Sec. 14.7. A person employed, appointed, or under contract with a state agency, who works with or around children, shall be dismissed (after the appropriate pre-deprivation procedure has occurred) if that person is, or has ever been, convicted of any of the following:

(1) Rape (IC 35-42-4-1), if the victim is less than eighteen (18) years of age.

Attorney's Note

Under the Indiana Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Level 4 felonybetween 2 and 12 yearsup to $10,000
For details, see Ind. Code § 35-50-2-5.5

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 4-13-2-14.7

  • agency: refers to every officer, board, commission, department, division, bureau, committee, employee, and other instrumentality of the state, including: state hospitals, state penal institutions, and other state institution enterprises and activities wherever located, except, unless specifically included, the following:

    Indiana Code 4-13-2-1

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • minor: means a person less than eighteen (18) years of age. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(2) Criminal deviate conduct (IC 35-42-4-2) (before its repeal), if the victim is less than eighteen (18) years of age.

(3) Child molesting (IC 35-42-4-3).

(4) Child exploitation (IC 35-42-4-4(b) or IC 35-42-4-4(c)).

(5) Vicarious sexual gratification (IC 35-42-4-5).

(6) Child solicitation (IC 35-42-4-6).

(7) Child seduction (IC 35-42-4-7).

(8) Sexual misconduct with a minor (IC 35-42-4-9) as a Class A or Class B felony (for a crime committed before July 1, 2014) or a Level 1, Level 2, or Level 4 felony (for a crime committed after June 30, 2014).

(9) Incest (IC 35-46-1-3), if the victim is less than eighteen (18) years of age.

As added by P.L.11-1994, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.12-1994, SEC.1; P.L.228-2001, SEC.1; P.L.214-2013, SEC.1; P.L.158-2013, SEC.59; P.L.168-2014, SEC.6; P.L.13-2016, SEC.1.