§ 12-17.2-2-1 — Duties of division

Indiana § 12-17.2-2-1

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 17.2: DAY CARE REGULATION
• Ch. 2: General Powers and Duties of the Division

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The division shall perform the following
duties:
(1) Administer the licensing and monitoring of child care centers
or child care homes in accordance with this article.
(2) Ensure that a national criminal history background check of
the following is completed through the state police department
under IC 10-13-3-39 before issuing a license:
(A) An applicant for a license.
(B) An employee or volunteer of an applicant who may be
present on the premises of the child care center or child care
home during the operating hours of the child care center or
child care home.
(C) If an applicant is applying for a license to operate a child
care home, the following:
(i) The applicant's spouse.
(ii) The applicant's household members who are at least
eighteen (18) years of age or who are less than eighteen (18)
years of age but have previously been waived from juvenile
court to adult court.
(3) Ensure that a national criminal history background check of
the following is completed through the state police department
under IC 10-13-3-39 before registering a child care ministry:
(A) An applicant for a child care ministry registration.
(B) An employee or volunteer of an applicant who may be
present on the premises of the child care ministry during the
operating hours of the child care ministry.
(4) Provide for the issuance, denial, suspension, and revocation of
licenses.
(5) Cooperate with governing bodies of child care centers and
child care homes and their staffs to improve standards of child
care.
(6) Prepare at least biannually a directory of licensees with a
description of the program capacity and type of children served
that will be distributed to the legislature, licensees, and other
interested parties as a public document.
(7) Deposit all license application fees collected under section 2
of this chapter in the division of family resources child care fund
established by section 3 of this chapter.
(8) Require each child care center or child care home to record
proof of a child's date of birth before accepting the child. A child's
date of birth may be proven by the child's original birth certificate
or other reliable proof of the child's date of birth, including a duly
attested transcript of a birth certificate.
(9) Provide a website through which members of the public may
obtain the following information:
(A) Information concerning violations of this article by a
licensed child care provider, including:
(i) the identity of the child care provider;
(ii) the date of the violation; and
(iii) action taken by the division in response to the violation.
(B) Current status of a child care provider's license.
(C) Other relevant information.
The website may not contain the address of a child care home or
information identifying an individual child. However, the website
may include the county and ZIP code in which a child care home
is located.
(10) Provide or approve training concerning safe sleeping
practices for children to:
(A) a provider who operates a child care program in the
provider's home as described in IC 12-17.2-3.5-12.5;
(B) a child care home licensed under IC 12-17.2-5;
(C) a child care center licensed under IC 12-17.2-4; and
(D) a child care ministry registered under IC 12-17.2-6;
including practices to reduce the risk of sudden infant death
syndrome.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-1993, SEC.141. Amended by P.L.12-1994, SEC.6; P.L.241-2003, SEC.5; P.L.162-2005, SEC.1; P.L.16-2006, SEC.1; P.L.145-2006, SEC.91; P.L.1-2009, SEC.105; P.L.287-2013, SEC.4; P.L.53-2018, SEC.4; P.L.121-2020, SEC.1; P.L.1-2025, SEC.171.