Indiana Code
Chapter 2. Definitions
31-9-2-22.5. "Conduct a Criminal History Check"

Sec. 22.5. "Conduct a criminal history check", for purposes of IC 31-19, IC 31-26, IC 31-27, IC 31-28, IC 31-33, IC 31-34, IC 31-37, and IC 31-39-2-13.5, means to:
(1) request:
(A) the state police department to conduct a:
(i) fingerprint based criminal history background check of both national and state records data bases concerning a person who is at least eighteen (18) years of age in accordance with IC 10-13-3-27 and IC 10-13-3-39; or
(ii) national name based criminal history record check (as defined in IC 10-13-3-12.5) of a person who is at least eighteen (18) years of age as provided by IC 10-13-3-27.5; or
(B) if an individual has:
(i) a physical disability that prevents fingerprinting and a person approved by the department who is trained to take fingerprints or a qualified medical practitioner (as defined in IC 31-9-2-100.5) verifies that the individual has a disabling condition that prevents fingerprinting; or
(ii) low quality fingerprints, as a result of age, occupation, or otherwise, that prevent fingerprint results from being obtained and the individual's fingerprints have been rejected the required number of times by automated fingerprint classification equipment or rejected by a person designated by the Indiana state police department to examine and classify fingerprints;
the state police department to conduct a national name based criminal history record check (as defined in IC 10-13-3-12.5) or request the state police department to release or allow inspection of a limited criminal history (as defined in IC 10-13-3-11) and the state police in every state the individual has resided in the past five (5) years to release or allow inspection of the state's criminal history;
(2) collect each substantiated report of child abuse or neglect reported in a jurisdiction where a probation officer, a caseworker, or the department of child services has reason to believe that a person who is fourteen (14) years of age or older, or a person for whom a fingerprint based criminal history background check is required under IC 31, resided within the previous five (5) years;
(3) conduct a check of the national sex offender registry maintained by the United States Department of Justice for all persons who are at least fourteen (14) years of age; and
(4) conduct a check of local criminal records in every jurisdiction where a person who is at least eighteen (18) years of age has resided within the previous five (5) years unless the department of child services or a court grants an exception to conducting this check.
As added by P.L.234-2005, SEC.81. Amended by P.L.145-2006, SEC.183; P.L.138-2007, SEC.13; P.L.162-2011, SEC.5; P.L.104-2015, SEC.7; P.L.25-2017, SEC.2; P.L.243-2019, SEC.3.

Structure Indiana Code

Indiana Code

Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law

Article 9. Definitions

Chapter 2. Definitions

31-9-2-0.2. Application of Certain Amendments to Prior Law

31-9-2-0.3. "Abandoned"

31-9-2-0.4. "Abandoned Child"

31-9-2-0.5. "Abandoned Infant"

31-9-2-0.7. "Account"

31-9-2-0.8. "Active Duty"

31-9-2-0.9. "Act of Rape"

31-9-2-1. "Actual Notice"

31-9-2-2. "Adoptee"

31-9-2-3. "Adoption"

31-9-2-4. "Adoption Assistance State"

31-9-2-5. "Adoption History"

31-9-2-5.5. "Adoption Subsidy"

31-9-2-6. "Adoptive Parent"

31-9-2-7. "Adult"

31-9-2-8. "Advisory Board"

31-9-2-8.5. "Age or Developmentally Appropriate"

31-9-2-9. "Alleged Father"

31-9-2-9.3. "Applicant"

31-9-2-9.4. "Application"

31-9-2-9.5. "Appropriate Public Authorities"

31-9-2-9.6. "Assessment"

31-9-2-9.7. "Assistance"

31-9-2-9.9. "At-Risk Child" or "At-Risk Children"

31-9-2-10. "Birth Parent"

31-9-2-10.3. "Blind"

31-9-2-10.6. "Board"

31-9-2-10.8. "Bureau"

31-9-2-10.9. Repealed

31-9-2-11. "Caseworker"

31-9-2-11.1. "Case"

31-9-2-12. "Center"

31-9-2-12.5. "Central Authority"

31-9-2-13. "Child"

31-9-2-14. "Child Abuse or Neglect"

31-9-2-14.5. "Child at Imminent Risk of Placement"

31-9-2-15. "Child Born in Wedlock"

31-9-2-16. "Child Born Out of Wedlock"

31-9-2-16.3. "Child Care"

31-9-2-16.4. "Child Caregiver"

31-9-2-16.5. "Child Care Provider"

31-9-2-16.7. "Child Caring Institution"

31-9-2-16.8. "Child Custody Determination"

31-9-2-16.9. "Child Custody Proceeding"

31-9-2-17. "Child in Need of Services"

31-9-2-17.5. "Child Placing Agency"

31-9-2-17.8. "Child Services"

31-9-2-18. "Child Support Guidelines"

31-9-2-19. "Child Support Order"

31-9-2-19.3. "Child Welfare Agency"

31-9-2-19.5. "Child Welfare Services"

31-9-2-19.6. "Child Welfare Program"

31-9-2-20. "Child With a Disability"

