16-27-4-8. Unstable health conditions

IN Code § 16-27-4-8 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 8. (a) If a personal services agency is aware that the client's medical or health condition has become unstable or unpredictable, the personal services agency shall notify the client, the client's personal representative, a family member, other relative of the client, or other person identified by the client of the need for a referral for medical or health services. The notification may be given in writing or orally and must be documented in the client's record with the personal services agency.

(b) The personal services agency may continue to provide personal services for a client with an unstable or unpredictable medical or health condition but may not manage or represent itself as able to manage the client's medical or health condition.

As added by P.L.212-2005, SEC.18.