Indiana Administrative Code
Title 465 - DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SERVICES
Article 2 - CHILD WELFARE SERVICES
Rule 9 - Children's Homes and Child Caring Institutions
Section 9-46 - Child's records
Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 12-13-5-3
Affected: IC 12-17.4
Sec. 46.
(a) The child caring institution shall maintain a record of the following information for each child admitted:
(b) The child caring institution shall keep case records confidential and shall safeguard against the possibility of loss by fire, theft, or destruction.
(c) Staff entries in case records shall be dated and signed.
(d) The child caring institution shall keep each child's case record for at least five (5) years after the child is discharged. For records older than five (5) years, the child caring institution shall retain at least the information required in subsection (a)(1) through (a)(5), (a)(10), (a)(12), and (a)(20).
Transferred from the Division of Family Resources ( 470 IAC 3-11-46 ) to the Department of Child Services ( 465 IAC 2-9-46 ) by P.L. 234-2005, SECTION 195, effective July 1, 2005.