Section 16-27-2-4 - Employees; criminal history(a) A person who operates a home health agency under IC 16-27-1 or a personal services agency under IC 16-27-4 shall apply, not more than three (3) business days after the date that an employee begins to provide services in a patient's temporary or permanent residence, for a copy of the employee's national criminal history background check or expanded criminal history check.(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 three (3) business days without applying for a national criminal history background check or an expanded criminal history check.(c) A person's expanded criminal history check may not include: (1) a person's information when the person was less than eighteen (18) years of age; or(2) information that is restricted by a state where the person previously resided.Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-10-2.6-4(a).
Amended by P.L. 133-2018,SEC. 3, eff. 7/1/2018.Amended by P.L. 51-2016, SEC. 5, eff. 7/1/2016.As added by P.L. 2-1993, SEC.10. Amended by P.L. 178-1993, SEC.6; P.L. 146-1996, SEC.4; P.L. 148-1997, SEC.1; P.L. 2-2003, SEC.48; P.L. 212-2005, SEC.14; P.L. 197-2007, SEC.9; P.L. 177-2009, SEC.5; P.L. 84-2010, SEC.4.