IC 25-26-21-5 — Application of chapter
Chapter 21. Home Medical Equipment Services Providers
Section text
Sec. 5. (a) This chapter does not apply to the following: (1) A home health agency (as defined in IC 16-27-1-2) that does not sell, lease, or rent home medical equipment. (2) A hospital licensed under IC 16-21-2 that: (A) provides home medical equipment services only as an integral part of patient care; and (B) does not provide home medical equipment services through a separate business entity. (3) A manufacturer or wholesale distributor that does not sell, lease, or rent home medical equipment directly to a consumer. (4) Except as provided under subsection (b), a practitioner (as defined in IC 25-1-9-2(a)) who does not sell, lease, or rent home medical equipment. (5) A veterinarian licensed under IC 25-38.1-3. (6) A hospice program (as defined in IC 16-25-1.1-4) that does not sell, lease, or rent home medical equipment. (7) A health facility licensed under IC 16-28 that does not sell, lease, or rent home medical equipment. (8) A provider that: (A) provides home medical equipment services within the scope of the licensed provider's professional practice; (B) is otherwise licensed by the state; and (C) receives annual continuing education that is documented by the provider or the licensing entity. (9) An employee of a person licensed under this chapter. (b) A pharmacist licensed in Indiana or a pharmacy that holds a permit issued under IC 25-26 that sells, leases, or rents home medical equipment: (1) is not required to obtain a license under this chapter; and (2) is otherwise subject to the: (A) requirements of this chapter; and (B) requirements established by the board by rule under this chapter.
As added by P.L.122-2005, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.2-2008, SEC.64; P.L.36-2022, SEC.10.
Source: official publisher (2026 edition)