No. Under 410 IAC 16.2-5-0.5(c), a community that provides only room, board, housekeeping and activities -- without administering medication or providing nursing care -- is not required to hold a Residential Care Facility license at all. Some buildings marketed as assisted living in Indiana may carry no state license, so always confirm directly.
What this means in practice
This is a genuine gap families do not expect. A community can legally call itself 'assisted living' in its marketing while never having filed for an RCF license, as long as it stops short of administering medications or providing nursing care. That means the online licensing search will show nothing for that address -- which is not necessarily a red flag, but it is a fact worth understanding before you assume every senior community you tour is regulated the same way. Ask directly: 'Do you hold an Indiana Residential Care Facility license, and if not, why not?' A confident, specific answer is a good sign; a vague one is not.
