Section 840IAC1-1-2. Definitions

   Whenever used in this title, unless expressly otherwise stated, or unless the context or subject matter requires a different meaning, the following terms apply throughout this title:

(1) "Administrator-in-training" or "AIT" means a person who:

(A) has registered with the board prior to commencing internship; and

(B) desires to become involved in a program of professional health care training.

No person shall serve or act as an AIT without being registered with the board and shall meet any and all criteria that may be established by the board.

(2) "AIT program" means an internship of a continuous educational experience in an HF approved by the board, such program to be administered under the supervision of an individual preceptor or training center approved by the board as meeting the board's requirements for operation to manage the AIT program as a preceptor.

(3) "HF" means a licensed health facility or licensed residential facility.

(4) "HFA" means health facility administrator.

(5) "HFA license" means a license issued under IC 25-19 that grants authority to administer a licensed residential facility or a licensed health facility.

(6) "Person" means a natural individual and does not include the following:

(A) A firm.

(B) A corporation.

(C) An association.

(D) A partnership.

(E) An institution.

(F) A public body.

(G) A joint stock association.

(H) Any other group of individuals.

(7) "Practice of health facility administration" means the practice of the person designated by a legal owner or owners of health facilities to perform any act or the making any decision involved in the:

(A) planning;

(B) organizing;

(C) developing;

(D) directing; or

(E) control;

of the operation of an HF.

(8) "Preceptor" means:

(A) a duly licensed HFA or RCA who has been approved by the board under section 18 of this rule to serve in a teaching role and has the training, knowledge, professional activity, and a facility or organizational setting at his or her disposal to participate actively in the developing and refining of prospective HFAs or RCAs. This individual shall meet any and all criteria that may be established by the board; or

(B) a training center approved by the board to oversee and manage the AIT program; or

(C) a university accredited by the National Association of Long-Term Care Administrator Boards approved by the HFA licensing board to oversee and manage the student internship program.

(9) "RCA" means residential care administrator.

(10) "RCA license" means a license issued under IC 25-19 that grants authority to administer a licensed residential facility.

(11) "Related health care administration" means administration practiced in one (1) or more health related institutions. However, the term shall not mean any of the following:

(A) The administration of services to an individual.

(B) Administrative services that do not have as a major component the supervision of more than one (1) profession or discipline.

(C) An administrative position in which the individual:

(i) has not assumed direct responsibility for; and

(ii) is not held accountable for;

his or her own acts.

(12) "Student intern" means a person who is enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree program from a university accredited by the National Association of Long-Term Care Administrator Boards and is participating in an approved student internship in an HF.

(13) "Student internship" means an educational experience in an HF or multiple HFs that is part of a bachelor's or master's degree program from a university accredited by the National Association of Long-Term Care Administrator Boards such experience to be administered under the supervision of a preceptor.

(14) "Training center" means an educational center approved by the board to oversee and manage the AIT program.

(15) "University accredited program" means a university offering a degree in health facility administration accredited by the National Association of Long-Term Care Administrator Boards and approved by the board to oversee and manage the student internship program.

(Indiana State Board of Health Facility Administrators; Rule 3; filed May 26, 1978, 9:09 a.m.: 1 IR 243; filed May 18, 1979, 9:02 a.m.: 2 IR 842; filed May 2, 1985, 10:33 a.m.: 8 IR 1146; filed Sep 29, 1987, 2:08 p.m.: 11 IR 792; readopted filed May 1, 2002, 10:35 a.m.: 25 IR 2855; readopted filed Sep 26, 2008, 10:51 a.m.: 20081015-IR-840080338RFA; filed Jan 27, 2009, 9:50 a.m.: 20090225-IR-840080216FRA; readopted filed Nov 13, 2015, 11:18 a.m.: 20151209-IR-840150244RFA; filed Feb 17, 2016, 10:14 a.m.: 20160316-IR-840150078FRA)