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Texas Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 27,2024) |
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TITLE 26. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES |
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PART 1. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION |
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CHAPTER 749. MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES |
| SUBCHAPTER A. PURPOSE AND SCOPE |
| § 749.1. What is the purpose of this chapter? |
| § 749.3. Who is responsible for complying with the rules of this chapter? |
| SUBCHAPTER B. DEFINITIONS AND SERVICES |
| DIVISION 1. DEFINITIONS |
| § 749.41. What do certain pronouns mean in this chapter? |
| § 749.43. What do certain words and terms mean in this chapter? |
| DIVISION 2. SERVICES |
| § 749.61. What types of services does Licensing regulate? |
| § 749.63. Can I provide each type of service that Licensing regulates? |
| § 749.65. What children are eligible to participate in a transitional living program? |
| § 749.67. What are the requirements for a transitional living program? |
| § 749.69. What is an "independent living program"? |
| § 749.71. May I have an independent living program? |
| SUBCHAPTER C. ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION |
| DIVISION 1. PLANS AND POLICIES REQUIRED DURING THE APPLICATION PROCESS |
| § 749.101. What plans must I submit for Licensing's approval as part of the application process? |
| § 749.103. What policies and procedures must I submit for Licensing's approval as part of the application process? |
| § 749.105. What are the requirements for my personnel policies and procedures? |
| § 749.107. What must my conflict of interest policies include? |
| § 749.109. What must my admission policies include? |
| § 749.111. What must my placement policies include? |
| § 749.113. What child-care policies must I develop? |
| § 749.115. What emergency behavior intervention policies must I develop if my foster homes are permitted to use emergency behavior intervention? |
| § 749.117. What are the requirements for my discipline policies for children in care? |
| § 749.119. What foster care policies must I develop? |
| § 749.121. What policies must I develop concerning the rights and responsibilities of the child-placing agency and foster parents? |
| § 749.123. What policies must I develop regarding foster parents who provide treatment services to a child with primary medical needs? |
| § 749.125. What policies must I develop for foster parents who offer a transitional living program? |
| § 749.127. What policies must I develop for babysitters, overnight care providers, and respite care providers? |
| § 749.129. What policies must I develop for a legal risk placement program for foster-adoptive families? |
| § 749.131. What policies must I develop if I offer adoption services? |
| § 749.133. What policies must I develop if I use volunteers? |
| § 749.135. What abuse and neglect policies must I develop? |
| § 749.136. What suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention policy must I have? |
| § 749.137. What is the model suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention policy? |
| § 749.138. What are the general requirements for an agency's policies and procedures? |
| § 749.139. What requirements must I follow when adopting my child-placing agency's plans, policies, and procedures? |
| § 749.141. Can Licensing cite my agency for a deficiency if I fail to operate according to my approved plans, policies, and procedures? |
| DIVISION 2. OPERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND NOTIFICATIONS |
| § 749.151. What are my operational responsibilities? |
| § 749.153. What changes must I notify Licensing about regarding my child-placing agency? |
| § 749.154. What is my timeframe for filling my child-placing agency administrator position if it becomes vacant while I do not have a back-up administrator to carry out the administrator duties? |
| § 749.155. What are the liability insurance requirements? |
| § 749.157. What are acceptable reasons not to have liability insurance? |
| § 749.159. When must I notify parents that I do not carry liability insurance? |
| DIVISION 3. GENERAL FISCAL REQUIREMENTS |
| § 749.161. What are my fiscal requirements? |
| DIVISION 4. FISCAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ADOPTION AGENCIES |
| § 749.191. What type of financial report must I submit to Licensing if I provide adoption services? |
