{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-16-21-2-9","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 16-21-2-9","heading":"Practice of medicine not authorized by chapter; performance of health care services not prohibited","body":"Sec. 9. This chapter does not authorize a person or a state, county, or local governmental unit, division, department, board, or agency to engage in the practice of medicine. However, this chapter does not prohibit the performance of health care services by a hospital employee in a hospital when that performance is delegated or ordered by a licensed health practitioner if the services performed are within the practitioner's scope of practice.","path":["TITLE 16. HEALTH","ARTICLE 21. HOSPITALS","Chapter 2. Licensure of Hospitals"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_16.html#16-21-2-9","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-11T20:02:18Z","sha256":"8a2f3bd23f372af1ac479986c3bd4810cb36e37ecf76d48d6b6e5c80e33a8585","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-16-21-2-8","next":"us-in/ic-16-21-2-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}