Indiana § 16-27-4-5 - "Personal services agency"
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§ 16-27-4-5. "Personal services agency"
Sec. 5. (a) As used in this chapter, "personal services agency" means a person that provides or offers to provide a personal service for compensation, whether through the agency's own employees or by arrangement with another person.
(b) The term does not include the following:
(1) An individual who provides personal services only to the individual's family or to not more than three (3) individuals per residence and not more than a total of seven (7) individuals concurrently. As used in this subdivision, "family" means the individual's spouse, child, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, brother, brother-in-law, sister, sister-in-law, aunt, aunt-in-law, uncle, uncle-in-law, niece, and nephew.
(2) A local health department as described in IC 16-20 or IC 16-22-8.
(3) A person that:
(A) is approved by the division of disability, aging, and rehabilitative services to provide supported living services or supported living support to individuals with developmental disabilities;
(B) is subject to rules adopted under IC 12-11-2.1; and
(C) serves only individuals with developmental disabilities who are in a placement authorized under IC 12-11-2.1-4.
As added by P.L.212-2005, SEC.18. Amended by P.L.141-2006, SEC.83; P.L.122-2026, SEC.87.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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