Access to facilities and facilities' records
Authority: IC 12-9.1-2-3 ; IC 12-10-13-17
Affected: IC 5-14-3-8 ; IC 12-10-13-16.2 ; IC 12-10-13-16.5
Sec. 15. (a) Representatives of the office shall have access to long term care facilities at all times.
(b)Representatives of the office shall have access to…#
(b) Representatives of the office shall have access to those records of a long term care facility that residents or the general public have access to as a matter of law, or to records or documentation when such records or documentation are [sic., is] relevant to a complaint or an investigation and disclosure is not prohibited by state or federal laws or regulations governing the confidentiality of such records or documentation. Records and documentation of a long term care facility are relevant if they relate to or address the subject matter of the complaint or investigation.
(c)Representatives of the office shall be permitted to…#
(c) Representatives of the office shall be permitted to make or obtain copies of these records. A long term care facility may charge for the copies at a rate not to exceed the rate specified by state law.