§ 16-28-1-13 — Licensure inspections; reports

(a) Licensure inspections of health facilities
shall be made regularly in accordance with rules adopted under this
chapter. The division shall make all health and sanitation inspections.
The department of homeland security shall make all fire safety
inspections.
(b) The exact date of an inspection of a health facility under this
chapter may not be announced or communicated directly or indirectly
to the owner, administrator, or an employee of the facility before the
inspection. An employee of the state department who knowingly or
intentionally informs a health facility of the exact date of an 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:
(1) in writing; and
(2) sent to the health facility.
(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: 16-10-4-7.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.190-1995, SEC.5; P.L.1-2006, SEC.299; P.L.141-2014, SEC.12; P.L.187-2021, SEC.56.