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Indiana Code Title 16. Health § 16-27-1.5-5

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

<This section repealed by P.L.143-2025, SEC.21, eff. September 1, 2025.>

Sec. 5. (a) This section applies to a registered home health aide who:

(1) is employed as a home health aide;  and

(2) provides care to an individual who has been diagnosed with or experiences symptoms of Alzheimer's disease, dementia, or a related cognitive disorder.

(b) As used in this section, “approved dementia training” refers to a dementia training program:

(1) for use in training home health aides in the care of individuals described in subsection (a)(2);  and

(2) that has been approved by the state department under subsection (f).

(c) Not later than sixty (60) days after the date on which a home health aide is initially hired to care for an individual with Alzheimer's disease, dementia, or a related cognitive disorder, the home health aide shall complete at least six (6) hours of approved dementia training.

(d) Before December 31 of each year, a home health aide who has been employed as a home health aide for at least one (1) year shall complete at least three (3) hours of approved dementia training.

(e) A home health aide who:

(1) has received the training required by subsections (c) and (d);

(2) has been employed as a home health aide for at least twenty-four (24) consecutive months;  and

(3) is hired by a home health agency;

is not required to repeat the training required by this section.

(f) The state department shall do the following:

(1) Identify and approve each dementia training program that meets the following requirements:

(A) The dementia training program includes education concerning the following:

(i) The nature of Alzheimer's disease, dementia, and other related cognitive disorders.

(ii) Current best practices for caring for and treating individuals with dementia.

(iii) Guidelines for the assessment and care of an individual with dementia.

(iv) Procedures for providing patient centered quality care.

(v) The daily activities of individuals with dementia.

(vi) Dementia related behaviors, communication, and positive intervention.

(vii) The role of an individual's family in caring for an individual with dementia.

(B) The dementia training program:

(i) must be culturally competent;  and

(ii) may be provided online.

(2) Establish and implement a process for state department approval of a dementia training program.

(g) To the extent allowed by 42 CFR 484.80, the hours of approved dementia training completed under this section satisfies an equivalent number of hours of the home health aide training required by 42 CFR 484.80.

(h) An entity that provides approved dementia training shall provide to each home health aide who successfully completes the training a certificate of completion.

(i) A home health aide:

(1) is responsible for maintaining the home health aide's certificate of completion;  and

(2) may use the certificate of completion as proof of compliance with this section.

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