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IC 31-27
    ARTICLE 27. CHILD SERVICES: REGULATION OF RESIDENTIAL CHILD CARE

IC 31-27-1
     Chapter 1. Applicability

IC 31-27-1-1
Application
    
Sec. 1. This article does not apply to the following:
        (1) A child caring institution, foster family home, group home, or child placing agency licensed or operated by any of the following:
            (A) Programs for children in kindergarten through grade 12 that are operated under the authority of the department of education or that are operated with the assistance of the department of education.
            (B) The division of mental health and addiction.
            (C) The state department of health.
            (D) The department of correction.
        (2) A person who has received a child for adoption.
        (3) A county jail or detention center.
As added by P.L.145-2006, SEC.273.

IC 31-27-1-2
Legalization of issuance of certain licenses
    
Sec. 2. Any license issued to a foster home, day care home, day care center, child caring institution, or children's home that:
        (1) was issued before July 1, 1988, without the approval of the state board of health; and
        (2) otherwise was issued in compliance with IC 12-3-2 (before its repeal, later codified at IC 12-17-4, before its repeal), as effective before July 1, 1988;
is legalized and validated.
As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.507.