31-9-2-20.3. "Child With Special Needs"

31-9-2-20.5. "Commencement"

31-9-2-21. Repealed

31-9-2-22. "Compact"

31-9-2-22.1. "Concurrent Planning"

31-9-2-22.5. "Conduct a Criminal History Check"

31-9-2-23. Repealed

31-9-2-23.7. "Contact"

31-9-2-23.8. "Contact Preference Form"

31-9-2-24. "Controlled Substance"

31-9-2-24.2. "Convention"

31-9-2-24.3. "Convention Support Order"

31-9-2-24.5. "Costs of Secure Detention"

31-9-2-25. "Council"

31-9-2-26. Repealed

31-9-2-27. "Court"

31-9-2-28. "Court Appointed Special Advocate"

31-9-2-29. "Crime"

31-9-2-29.5. "Crime Involving Domestic or Family Violence"

31-9-2-29.7. Repealed

31-9-2-30. "Custodial Parent"

31-9-2-31. "Custodian"

31-9-2-32. Repealed

31-9-2-33. Repealed

31-9-2-34. Repealed

31-9-2-35. Repealed

31-9-2-35.5. "De Facto Custodian"

31-9-2-36. "Delinquent"

31-9-2-37. "Delinquent Child"

31-9-2-38. "Delinquent Juvenile"

31-9-2-38.5. "Department"

31-9-2-39. "Dependent Child" or "Neglected Child"

31-9-2-39.5. "Destitute Child"

31-9-2-39.7. "Detention Tool"

31-9-2-39.8. "Diagnostic Assessment"

31-9-2-40. "Director"

31-9-2-40.5. "Direct Request"

31-9-2-41. "Dissolution Decree"

31-9-2-41.2. Repealed

31-9-2-42. "Domestic or Family Violence"

31-9-2-42.3. "Drug or Alcohol Screen Test"

31-9-2-43. "Duty of Support"

31-9-2-43.2. "Early Intervention Advocate"

31-9-2-43.3. Repealed

31-9-2-43.5. "Emergency Medical Services Provider"

31-9-2-43.8. "Evaluator"

31-9-2-44. "Executive Authority"

31-9-2-44.1. "Exigent Circumstances"

31-9-2-44.3. Repealed

31-9-2-44.5. "Family or Household Member"

31-9-2-44.8. "Family Preservation Services"

31-9-2-45. "Family Services"

31-9-2-45.9. "Final Agency Action"

31-9-2-46. "Final Separation"

31-9-2-46.1. "Foreign Central Authority"

31-9-2-46.2. "Foreign Country"

31-9-2-46.3. "Foreign Support Agreement"

31-9-2-46.4. "Foreign Support Order"

31-9-2-46.5. "Financial Institution"

31-9-2-46.6. "Foreign Tribunal"

31-9-2-46.7. "Foster Care"

31-9-2-46.9. "Foster Family Home"

31-9-2-47. "Foster Parent"

31-9-2-47.6. "Fund"

31-9-2-48. "Governor"

31-9-2-48.3. "Grandparent Visitation"

31-9-2-48.5. "Group Home"

31-9-2-49. "Guardian"

31-9-2-50. "Guardian Ad Litem"

31-9-2-51. "Hard to Place Child" or "Hard to Place Children"

31-9-2-52. "Health Care Provider"

31-9-2-53. "Home State"

31-9-2-54. "Identifying Information"

31-9-2-54.5. "Incapacitated Person"

31-9-2-54.7. "Incarceration"

31-9-2-55. "Includes"

31-9-2-56. "Income"

31-9-2-57. "Income Payor"

31-9-2-58. "Income Withholding Order"

31-9-2-58.3. "Index"

31-9-2-58.5. Repealed

31-9-2-59. Repealed

31-9-2-59.5. "Initial Determination"

31-9-2-60. Repealed

31-9-2-61. "Initiating Tribunal"

31-9-2-62. "Intake Officer"

31-9-2-63. "Intended Biological Parent"

31-9-2-64. "Interested Person"

31-9-2-64.5. "Issuing Court"

31-9-2-64.7. "Issuing Foreign Country"

31-9-2-65. "Issuing State"

31-9-2-66. "Issuing Tribunal"

31-9-2-67. "Joint Legal Custody"

31-9-2-68. "Judge"

31-9-2-69. "Juvenile"

31-9-2-70. "Juvenile Court"

31-9-2-71. "Juvenile Detention Facility"

31-9-2-71.5. "Juvenile Diversion"

31-9-2-72. "Juvenile Law"

31-9-2-72.5. Repealed

31-9-2-72.6. Repealed

31-9-2-72.7. "Kinship Care Navigator Program"

31-9-2-73. "Law"

31-9-2-74. "Law Enforcement Agency"

31-9-2-75. "Legal Settlement"

31-9-2-76. "Legend Drug"

31-9-2-76.3. "Licensee"

31-9-2-76.4. Repealed

31-9-2-76.5. "Long Term Foster Parent"

31-9-2-76.6. "Local Office"

31-9-2-76.7. "Lifetime Sex or Violent Offender"

