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Title 465 - DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SERVICESArticle 2 - CHILD WELFARE SERVICES
Rule 465 IAC 2-12 - Children's Homes and Child Caring Institutions Defined as Group Homes
Section 465 IAC 2-12-76 - Building, grounds, and equipment

465 Ind. Admin. Code 2-12-76

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Section 465 IAC 2-12-76 - Building, grounds, and equipment

Authority: IC 12-13-5-3

Affected: IC 12-17.4

Sec. 76.

(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.

465 IAC 2-12-76

Department of Child Services; 465 IAC 2-12-76; filed Jun 27, 1991, 12:00 p.m.: 14 IR 2042; readopted filed Jul 12, 2001, 1:40 p.m.: 24 IR 4235; readopted filed Nov 27, 2007, 6:52 a.m.: 20071226-IR-465070551RFA; readopted filed November 26, 2013, 4:02 p.m.: 20131225-IR-465130459RFA
Readopted filed 10/10/2019, 10:42 a.m.: 20191106-IR-465190320RFA

Transferred from the Division of Family Resources ( 470 IAC 3-14-76) to the Department of Child Services ( 465 IAC 2-12-76) by P.L. 234-2005, SECTION 195, effective July 1, 2005.