Ind. Code § 16-27-1-16
Acceptance of written orders for home health services
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Current — January 1, 2023
As of January 1, 2018
Sec. 16. (a) A licensed home health agency may accept written orders for home health services from a physician, a dentist, a chiropractor, a podiatrist, or an optometrist licensed in Indiana or any other state. If the physician, 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:
Sec. 16. (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
(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.
(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, a dentist, a chiropractor, a podiatrist, or an optometrist for home health services:
(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
(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.
(2) from another state may not exceed the authority allowed under orders from the same profession in Indiana under IC 25.
Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.