Sec. 5. (a) As used in this chapter, “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.

     (b) The term does not include the following:

(1) An individual who provides personal services only to the individual’s family or to not more than three (3) individuals per residence and not more than a total of seven (7) individuals concurrently. As used in this subdivision, “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.

(2) A local health department as described in IC 16-20 or IC 16-22-8.

(3) A person that:

(A) is approved by the division of disability and rehabilitative services to provide supported living services or supported living support to individuals with developmental disabilities;

(B) is subject to rules adopted under IC 12-11-2.1; and

(C) serves only individuals with developmental disabilities who are in a placement authorized under IC 12-11-2.1-4.

As added by P.L.212-2005, SEC.18. Amended by P.L.141-2006, SEC.83.