Authority: IC 12-13-5-3

Affected: IC 12-17.2-4

Sec. 39. (a) Written records shall be maintained for all injuries that occur while children are under the care of child care center caregivers, both on and off premises.

(b) On the day of occurrence, caregivers shall inform parents of minor injuries when they pick up their child. Minor injury reports shall be kept in the child's individual file or in a separate minor injury reporting file and shall be recorded showing the following:

1. (1) The date and time of the injury.
2. (2) How the injury occurred.
3. (3) A description of the injury.
4. (4) The treatment administered.

(c) Caregivers shall immediately report serious injury verbally to the parent. Caregivers shall record these injuries on forms supplied by the division and distributed as follows:

1. (1) One (1) copy of the report given to the parents.
2. (2) One (1) copy kept in the child's individual file.
3. (3) One (1) copy sent to the division.

(Division of Family Resources; 470 IAC 3-4.7-39; filed Aug 11, 2003, 3:00 p.m.: 27 IR 129; 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)