Indiana Administrative Code
Title 465 - DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SERVICES
Article 2 - CHILD WELFARE SERVICES
Rule 13 - Children's Homes and Child Caring Institutions Defined as Emergency Shelter Care Group Homes
Section 13-75 - Building, grounds, and equipment

Universal Citation: 465 IN Admin Code 13-75

Current through March 20, 2024

Authority: IC 12-13-5-3

Affected: IC 12-17.4

Sec. 75.

(a) The building of the child caring institution shall conform to the requirements in this section and have the approval of the SBH.

(b) The building of the child caring institution shall not be located where any conditions exist that would be hazardous to the physical or moral welfare of the children.

(c) The child caring institution shall be equipped with a proper heating plant and capacity sufficient to maintain all housing units at a temperature of not less than sixty-eight degrees Fahrenheit (68°F) under severest weather conditions. Thermostatic control shall be maintained where feasible.

(d) A child caring institution shall provide safe and protected outdoor playground space.

(e) The child caring institution shall provide indoor and outdoor play equipment. The equipment shall be safe, repaired as needed, and shall be sufficiently varied to meet the needs of the children according to age, size, and social development.

Transferred from the Division of Family Resources ( 470 IAC 3-15-75 ) to the Department of Child Services ( 465 IAC 2-13-75 ) by P.L. 234-2005, SECTION 195, effective July 1, 2005.

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