| § 749.193. May I make payments for adoption referrals? |
| § 749.195. What types of fees may I collect prior to the completion and approval of a home study? |
| § 749.197. For adoption services, what fee policies must I have? |
| § 749.199. Must I charge the same fees for all adoptions? |
| DIVISION 5. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO BIRTH MOTHERS |
| § 749.231. What financial assistance may I provide for a birth mother? |
| § 749.233. During what period of time may I provide financial assistance to a birth mother? |
| § 749.235. How do I determine the birth mother's need for financial assistance? |
| § 749.237. How do I document financial assistance that I provide for a birth mother? |
| § 749.239. May I provide cash payments to birth mothers? |
| § 749.241. If a birth mother decides not to relinquish a child for adoption, may I require her to repay my agency or the adoptive parent for expenses and services incurred? |
| § 749.243. May I provide foster care services free of charge or at a reduced rate to a birth mother that needs time to make a decision about adoptive placement? |
| § 749.245. If a birth mother's needs are met through existing resources, can I disrupt that arrangement? |
| DIVISION 6. FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY/PASS-THROUGH EXPENSES |
| § 749.271. May I require adoptive families to reimburse me for expenses incurred by the birth mother? |
| § 749.273. What must I do if I pass through expenses to adoptive families? |
| DIVISION 7. BRANCH OFFICES |
| § 749.301. What is a branch office? |
| § 749.303. What must I do before opening a branch office? |
| § 749.304. Where must I have a main or branch office? |
| § 749.305. What are the requirements for administrators and treatment directors for a main office and branch offices? |
| § 749.307. What happens to the foster homes supervised by a branch office when the branch office closes? |
| DIVISION 8. CLIENTS AND APPEALS |
| § 749.421. Who are my clients? |
| § 749.423. What rights do my adult clients have? |
| § 749.425. What must my appeal process include? |
| SUBCHAPTER D. REPORTS AND RECORD KEEPING |
| DIVISION 1. REPORTING SERIOUS INCIDENTS AND OTHER OCCURRENCES |
| § 749.501. What do certain terms mean in this subchapter? |
| § 749.503. When must I report and document a serious incident? |
| § 749.505. What constitutes a suicide attempt by a child? |
| § 749.509. How do I make a report of a serious incident or occurrence to Licensing? |
| § 749.511. How must I document a serious incident? |
| § 749.513. What additional documentation must I include with a written serious incident report? |
| § 749.515. How long must I keep my incident reports? |
| § 749.517. What are the notification requirements when Licensing finds my operation deficient in a standard related to safe sleeping or the abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a child? |
| § 749.519. How must I notify parents of a safe sleeping deficiency or an abuse, neglect, or exploitation deficiency? |
| DIVISION 2. OPERATION RECORDS |
| § 749.529. What are the retention requirements for my agency's policies? |
| § 749.531. What policies and procedures must I have for protecting records? |
| § 749.533. What additional policies and procedures must I have for electronic records? |
| § 749.534. Are electronic signatures allowed? |
| § 749.535. How current must a record be? |
| § 749.537. Must I make records available for Licensing to review? |
| § 749.539. Where must I maintain foster home disaster and emergency plans? |
| DIVISION 3. PERSONNEL RECORDS |
| § 749.551. Where must I maintain personnel records? |
| § 749.553. What information must the personnel record of an employee include? |
| § 749.554. What information regarding personnel must be kept confidential? |
| § 749.555. How long must I maintain personnel records? |
| DIVISION 4. CLIENT RECORDS |
| § 749.571. What client records must I maintain? |
| § 749.573. Where must I maintain active master records for clients? |
| § 749.575. What is an active record for a child? |
| § 749.577. What information must an active child record include? |
| § 749.579. How must I maintain an active child record? |
| § 749.581. Where must I maintain archived master records for clients? |
| § 749.583. Who must consent to the release of a child's record? |
| § 749.585. How long must I maintain client records? |
| § 749.587. How must I handle adoption records if I cease operating? |
| DIVISION 5. UNAUTHORIZED ABSENCES |
