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Ind. Code § 31-19-2-7.2

Prohibition on immunization as condition for adoption; penalties for violation

As added by P.L.45-2023, SEC.2.

Sec. 7.2. (a) A licensed child placing agency may not:

(1) require, as a condition for obtaining an adoption, that an individual or a member of the individual's household receive an immunization; or

(2) discriminate against an individual with respect to:

(A) the immunization status of; or

(B) a refusal to receive an immunization by;

the individual or a member of the individual's household.

(b) If a licensed child placing agency knowingly violates this section, the department may:

(1) issue a warning to the child placing agency;

(2) place the child placing agency's license on probationary status; or

(3) terminate the child placing agency license.

(c) Nothing in this section prohibits a licensed child placing agency from making placement decisions based on the individual needs of a medically fragile child or on biological parental preferences.

Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.