{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-16-27-1-16","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 16-27-1-16","heading":"Acceptance of written orders for home health services","body":"Sec. 16. (a) A licensed home health agency may accept written orders for home health services from a physician, an advanced practice registered nurse, a physician assistant, a dentist, a chiropractor, a podiatrist, or an optometrist licensed in Indiana or any other state. If the physician, advanced practice registered nurse, physician assistant, dentist, chiropractor, podiatrist, or optometrist is licensed in a state other than Indiana, the home health agency shall take reasonable immediate steps to determine that:\n(1) the order complies with the laws of the state where the order originated; and\n(2) the individual who issued the order examined the patient and is licensed to practice in that state.\n(b) All orders issued by a physician, an advanced practice registered nurse, a physician assistant, a dentist, a chiropractor, a podiatrist, or an optometrist for home health services:\n(1) must meet the same requirements whether the order originates in Indiana or another state; and\n(2) from another state may not exceed the authority allowed under orders from the same profession in Indiana under IC 25.","path":["TITLE 16. HEALTH","ARTICLE 27. HOME HEALTH AGENCIES","Chapter 1. Licensure of Home Health Agencies"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_16.html#16-27-1-16","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-11T20:02:18Z","sha256":"e655e53cc7f69dbfe29d0333d542a738040a7df4919e9faa71a24b14f36a1044","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-16-27-1-15","next":"us-in/ic-16-27-1-17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}