Indiana Administrative Code
Title 465 - DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SERVICES
Article 2 - CHILD WELFARE SERVICES
Rule 10 - Emergency Shelter Care Children's Homes and Child Caring Institutions
Section 10-40 - Admission
Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 12-13-5-3
Affected: IC 12-17.4
Sec. 40.
(a) Admission policies shall be clearly defined and stated in writing. These policies shall clearly define categories of children which will not be accepted into care.
(b) The child caring institution shall have and make written notation of the following information at the time of admission:
(c) Within seventy-two (72) hours, or on the next working day of admission, the child caring institution shall have the following information:
(d) When a child is unaccompanied by a placing agency or parent at the time of admission, the child caring institution shall attempt to get the information required under subsection (b) but shall not deny admission to a child solely on the inability to document this information.
(e) The child caring institution shall document efforts to notify the parent, guardian, or placing agency as applicable of the admission of the child within twenty-four (24) hours of the child's admission, if possible. If the parent cannot be located, the shelter shall notify the local child protection service within twenty-four (24) hours.
Transferred from the Division of Family Resources ( 470 IAC 3-12-40 ) to the Department of Child Services ( 465 IAC 2-10-40 ) by P.L. 234-2005, SECTION 195, effective July 1, 2005.