| § 749.590. What additional requirements are there for unauthorized absences of children from a foster home? |
| § 749.591. What documentation must be included in an annual summary log for a child who has an unauthorized absence? |
| § 749.592. What are the requirements for debriefing a child after an unauthorized absence? |
| § 749.593. When must a triggered review of a child's unauthorized absences occur? |
| § 749.594. Who must participate in a triggered review of a child's unauthorized absences? |
| § 749.595. What must a triggered review of a child's unauthorized absences include? |
| § 749.596. What is an overall agency evaluation for unauthorized absences? |
| SUBCHAPTER E. AGENCY STAFF AND CAREGIVERS |
| DIVISION 1. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS |
| § 749.603. Does education received outside of the United States count toward educational qualifications? |
| § 749.605. What minimum qualifications must all employees meet? |
| § 749.607. What general responsibilities do all employees and caregivers have? |
| § 749.609. What are the requirements for tuberculosis screening? |
| DIVISION 2. CHILD-PLACING AGENCY ADMINISTRATOR |
| § 749.631. What qualifications must a child-placing agency administrator meet? |
| § 749.633. Can a child-placing agency administrator be an administrator for two residential child-care operations? |
| § 749.635. What responsibilities must the child-placing agency administrator have? |
| § 749.637. Who must have overall administrative responsibility when the child-placing agency administrator is absent on a frequent and/or extended basis? |
| DIVISION 3. CHILD PLACEMENT STAFF AND CHILD PLACEMENT MANAGEMENT STAFF |
| § 749.661. What employees must my agency have to perform child placement activities? |
| § 749.663. What are the responsibilities of child placement staff? |
| § 749.667. What are the responsibilities of child placement management staff? |
| § 749.669. How do child placement management staff document approval? |
| § 749.673. What are the qualifications that an employee must have to perform child placement activities? |
| § 749.675. What are the qualifications an employee must have to perform child placement management activities? |
| § 749.677. What are the requirements for child placement management staff at a branch office? |
| § 749.679. What are the requirements for the caseloads of my child placement staff? |
| DIVISION 4. TREATMENT DIRECTOR |
| § 749.721. Must I have a treatment director? |
| § 749.723. What are the responsibilities of my treatment director? |
| § 749.725. What qualifications must a treatment director have? |
| § 749.727. If I provide more than one type of treatment service, can I have one treatment director? |
| DIVISION 5. TREATMENT SERVICES PROVIDED BY NURSING PROFESSIONALS |
| § 749.741. What treatment services must a registered nurse provide if I support a child with primary medical needs? |
| DIVISION 6. CONTRACT STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS |
| § 749.761. What are the requirements for a volunteer? |
| § 749.763. Are there additional requirements for a volunteer or contractor that performs employee or caregiver functions? |
| § 749.767. When is a volunteer or contractor who is a part of another organization subject to my policies and procedures? |
| § 749.769. May a person perform community service hours at my agency? |
| SUBCHAPTER F. TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT |
| DIVISION 1. DEFINITIONS |
| § 749.801. What do certain words and terms mean in this subchapter? |
| DIVISION 2. OVERVIEW OF TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS |
| § 749.811. What are the training and experience requirements for a caregiver? |
| § 749.813. What are the training requirements for an employee? |
| DIVISION 3. ORIENTATION |
| § 749.831. What is the orientation requirement for caregivers and employees? |
| § 749.833. When may a caregiver or employee be exempt from orientation? |
| DIVISION 4. PRE-SERVICE EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING |
| § 749.861. What are the pre-service experience requirements for caregivers? |
| § 749.863. What are the pre-service training requirements for a caregiver? |
| § 749.864. What are the pre-service training requirements for an employee? |
| § 749.865. Can time spent in orientation training count towards pre-service training? |
| § 749.867. What caregivers or employees are exempt from certain pre-service training requirements? |
