Authority: IC 16-21-1-7; IC 16-41-2-1

Affected: IC 16-21; IC 16-41-2

Sec. 7. (a) A health care facility that participates in a CMS program of any type that requires data to be reported to NHSN shall confer to the Indiana department of health the NHSN access rights to its facility specific data contained in the NHSN for all CMS required data reported to NHSN.

(b) Health care facilities who are expelled from the NHSN shall submit the same information through electronic means to the department at the sole cost of the health care facility, if necessary.

(Indiana Department of Health; 410 IAC 15-4-7; filed Sep 28, 2011, 11:03 a.m.: 20111026-IR-410110102FRA; readopted filed Sep 13, 2017, 4:08 p.m.: 20171011-IR- 410170339RFA; filed May 15, 2020, 8:24 a.m.: 20200610-IR-410190572FRA; errata filed Jul 28, 2021, 9:46 a.m.: 20210811-IR-410210315ACA; readopted filed Nov 28, 2023, 11:38 a.m.: 20231227-IR-410230654RFA)