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
Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law
31-9-2-0.2. Application of Certain Amendments to Prior Law
31-9-2-0.5. "Abandoned Infant"
31-9-2-4. "Adoption Assistance State"
31-9-2-5.5. "Adoption Subsidy"
31-9-2-8.5. "Age or Developmentally Appropriate"
31-9-2-9.5. "Appropriate Public Authorities"
31-9-2-9.9. "At-Risk Child" or "At-Risk Children"
31-9-2-12.5. "Central Authority"
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"
31-9-2-16.4. "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"
31-9-2-18. "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"
31-9-2-22.1. "Concurrent Planning"
31-9-2-22.5. "Conduct a Criminal History Check"
31-9-2-23.8. "Contact Preference Form"
31-9-2-24. "Controlled Substance"
31-9-2-24.3. "Convention Support Order"
31-9-2-24.5. "Costs of Secure Detention"
31-9-2-28. "Court Appointed Special Advocate"
31-9-2-29.5. "Crime Involving Domestic or Family Violence"
31-9-2-35.5. "De Facto Custodian"
31-9-2-38. "Delinquent Juvenile"
31-9-2-39. "Dependent Child" or "Neglected Child"
31-9-2-39.5. "Destitute Child"
31-9-2-39.8. "Diagnostic Assessment"
31-9-2-41. "Dissolution Decree"
31-9-2-42. "Domestic or Family Violence"
31-9-2-42.3. "Drug or Alcohol Screen Test"
31-9-2-43.2. "Early Intervention Advocate"
31-9-2-43.5. "Emergency Medical Services Provider"
31-9-2-44. "Executive Authority"
31-9-2-44.1. "Exigent Circumstances"
31-9-2-44.5. "Family or Household Member"
31-9-2-44.8. "Family Preservation Services"
31-9-2-45.9. "Final Agency Action"
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"
31-9-2-46.9. "Foster Family Home"
31-9-2-48.3. "Grandparent Visitation"
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"
31-9-2-54. "Identifying Information"
31-9-2-54.5. "Incapacitated Person"
31-9-2-58. "Income Withholding Order"
31-9-2-59.5. "Initial Determination"
31-9-2-61. "Initiating Tribunal"
31-9-2-63. "Intended Biological Parent"
31-9-2-64. "Interested Person"
31-9-2-64.7. "Issuing Foreign Country"
31-9-2-67. "Joint Legal Custody"
31-9-2-71. "Juvenile Detention Facility"
31-9-2-71.5. "Juvenile Diversion"
31-9-2-72.7. "Kinship Care Navigator Program"
31-9-2-74. "Law Enforcement Agency"
31-9-2-76.5. "Long Term Foster Parent"
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"
31-9-2-79. "Medical Information"
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"
31-9-2-86.5. "Office of Administrative Law Proceedings"
31-9-2-87.5. "Outside This State"
31-9-2-88.7. "Permanency Roundtable"
31-9-2-90. "Person Acting as Parent"
31-9-2-93. "Pre-Adoptive Sibling"
31-9-2-94. "Preliminary Inquiry"
31-9-2-95. "Premarital Agreement"
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"
31-9-2-99. "Prosecuting Attorney"
31-9-2-99.2. "Prospective Adoptive Parent"
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"
31-9-2-103.7. "Regional Services Council"
31-9-2-105. "Registering Tribunal"
31-9-2-107.5. "Relocating Individual"
31-9-2-109.5. "Residential Placement Committee"
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"
31-9-2-113.7. "Secure Detention Facility"
31-9-2-115. "Secure Private Facility"
31-9-2-116.5. "Services or Items"
31-9-2-117. "Shelter Care Facility"
31-9-2-118. "Spousal Support Order"
31-9-2-120. "State Department"
31-9-2-123.5. "Successful Adulthood Services"
31-9-2-123.7. "Supervised Independent Living Arrangement"
31-9-2-124. "Support Enforcement Agency"
31-9-2-127. "Surrogate Agreement"
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"
31-9-2-131.3. "Ultimate Authority of the Department"
31-9-2-131.5. "United States Central Authority"
31-9-2-131.7. "Unlicensed Caregiver"
31-9-2-133. "Victim of Child Abuse or Neglect"
31-9-2-133.1. "Victim of Human or Sexual Trafficking"