| § 749.868. Can a child-placing agency waive pre-service training requirements for a foster parent? |
| § 749.869. How must pre-service training be conducted? |
| DIVISION 5. CURRICULUM COMPONENTS FOR PRE-SERVICE TRAINING |
| § 749.881. What curriculum components must be included in the general pre-service training? |
| § 749.882. What curriculum components must be included in the pre-service training for normalcy? |
| § 749.883. What curriculum components must be included in the pre-service training for safe sleeping? |
| § 749.885. What curriculum components must be included in the pre-service training for administering psychotropic medication? |
| § 749.887. If I do not allow the use of emergency behavior intervention, what curriculum components must be included in the pre-service training for emergency behavior intervention? |
| § 749.889. If I allow the use of emergency behavior intervention, what curriculum components must be included in the pre-service training for emergency behavior intervention? |
| DIVISION 6. PEDIATRIC FIRST AID AND PEDIATRIC CPR CERTIFICATION |
| § 749.911. Who must have pediatric first aid and pediatric CPR training? |
| § 749.913. Are there any exemptions from pediatric first aid and pediatric CPR certification? |
| § 749.915. What documentation must I maintain for pediatric first-aid and pediatric CPR certifications? |
| DIVISION 7. ANNUAL TRAINING |
| § 749.930. What are the annual training requirements for a caregiver? |
| § 749.931. What are the annual training requirements for an employee? |
| § 749.932. What exemptions or waivers may apply to the annual training requirements for a caregiver? |
| § 749.933. When must an employee or caregiver complete the annual training? |
| § 749.935. What types of hours or instruction can be used to complete the annual training requirements? |
| § 749.937. Does Licensing approve training resources or trainers for annual training hours? |
| § 749.939. How must annual training be conducted? |
| DIVISION 8. TOPICS AND CURRICULUM COMPONENTS FOR ANNUAL TRAINING |
| § 749.941. What areas or topics are appropriate for annual training? |
| § 749.943. What curriculum components must be included in the annual training for normalcy? |
| § 749.944. What curriculum components must be included in the annual training for employees on the prevention, recognition, and reporting of child abuse, neglect, and exploitation? |
| § 749.945. What curriculum components must be included in the annual training for administering psychotropic medication? |
| § 749.947. What curriculum components must be included in the annual training for emergency behavior intervention? |
| § 749.949. What documentation must I maintain for annual training? |
| SUBCHAPTER G. CHILDREN'S RIGHTS |
| § 749.1001. How must I protect the rights of children served by my child-placing agency? |
| § 749.1003. What rights does a child in care have? |
| § 749.1005. How must I inform a child and the child’s parents of their rights? |
| § 749.1007. What are a child’s rights regarding education? |
| § 749.1009. What right does a child have regarding contact with a parent? |
| § 749.1011. What right does a child have regarding contact with siblings? |
| § 749.1013. What right to privacy does a child have with respect to his contact with others? |
| § 749.1015. Under what circumstances may I conduct a search for prohibited items or items that endanger a child's safety? |
| § 749.1017. May a caregiver conduct a body cavity search of a child in care? |
| § 749.1019. What must a caregiver document regarding a search? |
| § 749.1021. What techniques am I prohibited from using on a child? |
| SUBCHAPTER H. FOSTER CARE SERVICES: ADMISSION AND PLACEMENT |
| DIVISION 1. ADMISSIONS |
| § 749.1101. Who may I admit? |
| § 749.1103. After a child in my care turns 18 years old, may the person remain in my care? |
| § 749.1105. May I admit a young adult into care? |
| § 749.1107. What information must I document in the child's record at the time of admission? |
| § 749.1109. What is a placement agreement? |
| § 749.1111. What orientation must I provide a child? |
| § 749.1113. What information must I share with the parent at the time of placement? |
| § 749.1115. What information must I provide caregivers when I admit a child? |
| DIVISION 2. ADMISSION ASSESSMENT |
| § 749.1131. When must I complete the admission assessment? |
| § 749.1133. What information must an admission assessment include? |
| § 749.1135. What are the additional admission assessment requirements when I admit a child for treatment services? |
