IC 16-27-2-4: Employees; criminal history

Sec. 4. (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.