Sec. 33. (a) The department shall investigate a report of an unlicensed group home and report the department's findings to the attorney general and to the local office and the prosecuting attorney in the county where the group home is located.
(b) The attorney general or the department may do the following:
(1) Seek the issuance of a search warrant to assist in the investigation.
(2) File an action for injunctive relief to stop the operation of a group home if there is reasonable cause to believe that the group home is operating without a license required under this article.
(3) Seek in a civil action a civil penalty not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) a day for each day a group home is operating without a license required under this article.
(c) An opportunity for an informal meeting with the department shall be available after injunctive relief is ordered under subsection (b)(2).
(d) The civil penalties collected under this section shall be deposited in the department of child services child care fund established by IC 31-25-2-16.
As added by P.L.145-2006, SEC.273. Amended by P.L.1-2007, SEC.204; P.L.128-2012, SEC.128.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law
Article 27. Child Services: Regulation of Residential Child Care
Chapter 5. Regulation of Group Homes
31-27-5-1. Group Home Operation; Necessity for License; Number of Children and Location of Home
31-27-5-2. Conditions for Issuance of License
31-27-5-3. Group Home Plat or Deed Restrictions
31-27-5-4. Application for License; Criminal History Checks
31-27-5-5. Establishment of County Group Home; Operation
31-27-5-6. Grounds for Denial of License Application; Waiver
31-27-5-7. Incomplete Applications
31-27-5-8. Investigation of Applicants
31-27-5-9. Issuance of License
31-27-5-10. Eligibility of Waivers and Variances
31-27-5-11. Waiver of Maximum Group Home Stay
31-27-5-13. Investigation of Unlicensed Premises
31-27-5-14. Duration of License; Limitations; Renewal; Public Display
31-27-5-15. Probationary Status; Duration; Expiration; Extension
31-27-5-17. Cooperation by Licensees
31-27-5-17.5. Use of Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard
31-27-5-19. Notice of Enforcement Actions; Informal Meetings
31-27-5-20. Administrative Hearings
31-27-5-21. Procedure for Administrative Hearings
31-27-5-26. Cessation of Operation Upon Revocation of License
31-27-5-30. Expiration of Injunctions for Noncompliance
31-27-5-31. Grounds for Revocation of License; Waiver
31-27-5-32. Compliance With Rules; Disciplinary Sanctions; Revocation of License
31-27-5-33. Investigation of Unlicensed Group Homes; Injunctions; Civil Penalties
31-27-5-34. Expiration of Injunctions for Unlicensed Operation