| § 749.1137. What if I cannot obtain the required information for an admission assessment? |
| DIVISION 3. REQUIRED ADMISSION INFORMATION |
| § 749.1151. What are the medical requirements when I admit a child into care? |
| § 749.1153. What are the dental requirements when I admit a child into care? |
| § 749.1155. What must I document when I re-admit a child for care? |
| DIVISION 4. EMERGENCY ADMISSION |
| § 749.1181. For which of my programs may I accept emergency admissions? |
| § 749.1183. What constitutes an emergency admission to my child-placing agency? |
| § 749.1185. May I take possession of a child from a law enforcement officer? |
| § 749.1187. For an emergency admission, when must I complete all of the requirements for an admission assessment? |
| § 749.1189. At the time of an emergency admission, what information must I document in the child's record? |
| DIVISION 5. FOSTER CARE PLACEMENT |
| § 749.1251. What are the requirements for pre-placement visits for a child? |
| § 749.1253. What must staff do to prepare a child for a placement? |
| § 749.1255. What information from an admission assessment must I share with the caregivers responsible for the child's care? |
| DIVISION 6. SUBSEQUENT PLACEMENT |
| § 749.1281. What are the requirements when I move a child from one foster home to another? |
| DIVISION 7. POST-PLACEMENT CONTACT |
| § 749.1291. What are the requirements for contact between child placement staff and children in foster care? |
| SUBCHAPTER I. FOSTER CARE SERVICES: SERVICE PLANNING, DISCHARGE |
| DIVISION 1. SERVICE PLANS |
| § 749.1301. What are the requirements for a preliminary service plan? |
| § 749.1305. Who must be involved in developing the preliminary service plan? |
| § 749.1307. When must I complete an initial service plan? |
| § 749.1309. What must a child's initial service plan include? |
| § 749.1311. Who must be involved in developing an initial service plan? |
| § 749.1312. Can the service planning team discuss and develop a child's service plan in separate meetings? |
| § 749.1313. When must I inform the child's parents and foster parents of an initial service plan meeting? |
| § 749.1315. Must a professional service provider or a professional who must participate in a child's service plan be an employee of my agency? |
| § 749.1317. What roles do professional service providers have in service planning? |
| § 749.1319. What must I document regarding a professional service provider's participation in the development of an initial service plan? |
| § 749.1321. With whom do I share the initial service plan? |
| § 749.1323. When must I implement a service plan? |
| DIVISION 2. SERVICE PLAN REVIEW AND UPDATES |
| § 749.1331. How often must I review and update a service plan? |
| § 749.1333. How does a child's transfer affect the timing of the review of the child's service plan? |
| § 749.1335. How do I review and update a service plan? |
| § 749.1336. Can the child-placing agency continue to review and update a child's previous service plan without creating a new service plan? |
| § 749.1337. Are the notification, participation, implementation, and documentation requirements for a service plan review and update the same as for an initial service plan? |
| § 749.1339. How often must I re-evaluate the intellectual functioning of a child receiving treatment services for intellectual disabilities? |
| DIVISION 3. DISCHARGE AND TRANSFER PLANNING |
| § 749.1361. What does a "transfer" of a child in care mean? |
| § 749.1363. Who must plan a child's non-emergency discharge or transfer? |
| § 749.1365. May a foster home release a child to any person without my consent? |
| § 749.1367. To whom can I discharge a child in a non-emergency situation? |
| § 749.1369. How do I discharge or transfer a child who is an immediate danger to self or others? |
| § 749.1371. What must I document in the child's record at the time of a discharge or transfer? |
| § 749.1373. When I discharge a child, what information must I provide to the next placement or caregiver? |
| § 749.1377. What constitutes an emergency discharge or transfer? |
| SUBCHAPTER J. FOSTER CARE SERVICES: MEDICAL AND DENTAL |
| DIVISION 1. MEDICAL AND DENTAL CARE |
| § 749.1401. What general medical requirements must my agency meet? |
| § 749.1403. Who determines the need and frequency for ongoing maintenance of medical care and treatment for a child? |
| § 749.1405. Who must perform medical care examinations and provide medical treatment for a child? |
