Sec. 11. (a) No health facility may operate unless it is under the supervision of an administrator who holds a currently valid health facility administrator‘s license or provisional license issued under this chapter. No person may practice or offer to practice health facility administration or use any title, sign, card, or device to indicate that the person is a health facility administrator, unless the person has been duly licensed as a health facility administrator or provisional health facility administrator. A person who violates this section commits a Class C infraction, and each day of continuing violation after entry of judgment constitutes a separate infraction.

     (b) An individual who is not licensed as a health facility administrator may not:

Terms Used In Indiana Code 25-19-1-11

  • health facility: means any institution or facility defined as such for licensing under IC 16-28 and classified into care categories by rules adopted under IC 16-28. See Indiana Code 25-19-1-1
  • health facility administrator: means a natural person who administers, manages, supervises, or is in general administrative charge of a licensed health facility whether such individual has an ownership interest in the health facility and whether the person's functions and duties are shared with one (1) or more individuals. See Indiana Code 25-19-1-1
  • Judgment: means all final orders, decrees, and determinations in an action and all orders upon which executions may issue. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(1) profess to be a health facility administrator;

(2) use the title “health facility administrator” or “assistant health facility administrator”;

(3) use the initials “H.F.A.” or any other words, letters, abbreviations, or insignia indicating or implying that the individual is a health facility administrator or assistant health facility administrator licensed under this article;

unless the individual is licensed as a health facility administrator under this article.

     (c) A licensed health facility administrator may not practice health facility administration in more than one (1) health facility at the same time.

     (d) A health facility administrator is subject to the health professions standards of practice under IC 25-1-9.

Formerly: Acts 1969, c.84, s.11. As amended by Acts 1978, P.L.2, SEC.2537; P.L.149-1987, SEC.46; P.L.149-2023, SEC.36.

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