§ 16-27.5-3-3 — Health care facility requirements for nurse aides; reinstatement to registry

Indiana § 16-27.5-3-3

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 16: HEALTH
• Art. 27.5: AIDE CERTIFICATION AND REGISTRY
• Ch. 3: Certification of Nurse Aides

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Effective 9-1-2025.
Sec. 3. (a) A nurse aide who is hired to work in a
health care facility shall:
(1) have successfully completed a nurse aide training program
approved by the state department; or
(2) be enrolled in the first available approved training program
that begins not more than sixty (60) days from the date of the
nurse aide's employment.
(b) A nurse aide who:
(1) was removed from the nurse aide registry established under IC 16-27.5-1 in the previous five (5) years due to not performing any
nursing or nursing related services for at least twenty-four (24)
consecutive months under 42 CFR 483.156; and
(2) has had no findings of abuse, neglect, or misappropriation of
patient property while certified;
may be reinstated to the registry following the successful passage of the
state nurse aide examination.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.143-2025, SEC.24.