{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-16-27-1-2","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 16-27-1-2","heading":"\"Home health agency\"","body":"Sec. 2. (a) As used in this chapter, \"home health agency\" means a person that provides or offers to provide:\n(1) nursing services; or\n(2) nursing services and at least one (1) home health service;\nfor compensation.\n(b) The term does not include the following:\n(1) An individual health care professional who provides professional services to a patient in the temporary or permanent residence of the patient.\n(2) A local health department as described in IC 16-20 or IC 16-22-8.\n(3) A person that:\n(A) is approved by the division of disability, aging, and rehabilitative services to provide supported living services or supported living supports to individuals with developmental disabilities;\n(B) is subject to rules adopted under IC 12-11-2.1; and\n(C) serves only individuals with developmental disabilities who are in a placement authorized under IC 12-11-2.1-4.\n(4) A person providing services under the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) described in IC 12-15-43.\n(5) A person that only administers home infusion therapy based on a specialty medication prescription received from a pharmacy.","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#16-27-1-2","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-11T20:02:18Z","sha256":"6236aa47f8b0b0ade3fb0c81c590fbfb4f6a9eb479b712cf5f24004979605a7c","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-16-27-1-1","next":"us-in/ic-16-27-1-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}