

Sec. 3. "Clinical social worker" means an individual who is licensed under IC 25-23.6-5. As added by P.L.186-1990, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.147-1997, SEC.15; P.L.122-2009, SEC.13.

Sec. 3.3. "Clinical social work experience" means a period of time during which an applicant provides clinical services, including evaluation and treatment of clients, in which at least fifty percent (50%) of the time consists of providing counseling services directly to clients.…

Sec. 3.6. "Counseling" means techniques used to help individuals learn how to solve problems and make decisions related to personal growth, vocational, family, social, and other interpersonal concerns. As added by P.L.147-1997, SEC.17.

Sec. 3.8. Except as provided in IC 25-23.6-7-5, "counselor" refers to a social worker, a clinical social worker, a marriage and family therapist, a mental health counselor, an addiction counselor, or a clinical addiction counselor who is licensed under this article. As added by P…

Sec. 3.9. (a) "Governmental employee" means an individual employed by the office of the secretary of family and social services, the division of family resources, the division of mental health and addiction, the division of disability, aging, and rehabilitative services, the depa…

Sec. 4. "Eligible postsecondary educational institution" means a postsecondary educational institution that: (1) awards a bachelor's or higher degree; (2) is located in: (A) the United States; or (B) Canada or another country, if permitted under IC 25-23.6-8-2.1, IC 25-23.6-8.5-2…

Sec. 4.3. "Licensed addiction counselor" means an individual who is licensed as an addiction counselor under IC 25-23.6-10.5. As added by P.L.122-2009, SEC.15.

Sec. 4.4. "Licensed addiction counselor associate" means an individual who is licensed as an addiction counselor associate under IC 25-23.6-10.5-1.5. As added by P.L.225-2017, SEC.1.

Sec. 4.5. "Licensed clinical addiction counselor" means an individual who is licensed as a clinical addiction counselor under IC 25-23.6-10.5. As added by P.L.122-2009, SEC.16.

Sec. 4.6. "Licensed bachelor's degree social worker" means an individual who is licensed as a bachelor's degree social worker under IC 25-23.6-5. As added by P.L.192-2017, SEC.1.

Sec. 4.7. "Licensed clinical addiction counselor associate" means an individual who is licensed as a clinical addiction counselor associate under IC 25-23.6-10.5-2.5. As added by P.L.225-2017, SEC.2.

Sec. 4.8. "Licensed social worker" means an individual who is licensed under IC 25-23.6-5. As added by P.L.147-1997, SEC.19. Amended by P.L.122-2009, SEC.17.

Sec. 5. "Marriage and family therapist" means an individual who is licensed under IC 25-23.6-8. As added by P.L.186-1990, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.147-1997, SEC.20; P.L.122-2009, SEC.18.

Sec. 5.5. "Mental health counselor" means an individual who is licensed under IC 25-23.6-8.5. As added by P.L.147-1997, SEC.21. Amended by P.L.122-2009, SEC.19.

Sec. 5.6. (a) "Mental health diagnosis" means the evaluation of mental, emotional, behavioral, and addictive disorders and conditions by an individual who: (1) uses accepted classifications, including the most current version of: (A) the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnos…

Sec. 5.7. (a) "Practice of addiction counseling" means the providing of professional services that are delivered by a licensed addiction counselor, that are designed to change substance use or addictive behavior, and that involve specialized knowledge and skill related to addicti…

Sec. 5.9. "Practice of clinical addiction counseling" means the providing of professional services that are delivered by a licensed clinical addiction counselor, that are designed to change substance use or addictive behavior, and that involve specialized knowledge and skill rela…

Sec. 6. "Practice of clinical social work" means professional services that are designed to help individuals, marriages, couples, families, groups, and communities to enhance or restore their capacity for functioning by: (1) assisting in the obtaining or improving of tangible soc…

Sec. 7. "Practice of marriage and family therapy" means a specialty that: (1) uses an applied understanding of the dynamics of marital, relational, and family systems, and individual psychodynamics; (2) uses counseling and psychotherapeutic techniques; (3) provides a mental healt…

Sec. 7.5. "Practice of mental health counseling" means a specialty that: (1) uses counseling and psychotherapeutic techniques based on principles, methods, and procedures of counseling that assist people in identifying and resolving personal, social, vocational, intrapersonal, an…

Sec. 8. (a) "Practice of social work" means professional services that are designed to effect change in human behavior, emotional responses, and social conditions of individuals, couples, families, groups, and communities and that involve specialized knowledge and skill related t…

Sec. 9. "Psychotherapy" means the assessing and treating of mental and emotional disorders by any of the various means of communication between the social worker practitioner and the client. As added by P.L.186-1990, SEC.9.

