Authority: IC 12-13-5-3; IC 12-17.2-3.5-15

Affected: IC 12-17.2-3.5

Sec. 22. (a) The verifying agency shall conduct at least an annual inspection of the facility for any provider applying for participation in the CCDF voucher program.

(b) An announced or unannounced inspection shall be conducted any time during the facility's hours of operation.

(c) Activities may include on-site inspections, record review, observation, and interviews.

(d) The verifying agency shall require that evidence of compliance with this rule be presented in a form and manner specified by this rule.

(e) The CCDF program provider shall maintain and make available verification of the following:

1. (1) A current list of all employees and individuals providing care.
2. (2) A current list of all persons living in a child care home.
3. (3) A current list of all children cared for at the facility.
4. (4) Records documenting that all employees and volunteer caregivers have complied with the requirements of this rule.
5. (5) Records documenting that all household members have complied with the requirements of this rule.
6. (6) Parent or custodial adult contact information for each child in the provider's care.
7. (7) Records documenting that all children have received complete age appropriate immunizations.

8. (8) Emergency assistance telephone numbers posted near the telephone that include the following:

   1. (A) Police.
   2. (B) Fire.
   3. (C) Ambulance.
   4. (D) Poison control.
9. (9) Documentation that water is from an approved water source.
10. (10) Records of continuous phone service.
11. (11) A posted record of monthly fire drills.
12. (12) A posted plan for notification of serious injury/death of a provider.
13. (13) A posted plan for emergency evacuation or shelter route or routes in case of fire or severe weather.

(f) Failure of a provider to allow the verifying agency access to their facility may result in a denial or decertification from the CCDF program.

(Division of Family Resources; 470 IAC 3-18-22; filed Oct 14, 2004, 2:50 p.m.: 28 IR 955; readopted filed Oct 24, 2007, 11:25 a.m.: 20071121-IR-470070448RFA; readopted filed Aug 23, 2013, 3:36 p.m.: 20130918-IR-470130306RFA; readopted filed Nov 13, 2019, 11:56 a.m.: 20191211-IR-470190490RFA)