IC 16-28-13-12 — Reporting of employee conviction; investigation; removal from registry
Chapter 13. Criminal History of Nurse Aides and Other Unlicensed Employees
Section text
Sec. 12. (a) If a health care facility has knowledge of a conviction of an employee of the health care facility that would indicate unfitness for service as a nurse aide, other unlicensed employee, or other health care professional (as defined by IC 16-27-2-1), the health care facility shall report the information to the state nurse aide registry or the appropriate licensing authority. (b) The state department shall: (1) investigate any report that a nurse aide has been convicted of a crime described in section 3(a) of this chapter; and (2) remove the nurse aide from the nurse aide registry with an appropriate notation indicating the reason the nurse aide was removed from the registry, providing notice and appeal rights as required by IC 4-21.5.
As added by P.L.108-1999, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.171-2025, SEC.8.
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