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 12-80 - Bath, toilet facilities, and ventilation

(a) All bathing and handwashing facilities for children shall be provided with hot and cold running water. The child caring institution shall use automatic hot water control valves that maintain the hot water temperature at the point of use between one hundred degrees Fahrenheit (100°F) and one hundred twenty degrees Fahrenheit (120°F).

(b) The group home shall have at least two (2) bathrooms furnished with a sink, toilet, and a shower or tub.

(c) The group home shall provide separate bathrooms for boys and girls.

(d) If fewer than seven (7) children of the same gender and nonresident awake night staff are present, the group home may have a minimum of one (1) fully equipped bathroom for children and one (1) half-bathroom for staff use.

(e) All group homes shall provide resident staff with bath and toilet facilities separate from those of the children.

(f) Each toilet shall be provided with toilet tissue which is dispensed in a sanitary manner.

(g) All windows which open, doors not equipped with panic hardware or equivalent, ventilators, and other outside openings shall be protected against insects by at least sixteen (16) mesh screening which is securely fastened as the season requires.