§ 31-33-18-7 — Notice to employer of child care worker who is subject of substantiated report

Indiana § 31-33-18-7

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 33: JUVENILE LAW: REPORTING AND
• Ch. 18: Disclosure of Reports; Confidentiality Requirements

Text

(a) Subject to subsection (b), the department
may notify a child care worker's employer that a substantiated report
for child abuse or neglect has been entered against the child care
worker if the department:
(1) enters a new substantiated report against an individual that the
department knows to be a child care worker (as defined in IC 31-9-2-16.6); and
(2) knows the identity of the child care worker's employer.
(b) If the department concludes that the health or safety of a child
will be potentially endangered if the child care worker has continuing
unsupervised contact with a child, the department shall notify the child
care worker's employer that a substantiated report has been entered
against the child care worker not more than two (2) business days after
entering the child care worker's name into the child protection index.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.77-2023, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.170-2023, SEC.9.