Record check by department of child services under exigent circumstances; transmittal of report copy; providing fingerprints; removal of child for failure to provide fingerprints; compliance with federal law; contesting denial of placement; fee
Ind. Code § 10-13-3-27.5
in effectSec. 27.5. (a) If:
(1) exigent circumstances require the emergency placement of a child; and
(2) the department will be unable to obtain criminal history information from the Interstate Identification Index before the emergency placement is scheduled to occur;
upon request of the department of child services established by IC 31-25-1-1, a caseworker, or a juvenile probation officer, the department may conduct a national name based criminal history record check of each individual who is at least eighteen (18) years of age and who is currently residing in the location designated as the out-of-home placement at the time the child will reside in the location. The department shall promptly transmit a copy of the report it receives from the Interstate Identification Index to the agency or person that submitted a request under this section.
(b) After the department of child services, the caseworker, or the juvenile probation officer receives the results of the national name based criminal history record check and before the maximum period allowed under federal law has elapsed, the department of child services, the caseworker, or the juvenile probation officer shall provide the department with a complete set of fingerprints for each individual who is at least eighteen (18) years of age and who is currently residing in the location designated as the out-of-home placement at the time the child will be placed in the location. The department shall:
(1) use fingerprint identification to positively identify each individual whose fingerprints are provided to the department under this subsection; or
(2) submit the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation not later than fifteen (15) calendar days after the date on which the national name based criminal history record check was conducted.
The child shall be removed from the location designated as the out-of-home placement if an individual who is at least eighteen (18) years of age and who is currently residing in the location designated as the out-of-home placement at the time the child will reside in the location fails to provide a complete set of fingerprints to the department of child services, the caseworker, or the juvenile probation officer.
(c) The department and the person or agency that provided fingerprints shall comply with all requirements of 42 U.S.C. 5119a and any other applicable federal law or regulation regarding:
(1) notification to the subject of the check; and
(2) the use of the results obtained based on the check of the person's fingerprints.
(d) If an out-of-home placement is denied as the result of a national name based criminal history record check, an individual who is the subject of the name based criminal history record check may contest the denial by submitting to the department of child services, the caseworker, or the juvenile probation officer:
(1) a complete set of the individual's fingerprints; and
(2) written authorization permitting the department of child services, the caseworker, or the juvenile probation officer to forward the fingerprints to the department for submission to the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
not later than five (5) days after the out-of-home placement is denied.
(e) The:
(1) department; and
(2) Federal Bureau of Investigation;
may charge a reasonable fee for processing a national name based criminal history record check. The department shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to establish a reasonable fee for processing a national name based criminal history record check and for collecting fees owed under this subsection.
(f) The:
(1) department of child services, for an out-of-home placement arranged by a caseworker or the department of child services; or
(2) juvenile court, for an out-of-home placement ordered by the juvenile court;
shall pay the fee described in subsection (e), arrange for fingerprinting, and pay the costs of fingerprinting, if any.
As added by P.L.234-2005, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.145-2006, SEC.28; P.L.146-2006, SEC.3; P.L.138-2007, SEC.1; P.L.205-2013, SEC.168.
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://iga.in.gov/laws/2026/ic/titles/10Fetched: 10/17/2026