| § 749.1409. What general dental requirements must my agency meet? |
| § 749.1411. Who must determine the frequency and need for ongoing maintenance of dental health for a child? |
| § 749.1413. Who must perform dental examinations and provide dental treatment? |
| § 749.1415. What health precautions must I take if a person in care, employee, caregiver, someone else in one of my foster homes, or someone else in my agency has a communicable disease? |
| § 749.1417. Who must have a tuberculosis (TB) examination? |
| § 749.1421. What immunizations must a child in my care have? |
| § 749.1423. What exemptions or exceptions are there concerning immunization requirements? |
| § 749.1425. What documentation is acceptable for an immunization record? |
| § 749.1427. Must children in my care have a vision and hearing screening? |
| § 749.1429. What must I do if a child in my care is identified as needing a diagnostic vision or hearing examination? |
| § 749.1431. What special equipment must I provide for a child with a physical disability? |
| § 749.1433. How often must the physician review a child's primary medical needs? |
| § 749.1435. What are the requirements for using a nasogastric tube? |
| § 749.1437. How must a caregiver respond when a child is injured or ill and requires immediate treatment by a health-care professional? |
| DIVISION 2. ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION |
| § 749.1461. What consent must I obtain to administer medications? |
| § 749.1463. What are the requirements for administering prescription medication? |
| § 749.1469. What are the requirements for administering non-prescription medication and supplements? |
| DIVISION 3. SELF-ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION |
| § 749.1501. What are the requirements for a self-medication program? |
| § 749.1503. Who must record the medication dosage if the child is on a self-medication program? |
| DIVISION 4. MEDICATION STORAGE AND DESTRUCTION |
| § 749.1521. What medication storage and destruction requirements must a foster home meet? |
| DIVISION 5. MEDICATION RECORDS |
| § 749.1541. What records must caregivers maintain for each child receiving medication? |
| § 749.1543. Where must a child's medication records be maintained? |
| § 749.1545. What other requirements must I meet regarding medication records? |
| DIVISION 6. MEDICATION AND LABEL ERRORS |
| § 749.1561. What is a medication error? |
| § 749.1563. What must a caregiver do if the caregiver finds a medication error? |
| § 749.1565. What must a caregiver do if the caregiver finds a medication label error? |
| DIVISION 7. SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS TO MEDICATION |
| § 749.1581. What must a caregiver do if a child has an adverse reaction to a medication? |
| § 749.1583. What must a caregiver do if a child experiences side effects from any medications? |
| DIVISION 8. USE OF PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATION |
| § 749.1607. What are the requirements if a physician orders administration of a psychotropic medication to a child in an emergency? |
| § 749.1609. What information must be documented about a child's use of psychotropic medication? |
| DIVISION 9. PROTECTIVE DEVICES |
| § 749.1641. What is a protective device? |
| § 749.1643. What does "involuntary self-injurious behavior" mean when used in this division? |
| § 749.1645. May I use protective devices? |
| § 749.1647. Who may use PRN orders with respect to protective devices? |
| DIVISION 10. SUPPORTIVE DEVICES |
| § 749.1671. What is a supportive device? |
| § 749.1673. May I use supportive devices? |
| § 749.1675. Who may use PRN orders with respect to supportive devices? |
| SUBCHAPTER K. FOSTER CARE SERVICES: DAILY CARE, PROBLEM MANAGEMENT |
| DIVISION 1. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR INFANT CARE |
| § 749.1801. What do certain words mean in this division? |
| § 749.1803. What are the basic care requirements for an infant? |
| § 749.1805. What furnishings and equipment must I have in an infant care area? |
| § 749.1807. What specific safety requirements must my cribs meet? |
| § 749.1809. Are mesh cribs or port-a-cribs allowed? |
| § 749.1811. What equipment must have safety straps before I can use it with an infant? |
| § 749.1813. What types of equipment may a foster home not use with infants? |
| § 749.1815. What are the specific sleeping requirements for infants? |
| § 749.1817. May I allow an infant to sleep in a restrictive device? |
| § 749.1819. What are the specific requirements for feeding an infant? |
