(a) The department may place a licensee on probationary status if the licensee is temporarily unable to comply with a rule and if:(1) the noncompliance does not present an immediate threat to the health and well-being of the children in the care of the licensee;(2) the licensee files a plan with the department, the Indiana department of health, or the state fire marshal to correct the areas of noncompliance within the probationary period; and(3) the department, the Indiana department of health, or the state fire marshal approves the plan.(b) A probationary status period is for not more than six (6) months. However, the department may extend a probationary status period for one (1) additional period of six (6) months.(c) At the expiration of a probationary status period, the department shall:(1) reactivate the license to the end of the original term of the license;(2) extend the probationary status period as permitted in subsection (b); or(3) revoke the license.As added by P.L.145-2006, SEC.273. Amended by P.L.146-2006, SEC.36; P.L.56-2023, SEC.303.
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