Sec. 5. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person who operates a home health agency under IC 16-27-1 or a personal services agency under IC 16-27-4 may not employ a person to provide services in a patient’s or client’s temporary or permanent residence if that person’s national criminal history background check or expanded criminal history check indicates that the person has been convicted of any of the following:

(1) Rape (IC 35-42-4-1).

(2) Criminal deviate conduct (IC 35-42-4-2) (repealed).

(3) Exploitation of an endangered adult (IC 35-46-1-12).

(4) Failure to report battery, neglect, or exploitation of an endangered adult (IC 35-46-1-13).

(5) Theft (IC 35-43-4), if the conviction for theft occurred less than ten (10) years before the person’s employment application date.

     (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 twenty-one (21) calendar days without receipt of that person’s national criminal history background check or expanded criminal history check required by section 4 of this chapter, unless the state police department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation under IC 10-13-3-39, or the private agency providing the expanded criminal history check is responsible for failing to provide the person’s national criminal history background check or expanded criminal history check to the home health agency or personal services agency within the time required under this subsection.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-10-2.6-4(b), (c).]

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.178-1993, SEC.7; P.L.148-1997, SEC.2; P.L.2-2003, SEC.49; P.L.212-2005, SEC.15; P.L.197-2007, SEC.10; P.L.134-2008, SEC.12; P.L.177-2009, SEC.6; P.L.84-2010, SEC.5; P.L.158-2013, SEC.232; P.L.214-2013, SEC.19; P.L.51-2016, SEC.6; P.L.142-2020, SEC.18.