Indiana licenses assisted-living-type communities as Residential Care Facilities (RCF) under 410 IAC 16.2-5 and Indiana Code 16-28-2, issued by the Indiana Department of Health. It is a single license type -- Indiana does not tier assisted living into Type A/Type B categories the way Texas does.
What this means in practice
The RCF license covers room and board, supervised activities, medication administration by qualified staff, and help with daily activities such as bathing, dressing and mobility -- but not 24-hour skilled nursing care. That distinction matters when a parent's needs change: an RCF has admission and retention limits, and a resident whose needs exceed them will typically need to move to a Comprehensive Care Facility (Indiana's nursing-home license) instead. Ask any community directly which license it holds and what happens if care needs increase, rather than assuming the marketing term 'assisted living' tells you the legal category.