Sec. 9.5. "Relational" means services that a marriage and family therapist or marriage and family therapist associate delivers at the same time and in the same location to at least two (2) individuals who share a relationship beyond the therapy session. As added by P.L.49-2019, S…

Sec. 1. This article applies to a person who installs manufactured homes for occupancy as single family dwellings. As added by P.L.162-2002, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.87-2005, SEC.32.

Sec. 1. This article does not apply to the following: (1) A physician assistant trainee or a student enrolled in a physician assistant or a surgeon assistant educational program accredited by an accrediting agency. (2) A physician assistant employed in the service of the federal …

Sec. 2. This article grants a collaborating physician or physician designee the authority to delegate, as the physician determines is appropriate, those tasks or services the physician typically performs and is qualified to perform. As added by P.L.90-2007, SEC.6. Amended by P.L.…

Sec. 3. This article does not grant authority to a physician assistant to function independently of a physician's supervision. As added by P.L.90-2007, SEC.7.

Sec. 1. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State of Indiana that, in order to safeguard the life, health, and public welfare of its citizens, the business of plumbing construction and improvements is a matter affecting the public interest, and any person engaging in th…

Sec. 10. (a) The department of administration shall provide office space, furniture, and necessary supplies and the office files, records, and property of the commission. (b) The licensing agency shall provide the board with employees necessary to administer the provisions of thi…

Sec. 11. It shall be unlawful for any person to act in the capacity of a plumbing contractor or journeyman plumber within this state without first obtaining a license as a plumbing contractor or journeyman plumber from the commission. This chapter however does not apply to helper…

Sec. 12. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a natural person over the age of eighteen (18) years who resides in Indiana and any corporation which satisfies the further requirements of this chapter may be licensed by the commission as a plumbing contractor. Except a…

Sec. 13. (a) A person wishing to be licensed as a plumbing contractor or journeyman plumber must file with the commission a written application, on a form provided by the commission, that contains information the commission considers necessary to determine the qualifications of t…

Sec. 14. Upon the filing of an application, the commission may investigate the statements contained therein and, if it finds the statements to be untrue, may refuse to examine or license the applicant. Formerly: Acts 1972, P.L.188, SEC.1.

Sec. 15. (a) Except as otherwise provided, individual applicants for a license as a plumbing contractor or journeyman plumber must pass an examination. The contents of the examination must, for each license category, test the current level of skills required of persons to be lice…

Sec. 16. The commission or the commission's designee shall prepare and administer examinations for each license category. The subject matter to be covered and the passing grade for licensing shall be established and made known to the applicants prior to the date of the examinatio…

Sec. 17. (a) An applicant who fails the applicant's first examination for a license as a plumbing contractor or journeyman plumber may be reexamined. (b) Reexamination of an applicant who fails the examination after two (2) attempts may be conditioned on the satisfactory completi…

Sec. 18.1. (a) An individual age seventeen (17) years or older wanting to be registered by the commission as an apprentice plumber shall, on a form provided by the commission, make application for registration. The applicant shall also provide to the commission a statement signed…

Sec. 18.3. A plumbing contractor's license expires upon the death of the individual to whom it was issued. As added by P.L.248-1985, SEC.4.

Sec. 18.5. Notwithstanding section 12 of this chapter, the commission may issue a temporary plumbing contractor's license to an applicant who has an ownership interest in or is an officer of a contracting business if the plumbing contractor licensee operating the business has die…

Sec. 19. Upon the payment of the required fee, an applicant who is a plumbing contractor or journeyman plumber licensed or registered in another state, territory, country, or province, shall without examination, be granted a license as a plumbing contractor or journeyman plumber …

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter: (1) "Plumbing" means the practice of and the materials and fixtures used in the installation, maintenance, extension, and alteration of all piping, fixtures, appliances, and appurtenances in connection with any of the following: (A) Sanitary drain…