Indiana Administrative Code
Title 465 - DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SERVICES
Article 2 - CHILD WELFARE SERVICES
Rule 12 - Children's Homes and Child Caring Institutions Defined as Group Homes
Section 12-73 - Health requirements for children
Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 12-13-5-3
Affected: IC 12-17.4
Sec. 73.
(a) The child caring institution shall obtain from the placing agency or placing parent a statement indicating whether or not the child has, to the best of the applicant's knowledge, been exposed to a communicable disease within three (3) weeks prior to the date of admission.
(b) Each child shall receive a health examination by a licensed physician within three (3) months prior to admission, or not later than two (2) weeks after admission. The examination shall include the following:
(c) Each child shall receive a dental examination from a licensed dentist as follows:
(d) Any treatment or corrective measures required by the licensed physician or dentist shall be arranged by the child caring institution, as approved by a parent, legal guardian, or placing agency.
(e) The child caring institution, after attempting to determine the child's immunization history, shall ensure that each child has received all immunizations and booster shots which are required by the SBH.
(f) All children shall be immunized against routine childhood diseases unless exempted by a licensed physician's statement.
(g) A child may be exempted from immunizations against routine childhood diseases upon the good faith religious belief statement of the parent or guardian.
(h) The adequate immunizing doses and the child's age for administering each vaccine shall be those recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics or by the United States Public Health Service Immunization Practices Advisory Committee.
(i) Adequate documentation of an immunization history shall consist of one (1) of the following:
(j) If a licensed physician certifies in writing that a particular immunization required in this section is, or may be, detrimental to the child's health, the requirements for that particular immunization are not applicable for that child until the immunization is found no longer detrimental to the child's health.
(k) The child caring institution shall maintain a health record for each child. The record shall include the following:
Transferred from the Division of Family Resources ( 470 IAC 3-14-73 ) to the Department of Child Services ( 465 IAC 2-12-73 ) by P.L. 234-2005, SECTION 195, effective July 1, 2005.