§ 12-17.2-2-15 — Multi-site child care center licenses

Indiana § 12-17.2-2-15

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

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(a) Not later than June 30, 2026, the
division shall establish an organizational license category for multi-site
child care centers operating under one (1) owner.
(b) In establishing the license category under subsection (a), the
division shall do the following:
(1) Allow an owner to make a single license application for one
(1) or more child care centers and assign each owner's license a
unique license number.
(2) Allow an owner to pay a single licensure fee even if applying
for multiple child care center locations, which must be equal to
the fee that the owner would pay for each separate child care
license under section 2 of this chapter.
(3) Assign each owner a separate location number for each
facility.
(4) Monitor each facility separately by location number to ensure
that each facility separately meets important health and safety
standards.
(5) Inspect each location number separately for compliance,
create separate plans of correction for each location number, and
provide location number based enforcement that does not affect
the other location numbers.
(6) Provide maximum flexibility to an owner when the owner is
considering adding new locations to serve a community's need for
licensed child care.
(7) Reduce redundancy in the application process for an owner.
(8) Reduce the administrative burden to the state in reviewing
multiple licenses for a single owner.
(9) Consider the maximum efficiencies for the organizational
license holder to drive down operational costs for the child care
center owner.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.160-2025, SEC.3.