Access to information
Sec. 6. Upon request, a person or an organization may have access
to information contained in the registry as follows:
(1) A law enforcement agency or the department may have
access to a substantiated report.
(2) A person may have access to information consisting of an
identifiable notation of a conviction arising out of a report of
child abuse or neglect.
(3) Upon submitting written verification of an application for
employment or a consent for release of information signed by
a child care provider, a person or an agency may obtain the
following information contained in the child abuse registry
regarding an individual who has applied for employment or
volunteered for services in a capacity that would place the
individual in a position of trust with children less than eighteen
(18) years of age or regarding a child care provider who is
providing or may provide child care for the person's child:
(A) Whether a child was found by a court to be a child in
need of services based on a report of child abuse or neglect
naming the applicant, volunteer, or child care provider as the
alleged perpetrator.
(B) Whether criminal charges were filed against the
applicant, volunteer, or child care provider based on a report
of child abuse or neglect naming the applicant, volunteer, or
child care provider as the alleged perpetrator.
(C) Whether a court has issued an arrest warrant for the
applicant, volunteer, or child care provider based on a report
of child abuse or neglect in which the applicant, volunteer,
or child care provider is named as the alleged perpetrator.
(4) A person may have access to whatever information is
contained in the registry pertaining to the person, with
protection for the identity of:
(A) the person who reports the alleged child abuse or
neglect; and
(B) any other appropriate person.
(5) A person or an agency to whom child abuse and neglect
reports are available under IC 31-33-18 may also have access to
information contained in the registry.
(6) If a child care provider provides child care in the provider's
home, upon submitting a consent for release of information
signed by an individual who is at least eighteen (18) years of
age, who resides with the child care provider, and who may
have direct contact with children for whom the provider
provides child care, a person may obtain the following
information contained in the child abuse registry regarding the
individual:
(A) Whether a child was found by a court to be a child in
need of services based on a report of child abuse or neglect
naming the individual as the alleged perpetrator.
(B) Whether criminal charges were filed against the
individual based on a report of child abuse or neglect naming
the individual as the alleged perpetrator.
(C) Whether a court has issued an arrest warrant for the
individual based on a report of child abuse or neglect in
which the individual is named as the alleged perpetrator.
(7) The department may use the following information
contained in the registry regarding an individual described in
IC 12-17.2-3.5-4.1(a) for purposes of determining the eligibility
of a child care provider to receive a voucher payment (as
defined in IC 12-17.2-3.5-3):
(A) Whether a child has been found by a court to be a child
in need of services based on a report of child abuse or
neglect naming the individual as the alleged perpetrator.
(B) Whether criminal charges have been filed against the
individual based on a report of child abuse or neglect naming
the individual as the alleged perpetrator.
(C) Whether a court has issued an arrest warrant for the
individual based on a report of child abuse or neglect in
which the individual is named as the alleged perpetrator.
The department may not disclose information used in
connection with the department's activities under this
subdivision.
As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.36-2001, SEC.3;
P.L.109-2002, SEC.13; P.L.18-2003, SEC.33; P.L.234-2005,
SEC.149.
Last modified: May 24, 2006