Ind. Code ch. 16-27-3

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Ind. Code § 16-27-3-1 Sterile water or saline

Sec. 1. An employee of a home health agency who is a licensed pharmacist, registered nurse, or licensed practical nurse may purchase, store, or transport for administering to a home health patient or hospice patient of the home health agency under the order of a licensed physician, an advanced practice registered nurse, or a physician assistant the following: (1) Sterile water for injection and irrigation. (2) Sterile saline for injection and irrigation. As added by P.L.105-1998, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.207-2021, SEC.15.

Ind. Code § 16-27-3-2 Vaccines

Sec. 2. (a) An employee of a home health agency who is a licensed pharmacist, registered nurse, or licensed practical nurse may purchase, store, or transport a vaccine in order to administer the vaccine to: (1) the home health agency's: (A) employees; or (B) home health patients or hospice patients; or (2) family members of a home health patient or hospice patient; under the order of a licensed physician. (b) An employee described in subsection (a) who purchases, stores, or transports a vaccine under this section must ensure that a standing order for the vaccine: (1) is signed and dated by a licensed physician, an advanced practice registered nurse, or a physician assistant; (2) identifies the vaccine covered by the order; (3) indicates that appropriate procedures are established for responding to any adverse reaction to the vaccine; and (4) directs that a specific medication or category of medication be administered if a recipient has an adverse reaction to the vaccine. As added by P.L.105-1998, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.207-2021, SEC.16.

Ind. Code § 16-27-3-3 Other drugs

Sec. 3. An employee of a home health agency who is a licensed pharmacist, registered nurse, or licensed practical nurse may purchase, store, or transport the following drugs in order to administer to a home health patient or hospice patient of the home health agency, in accordance with section 5 of this chapter: (1) Any of the following items in a sealed portable container in a size determined by the dispensing pharmacist: (A) Up to one thousand (1,000) milliliters of nine-tenths of one percent (0.9%) sodium chloride intravenous infusion. (B) Up to one thousand (1,000) milliliters of five percent (5%) dextrose in water injection. (2) Not more than five (5) dosage units of each of the following items, each in an individually sealed, unused container: (A) Heparin sodium lock flush in a concentration of ten (10) units per milliliter, one hundred (100) units per milliliter, or one thousand (1,000) units per milliliter. (B) Epinephrine HC1 solution in a concentration of one (1) to one thousand (1,000). (C) Diphenhydramine HCl solution in a concentration of fifty (50) milligrams per milliliter. (D) Methylprednisolone in a concentration of one hundred twenty-five (125) milligrams per two (2) milliliters. (E) Naloxone in a concentration of up to one (1) milligram per milliliter in a two (2) milliliter vial. (F) Glucagon in a concentration of one (1) milligram per milliliter. (G) Furosemide in a concentration of ten (10) milligrams per milliliter. (H) Lidocaine two and one-half percent (2.5%) and prilocaine two and one-half percent (2.5%) cream in a five (5) gram tube. (I) Lidocaine HCl solution in a concentration of one percent (1%) in a two (2) milliliter vial. (J) Urokinase five thousand (5,000) units per a one (1) milliliter vial. As added by P.L.105-1998, SEC.2.

Ind. Code § 16-27-3-4 Purchasing, storing, or transporting drugs in accordance with written policies and procedures

Sec. 4. An employee of a home health agency who is a licensed pharmacist, registered nurse, or licensed practical nurse may purchase, store, or transport drugs in a sealed portable container under this chapter only if the home health agency has established written policies and procedures to ensure the following: (1) That the container is handled properly with respect to storage, transportation, and temperature stability. (2) That a drug is removed from the container only on the written or oral order of a licensed physician, an advanced practice registered nurse, or a physician assistant. (3) That the administration of a drug in the container is performed in accordance with a specific treatment protocol. (4) That the home health agency maintains a written record of the dates and times the container is in the possession of a licensed pharmacist, registered nurse, or licensed practical nurse. (5) That the home health agency require an employee who possesses the container to submit a daily accounting of all drugs and devices in the container to the home health agency in writing. As added by P.L.105-1998, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.207-2021, SEC.17.

Ind. Code § 16-27-3-5 Administration of drugs

Sec. 5. An employee of a home health agency who: (1) is a licensed pharmacist, registered nurse, or licensed practical nurse; and (2) administers a drug listed in section 3 of this chapter; may administer the drug only in the residence of a home health patient or hospice patient of the home health agency under the order of a licensed physician, an advanced practice registered nurse, or a physician assistant in connection with the provision of emergency treatment or the adjustment of parenteral drug therapy or vaccine administration. As added by P.L.105-1998, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.207-2021, SEC.18.

Ind. Code § 16-27-3-6 Copy of order for administration of drug

Sec. 6. (a) If an employee of a home health agency who is a licensed pharmacist, registered nurse, or licensed practical nurse administers a drug listed in section 3 of this chapter under the oral order of a licensed physician, an advanced practice registered nurse, or a physician assistant, the physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant shall promptly send a signed copy of the order to the home health agency. (b) Not more than twenty (20) days after receiving an order under subsection (a), the home health agency shall send a copy of the order, as signed by and received from the physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant, to the dispensing pharmacy. As added by P.L.105-1998, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.207-2021, SEC.19.

Ind. Code § 16-27-3-7 Duties of pharmacist regarding drug containers

Sec. 7. A pharmacist who dispenses a sealed portable container under this chapter shall ensure that the container: (1) is designed to allow access to the contents of the container only if a tamperproof seal is broken; (2) bears a label that lists the drugs in the container and provides notice of the container's expiration date; and (3) remains in the pharmacy or under the control of a licensed pharmacist, registered nurse, or licensed practical nurse. As added by P.L.105-1998, SEC.2.

Ind. Code § 16-27-3-8 Honoring nurse's orders

Sec. 8. If a home health agency or hospice patient's care or treatment is being managed, directed, or provided by an advanced practice registered nurse licensed under IC 25-23, that nurse's orders will be honored, unless it will cause the home health agency or hospice to be unreimbursed for the home health agency's or hospice's service. As added by P.L.105-1998, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.86-2018, SEC.170; P.L.129-2018, SEC.10.

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