Section 22-1-5-13 - Consumer notice; criminal history check(a) A placement agency:(1) must provide a consumer with a consumer notice each time a home care services worker is placed in the home of the consumer; and(2) is not required to provide a consumer notice when a new or different home care services worker is substituting for the regular home care services worker placed with the consumer.(b) Before a placement agency places a home care services worker with a consumer, the home care services worker must provide the placement agency with a copy of the individual's: (1) limited criminal history from the central repository for criminal history information under IC 10-13-3; or(2) expanded criminal history check, as defined in IC 20-26-2-1.5, subject to the conditions described in IC 16-27-2-4(c). The home care services worker is responsible for the fees required under IC 10-13-3-30 or the cost of an expanded criminal history check and must annually obtain an updated limited criminal history or expanded criminal history check. A copy of the home care services worker's limited criminal history or expanded criminal history check must be made available to the consumer.
Amended by P.L. 133-2018,SEC. 4, eff. 7/1/2018.As added by P.L. 212-2005, SEC.19.