Sec. 15. (a) The department shall expunge a substantiated report contained within the index not later than ten (10) working days after any of the following occurs: (1) A court having jurisdiction over a child in need of services proceeding determines that child abuse or neglect has not occurred. (2) An administrative hearing officer under this chapter has issued a recommendation regarding a child abuse or neglect report and the ultimate authority of the department has issued a written final agency action determining that the report is unsubstantiated. (3) A court having juvenile jurisdiction enters an order for expungement of the report under IC 31-33-27-5 . (b) The department shall amend a substantiated report contained in the index by deleting the name of an alleged perpetrator if: (1) a court having jurisdiction over a child in need of services proceeding; or (2) the ultimate authority of the department, after issuance of a recommendation by an administrative hearing officer under this chapter; finds that the person was not a perpetrator of the child abuse or neglect that occurred.
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