Sec. 18.5. (a) Upon receiving a report under IC 31-36-1-4, a child care center shall thoroughly inspect the report. If the child care center finds that a child on the report required under IC 31-36-1-4 is enrolled at the child care center, the child care center shall immediately notify the Indiana clearinghouse for information on missing children and missing endangered adults.
(b) Upon receiving a report under IC 31-36-1-4, a child care center shall attach a notice to the child's enrollment records stating that the child has been reported missing. The child care center shall remove the notice when the center is notified under IC 31-36-2-6 that the child has been found.
(c) If a request for the enrollment records of a missing child is received, the child care center shall:
(1) obtain:
(A) the name, address, and telephone number of the person making the request; and
(B) the reason that the person is requesting the school records; and
(2) immediately notify the Indiana clearinghouse for information on missing children and missing endangered adults.
(d) The child care center may not issue a copy of the enrollment records of a child reported missing without authorization from the Indiana clearinghouse for information on missing children and missing endangered adults and may not inform the person making the request that a notice that the child has been reported missing has been attached to the child's records.
As added by P.L.12-1994, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.1-1997, SEC.67; P.L.43-2009, SEC.14.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 17.2. Day Care Regulation
Chapter 4. Regulation of Child Care Centers
12-17.2-4-1. Operation of Center Without Proper Licensure; Prohibition
12-17.2-4-2. Conditions for Licensing; Waivers and Variances
12-17.2-4-3. Applying for a License; National Criminal History Background Check
12-17.2-4-3.1. Maintenance of Electronic Mail Address
12-17.2-4-3.3. Meet Certain Requirements by July 1, 2014
12-17.2-4-4.1. Safe Sleeping Practices; Violations; Penalties
12-17.2-4-5. Grounds for Denial of License Applications
12-17.2-4-6. Incomplete Applications
12-17.2-4-7. Investigations of Applicants
12-17.2-4-8. Issuance of Licenses
12-17.2-4-9. Eligibility for Variances
12-17.2-4-10. Denial of Licenses
12-17.2-4-11. Investigation of Unlicensed Premises
12-17.2-4-12. Expiration, Transferability, Display, and Renewal of Licenses; Other Information
12-17.2-4-13. Provisional Licenses
12-17.2-4-14. Probationary Licenses
12-17.2-4-15.5. Licensure of Montessori Programs
12-17.2-4-16. Cooperation by Licensees
12-17.2-4-17. Unscheduled Visits by Parents and Guardians
12-17.2-4-17.5. Supervision of Children
12-17.2-4-18.5. Duties of Child Care Centers Regarding Missing Child Reports
12-17.2-4-18.7. Violations Posing Immediate Threat to Life or Well-Being of Child; Orders
12-17.2-4-19. Notice of Enforcement Actions; Informal Meetings
12-17.2-4-20. Administrative Hearings
12-17.2-4-21. Procedure for Administrative Hearings
12-17.2-4-22. Issuance of Decisions
12-17.2-4-23. Cessation of Operations Upon Suspension of License
12-17.2-4-24. Reinstatement of Suspended Licenses
12-17.2-4-25. Actions of Division Following Suspensions of Licenses
12-17.2-4-26. Cessation of Operations Upon Revocation of License
12-17.2-4-27. Notice of License Revocation or Suspension
12-17.2-4-30. Expiration of Injunctions for Operation Without a License
12-17.2-4-31. Expiration of Injunctions for Creation of Imminent Danger
12-17.2-4-32. Grounds for Revocation of Licenses
12-17.2-4-33. Disciplinary Sanctions
12-17.2-4-34. Civil Penalty for Violation of Article
12-17.2-4-35. Violations of Chapter
12-17.2-4-36. Investigation of Abuse or Neglect; Child Care Center