Sec. 7. (a) Subject to subsection (b), the department may notify a child care worker’s employer that a substantiated report for child abuse or neglect has been entered against the child care worker if the department:

(1) enters a new substantiated report against an individual that the department knows to be a child care worker (as defined in IC 31-9-2-16.6); and

(2) knows the identity of the child care worker’s employer.

     (b) If the department concludes that the health or safety of a child will be potentially endangered if the child care worker has continuing unsupervised contact with a child, the department shall notify the child care worker’s employer that a substantiated report has been entered against the child care worker not more than two (2) business days after entering the child care worker’s name into the child protection index.

As added by P.L.77-2023, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.170-2023, SEC.9.