IC 31-27-5-15 — Probationary status; duration; expiration; extension
Chapter 5. Regulation of Group Homes
Bills amending this section
Section text
Sec. 15. (a) The department may place a licensee on probationary status if the licensee is temporarily unable to comply with a rule and if: (1) the noncompliance does not present an immediate threat to the health and well-being of the children in the care of the licensee; (2) the licensee files a plan with the department or the Indiana department of health to correct the areas of noncompliance within the probationary period; and (3) the department or the Indiana department of health approves the plan. (b) A probationary status period is for not more than six (6) months. However, the department may extend a probationary status period for one (1) additional period of six (6) months. (c) At the expiration of a probationary status period, the department shall: (1) reactivate the license to the end of the original term of the license; (2) extend the probationary status period as permitted in subsection (b); or (3) revoke the license.
As added by P.L.145-2006, SEC.273. Amended by P.L.146-2006, SEC.36; P.L.56-2023, SEC.303; P.L.28-2026, SEC.44.
Source: official publisher (2026 edition)