IC 16-25-6-3 — Employment of certain individuals prohibited
Chapter 6. Criminal History of Hospice Owners, Operators, Employees, and Volunteers
Bills amending this section
Section text
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has: (1) been convicted of rape (IC 35-42-4-1); (2) been convicted of criminal deviate conduct (IC 35-42-4-2) (repealed); (3) been convicted of exploitation of an endangered adult (IC 35-46-1-12); (4) had a judgment entered against the individual for failure to report battery,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 (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. (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.
As added by P.L.256-1999, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.2-2003, SEC.46; P.L.158-2013, SEC.230; P.L.214-2013, SEC.17.
Source: official publisher (2026 edition)