31-9-2-76.8. "Local Law Enforcement Authority"

31-9-2-77. "Maternal or Paternal Grandparent"

31-9-2-78. "Medical History"

31-9-2-79. "Medical Information"

31-9-2-80. Repealed

31-9-2-80.5. Repealed

31-9-2-80.8. "Modification"

31-9-2-81. Repealed

31-9-2-81.5. "Monitor"

31-9-2-82. "Neglected Child" or "Dependent Child"

31-9-2-83. "Noncustodial Parent"

31-9-2-84. "Nonidentifying Information"

31-9-2-84.6. "Nonrelocating Individual"

31-9-2-84.7. "Nonrelocating Parent"

31-9-2-84.8. "Nonwaivable Offense"

31-9-2-85. "Obligee"

31-9-2-86. "Obligor"

31-9-2-86.5. "Office of Administrative Law Proceedings"

31-9-2-87. "Omission"

31-9-2-87.5. "Outside This State"

31-9-2-88. "Parent"

31-9-2-88.5. "Parenting Time"

31-9-2-88.7. "Permanency Roundtable"

31-9-2-89. "Person"

31-9-2-90. "Person Acting as Parent"

31-9-2-91. "Petitioner"

31-9-2-92. "Physical Custody"

31-9-2-92.5. "Plan"

31-9-2-93. "Pre-Adoptive Sibling"

31-9-2-94. "Preliminary Inquiry"

31-9-2-95. "Premarital Agreement"

31-9-2-95.5. Repealed

31-9-2-96. "Prior Family Law and Juvenile Law"

31-9-2-97. "Probation or Parole"

31-9-2-97.4. "Professional Health Care Provider"

31-9-2-97.6. "Project"

31-9-2-98. "Property"

31-9-2-99. "Prosecuting Attorney"

31-9-2-99.2. "Prospective Adoptive Parent"

31-9-2-99.3. "Provider"

31-9-2-99.7. "Public Welfare"

31-9-2-100. "Putative Father"

31-9-2-100.5. "Qualified Medical Practitioner"

31-9-2-101. "Reason to Believe"

31-9-2-101.5. "Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard"

31-9-2-102. "Receiving State"

31-9-2-102.5. "Recipient"

31-9-2-102.7. "Record"

31-9-2-103. Repealed

31-9-2-103.6. "Region"

31-9-2-103.7. "Regional Services Council"

31-9-2-104. "Register"

31-9-2-105. "Registering Tribunal"

31-9-2-106. "Registry"

31-9-2-106.5. Repealed

31-9-2-107. "Relative"

31-9-2-107.5. "Relocating Individual"

31-9-2-107.7. "Relocation"

31-9-2-108. "Residence"

31-9-2-109. "Residence State"

31-9-2-109.5. "Residential Placement Committee"

31-9-2-110. "Respondent"

31-9-2-111. "Responding State"

31-9-2-112. "Responding Tribunal"

31-9-2-112.3. "Restorative Justice"

31-9-2-112.5. "Risk and Needs Assessment Tool"

31-9-2-112.8. "Risk Screening Tool"

31-9-2-113. Repealed

31-9-2-113.5. "School"

31-9-2-113.7. "Secure Detention Facility"

31-9-2-114. "Secure Facility"

31-9-2-115. "Secure Private Facility"

31-9-2-116. "Sending State"

31-9-2-116.4. "Services"

31-9-2-116.5. "Services or Items"

31-9-2-117. "Shelter Care Facility"

31-9-2-117.3. "Sibling"

31-9-2-117.5. Repealed

31-9-2-118. "Spousal Support Order"

31-9-2-119. "State"

31-9-2-120. "State Department"

31-9-2-121. "State Registrar"

31-9-2-121.5. Repealed

31-9-2-122. Repealed

31-9-2-122.5. "Steve System"

31-9-2-123. "Substantiated"

31-9-2-123.5. "Successful Adulthood Services"

31-9-2-123.7. "Supervised Independent Living Arrangement"

31-9-2-124. "Support Enforcement Agency"

31-9-2-125. "Support Order"

31-9-2-126. "Surrogate"

31-9-2-127. "Surrogate Agreement"

31-9-2-128. Repealed

31-9-2-129. "Team"

31-9-2-129.5. "Therapeutic Foster Family Home"

31-9-2-130. "Title Iv-D Agency"

31-9-2-130.2. "Title Iv-D Case"

31-9-2-130.3. "Transitional Services Plan"

31-9-2-130.5. "Tribe"

31-9-2-131. "Tribunal"

31-9-2-131.3. "Ultimate Authority of the Department"

31-9-2-131.5. "United States Central Authority"

31-9-2-131.7. "Unlicensed Caregiver"

31-9-2-132. "Unsubstantiated"

31-9-2-133. "Victim of Child Abuse or Neglect"

31-9-2-133.1. "Victim of Human or Sexual Trafficking"

31-9-2-134. "Voluntary Information"

31-9-2-134.5. "Wardship"

31-9-2-135. "Warrant"

31-9-2-136. "Youth Service Bureau"