Sec. 7. The state department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to do the following:
(1) Protect the health, safety, and welfare of patients.
(2) Govern the qualifications of applicants for licenses.
(3) Govern the operating policies, supervision, and maintenance of service records of home health agencies.
(4) Govern the procedure for issuing, renewing, denying, or revoking an annual license to a home health agency, including the following:
(A) The form and content of the license.
(B) The collection of an annual license fee of not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) that the state department may waive.
(5) Exempt persons who do not provide home health services under this chapter.