§ 16-27-2-4 — Employees; criminal history

Indiana § 16-27-2-4

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 16: HEALTH
• Art. 27: HOME HEALTH AGENCIES
• Ch. 2: Criminal History of Home Health Care Operators and

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(a) A person who operates a home health
agency under IC 16-27-1 or a personal services agency under IC 16-27-4 shall apply, not more than three (3) business days after the date
that an employee begins to provide services in a patient's temporary or
permanent residence, for a copy of the employee's national criminal
history background check or expanded criminal history check.
(b) A home health agency or personal services agency may not
employ a person to provide services in a patient's or client's temporary
or permanent residence for more than three (3) business days without
applying for a national criminal history background check or an
expanded criminal history check.
(c) A person's expanded criminal history check may not include:
(1) a person's information when the person was less than eighteen
(18) years of age; or
(2) information that is restricted by a state where the person
previously resided.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-10-2.6-4(a).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.178-1993, SEC.6; P.L.146-1996, SEC.4; P.L.148-1997, SEC.1; P.L.2-2003, SEC.48; P.L.212-2005, SEC.14; P.L.197-2007, SEC.9; P.L.177-2009, SEC.5; P.L.84-2010, SEC.4; P.L.51-2016, SEC.5; P.L.133-2018, SEC.3.