Sec. 18.5. (a) Upon receiving a report under IC 31-36-1-4, a child care center shall thoroughly inspect the report. If the child care center finds that a child on the report required under IC 31-36-1-4 is enrolled at the child care center, the child care center shall immediately notify the Indiana clearinghouse for information on missing children and missing endangered adults.

(b) Upon receiving a report under IC 31-36-1-4, a child care center shall attach a notice to the child's enrollment records stating that the child has been reported missing. The child care center shall remove the notice when the center is notified under IC 31-36-2-6 that the child has been found.

(c) If a request for the enrollment records of a missing child is received, the child care center shall:

(1) obtain:

(A) the name, address, and telephone number of the person making the request; and

(B) the reason that the person is requesting the school records; and

(2) immediately notify the Indiana clearinghouse for information on missing children and missing endangered adults.

(d) The child care center may not issue a copy of the enrollment records of a child reported missing without authorization from the Indiana clearinghouse for information on missing children and missing endangered adults and may not inform the person making the request that a notice that the child has been reported missing has been attached to the child's records.

As added by P.L.12-1994, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.1-1997, SEC.67; P.L.43-2009, SEC.14.