Sec. 2.5. (a) The state department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to establish guidelines that require the state department to conduct a survey of a hospice program licensed or approved under IC 16-25-3 at least once every one (1) to three (3) years.
(b) In establishing the guidelines required under subsection (a), the state department shall consider the following:
(1) A change in ownership of a hospice program.
(2) A change in management of a hospice program.
(3) A finding that a hospice program violated a federal condition of participation for hospice licensure.
As added by P.L.142-2001, SEC.1.