Sec. 31. (a) "Custodian", for purposes of the juvenile law, means a person with whom a child resides. (b) "Custodian", for purposes of IC 31-34-1 , includes any person who is: (1) a license applicant or licensee of: (A) a foster home or residential child care facility that is required to be licensed or is licensed under IC 31-27 ; (B) a child care center that is required to be licensed or is licensed under IC 12-17.2-4 ; or (C) a child care home that is required to be licensed or is licensed under IC 12-17.2-5 ; (2) a person who is responsible for care, supervision, or welfare of children while providing services as an owner, operator, director, manager, supervisor, employee, or volunteer at: (A) a home, center, or facility described in subdivision (1); (B) a child care ministry, as defined in IC 12-7-2-28.8 , that is exempt from licensing requirements and is registered or required to be registered under IC 12-17.2-6 ; (C) a home, center, or facility of a child care provider, as defined in IC 12-7-2-149.1 (5); (D) a home, center, or facility that is the location of a program that provides child care, as defined in section 16.3 of this chapter, to serve migrant children and that is exempt from licensing under IC 12-17.2-2-8 (6), whether or not the program is certified as described in IC 12-17.2-2-9 ; or (E) a school, as defined in section 113.5 of this chapter; (3) a child caregiver, as defined in section 16.4 of this chapter; (4) a member of the household of the child's noncustodial parent; or (5) an individual who has or intends to have direct contact, on a regular and continuing basis, with a child for whom the individual provides care and supervision. [Pre-1997 Recodification Citations: subsection (a) formerly 31-6-1-6 part; 31-6-1-14; subsection (b) formerly 31-6-4-3(c).]
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