Authority: IC 16-19-3-4

Affected: IC 16-21-2-2

Sec. 11. (a) The department shall conduct a licensing survey of each REH at least once every two (2) years. The licensing survey is conducted to ensure that an REH is operating in compliance with this article.

(b) The department shall notify the REH of the licensing survey results in writing.

(c) The REH may request the department to accept an accreditation or certification survey instead of a licensing survey. The department may accept an accreditation or certification survey report from a nationally recognized accreditation or certification agency, association, or organization determined by the department to have survey standards consistent with this article. On request by the REH, the department shall review the accreditation or certification survey report for the facility. If the department finds, based on the accreditation report, the REH was found to have substantially complied with the standards referenced in this subsection, the department shall accept the accreditation report as a licensing survey. If, based on the accreditation report, the REH failed to significantly comply with the standards required in this subsection, the department may:

1. (1) request a plan of correction; or
2. (2) conduct a licensing survey.

If the department accepts an accreditation or certification survey as a licensing survey, the department shall conduct at least one (1) licensing survey in a four (4) year period.

(Indiana Department of Health; 410 IAC 15.2-2-11; filed Jan 8, 2025, 11:13 a.m.: 20250205-IR-410240370FRA)