Chapter 0.5 Proposal of Rule or Rule Amendment by Health Care Advisory Council
Chapter 1 Licensure of Home Health Agencies
Chapter 1.5 Registration of Home Health Aides
Chapter 2 Criminal History of Home Health Care Operators and Workers
Chapter 3 Possession of Certain Drugs and Other Health Care Items
Chapter 4 Licensure of Personal Services Agencies
Chapter 5 Home Health Agency Cooperative Agreements

Terms Used In Indiana Code > Title 16 > Article 27 - Home Health Agencies

  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • cabinet: refers to the governor's workforce cabinet established by section 3 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 4-3-27-2
  • client: means an individual who has been accepted to receive personal services from a personal services agency. See Indiana Code 16-27-4-1
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • expanded criminal history check: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 16-27-2-0.5
  • family: means the individual's spouse, child, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, brother, brother-in-law, sister, sister-in-law, aunt, aunt-in-law, uncle, uncle-in-law, niece, and nephew. See Indiana Code 16-27-4-5
  • health care professional: means any of the following:

    Indiana Code 16-27-1-1

  • health care professional: means any of the following:

    Indiana Code 16-27-2-1

  • home health agency: means a person that provides or offers to provide:

    Indiana Code 16-27-1-2

  • home health agency: means a home health agency licensed under IC 16-27-1. See Indiana Code 16-27-2-2
  • home health aide services: means only home health services that may be performed by a home health aide. See Indiana Code 16-27-1-4
  • home health services: means services that:

    Indiana Code 16-27-1-5

  • in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • national criminal history background check: means the determination provided by the state police department under IC 10-13-3-39(i). See Indiana Code 16-27-2-2.1
  • office: refers to the office of the secretary of family and social services established by Indiana Code 16-27-5-2
  • parent personal services agency: means the personal services agency that develops and maintains administrative and fiscal control over a branch office. See Indiana Code 16-27-4-2
  • patient: means an individual who has been accepted for care by a home health agency. See Indiana Code 16-27-1-6
  • personal representative: means a person who has legal authority to act on behalf of the client with regard to the action to be taken. See Indiana Code 16-27-4-3
  • personal services: means :

    Indiana Code 16-27-4-4

  • personal services agency: means a person that provides or offers to provide a personal service for compensation, whether through the agency's own employees or by arrangement with another person. See Indiana Code 16-27-4-5
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • secretary: refers to the secretary of family and social services appointed under Indiana Code 16-27-5-3
  • services: includes :

    Indiana Code 16-27-2-2.2

  • veteran: includes "Hoosier veteran" and applies to the construction of all Indiana statutes, unless the construction is expressly excluded by the terms of the statute, is plainly repugnant to the intent of the general assembly or of the context of the statute, or is inconsistent with federal law. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5