Section 840IAC1-1-3. License required; use of title and HFA and RCA initials

   (a) No HF in this state may operate unless it is under the supervision of an HFA who holds a current valid HFA license issued by the board under this rule, except that a licensed residential care facility may be administered by an RCA.

  (b) No person shall practice or offer to practice HF administration in this state or use any title, sign, card, or device to indicate that he or she is an HFA or RCA unless the person shall have been duly licensed as an HFA or RCA pursuant to the laws of this state and the rules of this board lawfully promulgated.

  (c) A person, not licensed as an HFA or RCA, shall not use the title "Assistant HF Administrator" or "Assistant RC Administrator", inasmuch as the employment of this title constitutes a fraudulent inducement to the public to rely on the expertise implied by the term "administrator" and is in violation of Indiana law. The designations "assistant-to-the-administrator" and "administrative assistant" can:

(1) serve the same purpose; and

(2) be in compliance with the law.

  (d) A person licensed as an HFA in Indiana may use the initials HFA after the name. A person licensed as an RCA in Indiana may use the initials RCA after the name. (Indiana State Board of Health Facility Administrators; Rule 4; filed May 26, 1978, 9:09 a.m.: 1 IR 244; 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)