§ 37-5-513. Inspection of Persons or Entities Providing Child Care
It is the duty of the department, through its duly authorized agents, to inspect at regular intervals, without previous notice, all child care agencies or suspected child care agencies, as defined in § 37-5-501. The department is given the right of entrance, privilege of inspection, access to accounts, records, and information regarding the whereabouts of […]
§ 37-5-514. Violations of Licensing Regulations — Probation, Suspension, Denial and Revocation of Licenses — Appeal Procedures
If any complaint is made to the department concerning any alleged violation of the laws or regulations governing a child care agency, the department shall investigate such complaint and shall take such action as it deems necessary to protect the children in the care of such agency. If, during the licensing period, the department determines […]
§ 37-5-515. Board of Review for Licensing Actions
Actions by the department to deny or revoke or to otherwise limit any license, except for the summary suspension of a license, shall be reviewed by the child care agency board of review established pursuant to title 71, chapter 3, part 5.
§ 37-5-516. Licensing Standards Committees
The commissioner shall appoint a standards committee composed of twelve (12) citizens, three (3) from each grand division of the state, and three (3) at-large for the purpose of developing or reviewing standards and regulations for each class of child care agency defined in this part. The classes of child care agencies regulated by the […]
§ 37-5-517. Individual Plans — Reports
An agency shall prepare a written plan for each child in foster care and each child placed in its care by voluntary agreement. Such plans shall be prepared at the time a child comes under the supervision of the agency. Such plan shall be subject to review by the department. Failure to prepare such a […]
§ 37-5-518. Annual Reports of Child Care Agencies
Each child care agency shall make an annual report of its work to the department in such reasonable form as the department shall prescribe. The department shall prepare and supply to all child care agencies the necessary printed forms to record the requested information.
§ 37-5-505. Receiving Children
Child caring institutions, and child placing agencies, family boarding homes, group care homes or foster homes, when licensed in accordance with this part, may receive needy or dependent children from their parents or legal guardians for special, temporary or continued care. The parents or guardians may sign releases or agreements giving to such institutions or […]
§ 37-5-506. Selection and Supervision of Foster Homes
Child placing agencies, in placing children in private families, shall safeguard their welfare by a thorough investigation of each applicant and its home and its environment, carefully select the home in which the child is placed, and personally and adequately supervise each home and child until the child is legally adopted or released. All children […]
§ 37-5-507. Unlicensed Placement of Children for Care or Adoption
Private individuals, including midwives, physicians, nurses, hospital officials, lawyers and the officials of any nonchartered or nonlicensed child caring institution, child placing agency, or maternity home, are forbidden to engage in placing children for temporary care or for adoption. A violation of this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
§ 37-5-508. Injunctions Against Unlicensed Operations
The department may, in accordance with the laws of the state of Tennessee governing injunctions, maintain an action in the name of the state of Tennessee to enjoin any person, partnership, association, corporation or other entity from establishing, conducting, managing or operating any place or facility providing services to children without having a license as […]