Ind. Code § 31-9-2-16.6

Current through P.L. 171-2024

Section 31-9-2-16.6 - "Child care worker"

"Child care worker", for purposes of IC 31-33, means an individual who:

(1) is:

(A) employed, other than self-employed as an owner; or

(B) actively seeking employment;

with an agency, facility, or home described in section 31(b)(2) of this chapter;

(2) is a child caregiver; or

(3) has, or will have, direct contact with a child to whom the individual is not a relative (as defined in section 107(c)(1) through 107(c)(11) of this chapter) on a regular and continuing basis through current employment with any agency, facility, or home that provides:

(A) child care; or

(B) services to, or for the benefit of, a child who is a victim of child abuse or neglect (as described in section 14(c) of this chapter).

IC 31-9-2-16.6

Added by P.L. 77-2023,SEC. 3, eff. 7/1/2023.