{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-16-25-6-3","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 16-25-6-3","heading":"Employment of certain individuals prohibited","body":"Sec. 3. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a person who owns or operates a hospice program may not employ an individual or allow a volunteer to provide hospice services if that individual's or volunteer's limited criminal history indicates that the individual or volunteer has:\n(1) been convicted of rape (IC 35-42-4-1);\n(2) been convicted of criminal deviate conduct (IC 35-42-4-2) (repealed);\n(3) been convicted of exploitation of an endangered adult (IC 35-46-1-12);\n(4) had a judgment entered against the individual for failure to report battery, neglect, or exploitation of an endangered adult (IC 35-46-1-13); or\n(5) been convicted of theft (IC 35-43-4), if the conviction for theft occurred less than ten (10) years before the individual's employment application date.\n(b) A hospice program may not employ an individual or allow a volunteer to provide hospice services for more than twenty-one (21) calendar days without receipt of that individual's or volunteer's limited criminal history required by section 2 of this chapter, unless the Indiana central repository for criminal history information under IC 10-13-3 is solely responsible for failing to provide the individual's or volunteer's limited criminal history to the hospice program within the time required under this subsection.","path":["TITLE 16. HEALTH","ARTICLE 25. HOSPICE PROGRAMS","Chapter 6. Criminal History of Hospice Owners, Operators, Employees, and Volunteers"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_16.html#16-25-6-3","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-11T20:02:18Z","sha256":"8ba821bed727ec392e85e64081185409b0a0f66a703e75e51138ca9cd5129ffd","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-16-25-6-2","next":"us-in/ic-16-25-6-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}