Sec. 1.5. (a) The division shall require all child care centers or child care homes to submit a report containing the names and birth dates of all children who are enrolled in the child care center or child care home within three (3) months from the date the child care center or child care home accepts its first child, upon receiving the consent of the child's parent, guardian, or custodian as required under subsection (b). The division shall require all child care centers and child care homes that receive written consent as described under subsection (b) to submit a monthly report of the name and birth date of each additional child who has been enrolled in or withdrawn from the child care center or child care home during the preceding thirty (30) days.
(b) The division shall require all child care centers or child care homes to request whether the child's parent, guardian, or custodian desires the center or home to include the child's name and birth date in the reports described under subsection (a) before enrolling the child in the center or home. No child's name or birth date may be included on the report required under subsection (a) without the signed consent of the child's parent, guardian, or custodian. The consent form must be in the following form:
"I give my permission for _____________________ (name of day care center or home) to report the name and birth date of my child or children to the division of family resources pursuant to IC 12-17.2-2-1.5.
Name of child ____________________________________
Birth date _______________________________________
Signature of parent, guardian, or custodian
_______________________________________________
Date ____________________________________________".
(c) The division shall submit a monthly report of the information provided under subsection (a) to the Indiana clearinghouse for information on missing children and missing endangered adults established under IC 10-13-5.
(d) The division shall require that a person who transports children who are in the care of the child care center on a public highway (as defined in IC 9-25-2-4) within or outside Indiana in a vehicle designed and constructed for the accommodation of more than ten (10) passengers must comply with the same requirements set forth in IC 20-27-9-12 for a public elementary or secondary school or a preschool operated by a school corporation.
As added by P.L.12-1994, SEC.7. Amended by P.L.278-2001, SEC.1; P.L.2-2003, SEC.41; P.L.1-2005, SEC.135; P.L.145-2006, SEC.92; P.L.43-2009, SEC.13.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 17.2. Day Care Regulation
Chapter 2. General Powers and Duties of the Division
12-17.2-2-1. Duties of Division
12-17.2-2-2. Powers of Division
12-17.2-2-3. Division of Family Resources Child Care Fund
12-17.2-2-4. Child Care Center Licensing and Inspection Rules
12-17.2-2-5. Child Care Ministry Inspection Rules
12-17.2-2-5.5. Administrative Rules and Policy Statements
12-17.2-2-6. Monitoring of Licensed Entities
12-17.2-2-7. Investigation of Complaints
12-17.2-2-8. Licensure Exemptions
12-17.2-2-9. Migrant Children's Programs
12-17.2-2-10. Variances and Waivers
12-17.2-2-11. Expiration of Variances and Waivers
12-17.2-2-12. Renewal of Variances and Waivers
12-17.2-2-13. Revocation of Variances and Waivers