§ 31-27-3-29 — Investigations of noncompliance; injunctions; corrective action plans; removal of children; informal meetings

Indiana § 31-27-3-29

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 27: CHILD SERVICES: REGULATION OF
• Ch. 3: Regulation of Child Caring Institutions

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(a) The department shall investigate a report
of a licensed child caring institution's noncompliance with this article
or the rules adopted under this article. If there is reasonable cause to
believe that a licensee's noncompliance with this article and rules
adopted under this article creates an imminent danger of serious bodily
injury to a child or an imminent danger to the health of a child, the
department shall report the department's findings to the attorney
general and to the local office and the prosecuting attorney in the
county where the institution is located.
(b) The attorney general or the department may do the following:
(1) Seek the issuance of a search warrant to assist in the
investigation.
(2) File an action for injunctive relief to stop the operation of a
child caring institution if there is reasonable cause to believe that
a licensee's noncompliance with this article or the rules adopted
under this article creates an imminent danger of serious bodily
injury to a child or an imminent danger to the health of a child.
(c) The department may require a plan of corrective action,
including a hold on new placements, for emergency protection of the
children described in subsection (b).
(d) The department may provide for the removal of children from
child caring institutions described in subsection (b).
(e) An opportunity for an informal meeting with the department
shall be available after the injunctive relief is ordered.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.145-2006, SEC.273. Amended by P.L.128-2012, SEC.104.