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2020 Indiana Code
Title 31. Family Law and Juvenile Law
Article 28. Child Services: Foster Care and Placement of Children
Chapter 3. Medical Passport Program for Child Receiving Foster Care
31-28-3-3. Issuance and Maintenance of Passport

Universal Citation:
IN Code § 31-28-3-3 (2020)
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Sec. 3. (a) The local office shall issue the medical passport to a foster child when the child is placed in foster care. The passport must remain with the child until:

(1) the child is returned to the natural parents;

(2) the child is adopted; or

(3) a legal guardian is appointed for the child.

(b) When a child is placed under subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2) or a legal guardian is appointed for a child under subsection (a)(3), the medical passport shall be returned to the local office that issued the passport.

(c) The local office shall provide the medical passport to the child or the child's legal guardian after the child in need of services case or collaborative care case is closed.

As added by P.L.145-2006, SEC.274. Amended by P.L.128-2012, SEC.150; P.L.104-2015, SEC.26.

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