410 IAC 27-3-2 Licensing surveys

Sec. 2. (a) The department will conduct a licensing survey of each birthing center at least once every two (2) years. The licensing survey is conducted to ensure that the birthing center is operating in compliance with this article. (b) The division will notify the center of the results of the licensing survey in writing. (c) The center may request the department to accept an accreditation or certification survey instead of a licensing survey. The division may accept an accreditation or certification survey report from a nationally-recognized accreditation or certification agency, association, or organization that is determined by the division to have survey standards consistent with this article. Upon request by the center, the department will review the accreditation or certification survey report for the facility. If the department finds that, based on the accreditation report, the center was found to have substantially complied with the standards referenced in this subsection, the department will accept the accreditation report as a licensing survey. If, based on the accreditation report, the center failed to significantly comply with the standards referenced in this subsection, the department may: (1) request a plan or correction; or (2) conduct a licensing survey. If the department accepts accreditation or certification surveys as a licensing survey, the department will conduct at least one (1) licensing survey in a four (4) year period.