IC 20-27-9-11: Day care center and nonprofit agency; use of school bus

Sec. 11. (a) As used in this section, "day care center" means an institution operated primarily for the purpose of providing:

(1) care;

(2) maintenance; or

(3) supervision and instruction;

to children who are less than six (6) years of age and are separated from their parent for more than four (4) hours but less than twenty-four (24) hours a day for at least ten (10) consecutive workdays.

(b) A:

(1) day care center; or

(2) nonprofit agency with primary responsibility for the habilitation or rehabilitation of persons with a developmental or physical disability;

may own, operate, lease, or contract for a school bus that meets the color, equipment, and other requirements of the committee.

(c) The school bus must be used only for the purpose of transporting:

(1) persons in the care of the day care center or agency; and

(2) supervisors of those persons;

to and from educational, social, recreational, or occupational functions.

(d) If an entity described in subsection (b) acquires:

(1) a school bus; or

(2) the use of a school bus;

authorized under subsection (b), each driver of the school bus authorized by the entity must comply with the requirements imposed upon persons transporting students under IC 20-27-8 in order to be certified by the department as a school bus driver.