Authority: IC 12-13-5-3

Affected: IC 12-17.2-4

Sec. 55. (a) Any person, while on child care center premises, shall not engage in or direct any of the following actions toward children:

1. (1) Inflict corporal punishment in any manner upon a child's body.
2. (2) Hit, spank, beat, shake, pinch, or any other measure that produces physical discomfort.
3. (3) Cruel, harsh, unusual, humiliating, or frightening methods of discipline, including threatening the use of physical punishment.
4. (4) Placement in a locked or dark room.
5. (5) Public or private humiliation, yelling, or abusive or profane language.

(b) Staff shall not associate disciplinary action or rewards with rest.

(c) Staff shall not associate disciplinary action with food or use food as a reward.

(d) Staff shall not associate disciplinary action or humiliate a child in regard to toileting.

(e) Caregivers shall not:

1. (1) use time out for any child less than three (3) years of age;
2. (2) use time out for any purpose other than to enable the child to regain control;

3. (3) physically restrain children except:

   1. (A) when it is necessary to ensure their own safety or that of others; and
   2. (B) only for as long as is necessary for control of the situation; and

(4) use punishment to correct unacceptable behavior.

(Division of Family Resources; 470 IAC 3-4.7-55; filed Aug 11, 2003, 3:00 p.m.: 27 IR 133; errata filed Nov 7, 2003, 2:45 p.m.: 27 IR 1184; 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)