§ 16-21-1-10 — Licensure inspections; disclosure of inspection date; penalties; reports; release of records to public

Indiana § 16-21-1-10

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 16: HEALTH
• Art. 21: HOSPITALS
• Ch. 1: Hospital Council

Text

(a) Licensure inspections of an institution or
agency shall be made regularly in accordance with rules adopted under
this chapter. The state department shall make all health and sanitation
inspections, including inspections in response to an alleged breach of
this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter. The department of
homeland security shall make all fire safety inspections.
(b) An employee of the state department who knowingly or
intentionally informs an institution or agency of the exact date of an
unannounced inspection shall be suspended without pay for five (5)
days for a first offense and shall be dismissed for a subsequent offense.
(c) Reports of all inspections must be in writing and sent to the
institution or agency.
(d) The report of an inspection and records relating to the inspection
may not be released to the public until the conditions set forth in IC 16-19-3-25 are satisfied.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-10-1-13.1.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.190-1995, SEC.4; P.L.1-2006, SEC.295; P.L.141-2014, SEC.5; P.L.187-2021, SEC.53.