Indiana Code Title 12. Human Services § 12-11-16-2

Sec. 2. (a) The division shall establish and maintain a direct support professional registry to be made available to authorized division personnel and authorized service providers.  The registry must:

(b) The division shall establish the following:

(c) Beginning January 1, 2026, and thereafter, an individual may not provide direct support services as a direct support professional in Indiana unless the individual is registered by the division for the registry under this chapter.

(d) The division shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 necessary to implement the registry, including the establishment of definitions and levels for substantiated abuse, neglect, and exploitation, the highest of which is the minimum the division must report to the registry.

(e) The division shall report to the registry a substantiated incident that meets the criteria established according to subsection (d).

(f) An employee of the division who reports a substantiated incident that meets the criteria established according to subsection (d) to the registry in good faith is not subject to liability in:

action that might otherwise be imposed for reporting the information.

(g) Beginning twelve (12) months after the registry is implemented, the division shall post monthly on the division's website the total number of individuals registered under the registry.

(h) The division shall present the information required to be posted under subsection (g) to the division of disability and rehabilitative services advisory council at least quarterly.