Sec. 4. (a) A person who operates a home health agency under IC 16-27-1 or a personal services agency under IC 16-27-4 shall apply, not more than three (3) business days after the date that an employee begins to provide services in a patient’s temporary or permanent residence, for a copy of the employee’s national criminal history background check or expanded criminal history check.

     (b) A home health agency or personal services agency may not employ a person to provide services in a patient’s or client’s temporary or permanent residence for more than three (3) business days without applying for a national criminal history background check or an expanded criminal history check.

     (c) A person’s expanded criminal history check may not include:

(1) a person’s information when the person was less than eighteen (18) years of age; or

(2) information that is restricted by a state where the person previously resided.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-10-2.6-4(a).]

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.178-1993, SEC.6; P.L.146-1996, SEC.4; P.L.148-1997, SEC.1; P.L.2-2003, SEC.48; P.L.212-2005, SEC.14; P.L.197-2007, SEC.9; P.L.177-2009, SEC.5; P.L.84-2010, SEC.4; P.L.51-2016, SEC.5; P.L.133-2018, SEC.3.