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Indiana Code Title 16. Health § 16-27-1-16

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 16. (a) A licensed home health agency may accept written orders for home health services from a physician, an advanced practice registered nurse, a physician assistant, a dentist, a chiropractor, a podiatrist, or an optometrist licensed in Indiana or any other state.  If the physician, advanced practice registered nurse, physician assistant, dentist, chiropractor, podiatrist, or optometrist is licensed in a state other than Indiana, the home health agency shall take reasonable immediate steps to determine that:

(1) the order complies with the laws of the state where the order originated;  and

(2) the individual who issued the order examined the patient and is licensed to practice in that state.

(b) All orders issued by a physician, an advanced practice registered nurse, a physician assistant, a dentist, a chiropractor, a podiatrist, or an optometrist for home health services:

(1) must meet the same requirements whether the order originates in Indiana or another state;  and

(2) from another state may not exceed the authority allowed under orders from the same profession in Indiana under IC 25.

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