Current through P.L. 171-2024
Section 16-27-1-16 - Acceptance of written orders for home health services(a) A licensed home health agency may accept written orders for home health services from a physician, an advanced practice registered nurse, a physician assistant, a dentist, a chiropractor, a podiatrist, or an optometrist licensed in Indiana or any other state. If the physician, advanced practice registered nurse, physician assistant, dentist, chiropractor, podiatrist, or optometrist is licensed in a state other than Indiana, the home health agency shall take reasonable immediate steps to determine that:(1) the order complies with the laws of the state where the order originated; and(2) the individual who issued the order examined the patient and is licensed to practice in that state.(b) All orders issued by a physician, an advanced practice registered nurse, a physician assistant, a dentist, a chiropractor, a podiatrist, or an optometrist for home health services:(1) must meet the same requirements whether the order originates in Indiana or another state; and(2) from another state may not exceed the authority allowed under orders from the same profession in Indiana under IC 25.Amended by P.L. 207-2021,SEC. 13, eff. 4/29/2021.As added by P.L. 146-1996, SEC.3.