§ 12-17.2-4-18.5 — Duties of child care centers regarding missing child reports

Indiana § 12-17.2-4-18.5

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 17.2: DAY CARE REGULATION
• Ch. 4: Regulation of Child Care Centers

Text

5. (a) Upon receiving a report under IC 31-36-1-4, a child care center shall thoroughly inspect the report. If the
child care center finds that a child on the report required under IC 31-36-1-4 is enrolled at the child care center, the child care center shall
immediately notify the Indiana clearinghouse for information on
missing children, missing veterans at risk, and missing endangered
adults.
(b) Upon receiving a report under IC 31-36-1-4, a child care center
shall attach a notice to the child's enrollment records stating that the
child has been reported missing. The child care center shall remove the
notice when the center is notified under IC 31-36-2-6 that the child has
been found.
(c) If a request for the enrollment records of a missing child is
received, the child care center shall:
(1) obtain:
(A) the name, address, and telephone number of the person
making the request; and
(B) the reason that the person is requesting the school records;
and
(2) immediately notify the Indiana clearinghouse for information
on missing children, missing veterans at risk, and missing
endangered adults.
(d) The child care center may not issue a copy of the enrollment
records of a child reported missing without authorization from the
Indiana clearinghouse for information on missing children, missing
veterans at risk, and missing endangered adults and may not inform the
person making the request that a notice that the child has been reported
missing has been attached to the child's records.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.12-1994, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.1-1997, SEC.67; P.L.43-2009, SEC.14; P.L.40-2024, SEC.22.