465 IAC 2-2-8 Records and reports

Sec. 8. Records and Reports. (a) Each child-placing agency shall maintain records in a systematic manner, which shall include financial records, statistical records, an index of the exact location of each child in the care of the agency, and an index of all case and foster home records, and all case records and foster home records shall be kept in locked metal or fire-resistive files. (b) Each child-placing agency shall also maintain a case record on each child or family of children in the care of the child-placing agency, which record shall include: a face sheet giving all identifying information; health record showing history of diseases, immunizations, physical examinations and treatment; consent for emergency operations and use of anaesthetics; identifying information on placements of the child. Each case record shall also include a narrative record giving the social information which was secured at intake; reasons for accepting the child for placement; reasons for making specific plans for a child; reasons for changes in plans or changes in placements; development and adjustment of the child in placement; work with the child's family; supervision of the child in placement in foster care; reasons for discharge of the child from the care of the agency. Each case record shall also include any reports of psychological examinations or psychiatric consultations or interviews, school records, or legal papers or written agreements with relatives or other agencies. (c) Each child-placing agency shall maintain a record for each foster home used by the child-placing agency which shall include: application; report of the study of the foster family; record of the child or children placed in the home; regular evaluations of the use of the foster home. Sec. 14, Ch. 185, Acts 1945; Burns 22-2429