§ 8-514.05 – Foster care provider and department access to child health information; consent to treatment
8-514.05. Foster care provider and department access to child health information; consent to treatment A. If a health plan, a health care provider licensed or certified pursuant to title 32 or title XIX of the social security act or a health care institution licensed pursuant to title 36, chapter 4 has provided or is providing […]
§ 8-514.06 – Out-of-home placement; documents; definition
8-514.06. Out-of-home placement; documents; definition A. If a child who is in the custody of the department and who is at least sixteen years of age is placed in out-of-home placement, the out-of-home placement provider: 1. Within sixty days after placement, shall obtain and provide the child access to the documents if the out-of-home placement […]
§ 8-514.07 – Kinship foster care; relative identification and notification
8-514.07. Kinship foster care; relative identification and notification A. If a child is taken into temporary custody, as part of the ongoing search, the department shall use due diligence in an initial search to identify and notify adult relatives of the child and persons with a significant relationship with the child within thirty days after […]
§ 8-514.08 – Educational decisions; parent contact information; inability to locate
8-514.08. Educational decisions; parent contact information; inability to locate A. If a child in the custody of the department is in out-of-home care and is receiving or in need of services pursuant to title 15, chapter 7, article 4, the department shall promptly notify the child’s public education agency of the name and contact information […]
§ 8-509.01 – Prospective foster parent’s blindness; burden of proof; specific written findings; definitions
8-509.01. Prospective foster parent’s blindness; burden of proof; specific written findings; definitions A. The department may not refuse to license a foster home based on a prospective foster parent’s blindness, if the foster home otherwise qualifies for licensure. B. If a prospective foster parent’s blindness is alleged to have a detrimental impact on the operation […]
§ 8-515 – Time limits on placement in receiving home; court orders
8-515. Time limits on placement in receiving home; court orders A. In the absence of a juvenile court order, a child shall not remain in a receiving foster home for a period of more than three weeks. B. Juvenile court orders extending receiving foster home placement beyond three weeks shall be reviewed by the juvenile […]
§ 8-510 – Acceptance of children by agency
8-510. Acceptance of children by agency A. A licensed child welfare agency may accept any child of a class, age and sex specified in its license, from the child’s parent, guardian or relative, or a child which is lawfully committed thereto, and shall care for and control the child until discharged to its parent, relative […]
§ 8-515.01 – Local foster care review boards; appointment; exclusions; terms; training; compensation; meetings
8-515.01. Local foster care review boards; appointment; exclusions; terms; training; compensation; meetings A. The presiding judge of the juvenile court in each county shall establish local foster care review boards for the review of cases of children who are in out-of-home placement and who are the subject of a dependency action to assist in the […]
§ 8-511 – Short-term caregiver
8-511. Short-term caregiver A. Except as prescribed in subsection B, if circumstances require a foster parent to leave a foster child in the care of another person, the foster parent shall: 1. Use reasonable judgment in the foster parent’s choice of an adult to provide the care. 2. Notify the department case manager before the […]
§ 8-515.02 – Case assignment; distribution of records
8-515.02. Case assignment; distribution of records A. The juvenile court in each county shall assign cases of children in out-of-home placement to a local board so that local boards are assigned an approximately equal number of children. In a case where a child resides in a county other than the resident county of the child’s […]