| § 749.1821. May I swaddle an infant to help the infant sleep? |
| DIVISION 2. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR TODDLER CARE |
| § 749.1841. What are the basic care requirements for a toddler? |
| DIVISION 3. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PREGNANT CHILDREN |
| § 749.1861. What information must I provide a pregnant child regarding her pregnancy? |
| § 749.1863. Is the use of emergency behavior intervention of a pregnant child permitted in a foster home? |
| § 749.1865. If my policies permit the admission of adolescent parents with their child(ren), who is responsible for the care of an adolescent's child? |
| DIVISION 4. EDUCATIONAL SERVICES |
| § 749.1891. What responsibilities do I have for the education of a child in care? |
| § 749.1893. What responsibilities do caregivers have for the educational needs of a child in their care? |
| § 749.1895. What are the specific requirements for the educational program of a child diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder? |
| DIVISION 5. RECREATIONAL SERVICES |
| § 749.1921. What responsibilities do foster parents have for providing a child with opportunities for recreational activities? |
| § 749.1923. What physical fitness activities must caregivers provide for a child receiving treatment services for primary medical needs or intellectual disability? |
| § 749.1925. What type of daily schedule must caregivers provide for a child receiving treatment services for primary medical needs or intellectual disability? |
| § 749.1927. To what extent must a child receiving treatment services for primary medical needs or intellectual disabilities have normal life experiences? |
| DIVISION 6. DISCIPLINE AND PUNISHMENT |
| § 749.1951. What are the requirements for disciplinary measures? |
| § 749.1953. May I use corporal punishment for children in care? |
| § 749.1955. What is "unproductive work"? |
| § 749.1957. What other methods of punishment are prohibited? |
| § 749.1959. To what extent may a caregiver restrict a child's activities as a behavior management tool? |
| § 749.1961. May a person in care discipline or punish another person in care? |
| SUBCHAPTER L. FOSTER CARE SERVICES: EMERGENCY BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION |
| DIVISION 1. DEFINITIONS |
| § 749.2001. What do certain terms mean in this subchapter? |
| DIVISION 2. TYPES OF EMERGENCY BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION THAT MAY BE ADMINISTERED |
| § 749.2051. What types of emergency behavior intervention may I administer? |
| § 749.2053. Who may administer emergency behavior intervention? |
| § 749.2055. What actions must a caregiver take before using a permitted type of emergency behavior intervention? |
| § 749.2059. What is the appropriate use for a short personal restraint? |
| § 749.2061. What precautions must a caregiver take when implementing a short personal restraint? |
| § 749.2063. Are there any purposes for which emergency behavior intervention cannot be used? |
| DIVISION 3. ORDERS |
| § 749.2101. Are written orders required to administer emergency behavior intervention, and if so, who can write them? |
| § 749.2103. Must the written order be in a child's record before a caregiver can use an emergency behavior intervention on a child? |
| § 749.2105. What information must a written order include? |
| § 749.2107. Under what conditions are PRN orders permitted for a specific child? |
| DIVISION 4. RESPONSIBILITIES DURING ADMINISTRATION OF ANY TYPE OF EMERGENCY BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION |
| § 749.2151. What responsibilities does a caregiver have when implementing a type of emergency behavior intervention? |
| § 749.2153. When must a caregiver release a child from an emergency behavior intervention? |
| DIVISION 5. ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES DURING ADMINISTRATION OF A PERSONAL RESTRAINT |
| § 749.2201. Who must monitor a personal restraint? |
| § 749.2203. What is the appropriate action for a caregiver to take to ensure the child's adequate respiration, circulation, and overall well-being? |
| § 749.2205. What personal restraint techniques are prohibited? |
| DIVISION 6. COMBINATIONS OF EMERGENCY BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION |
| § 749.2231. May a caregiver successively use emergency behavior interventions on a child? |
| § 749.2233. May a caregiver simultaneously use emergency medication in combination with personal restraint? |
| DIVISION 7. TIME RESTRICTIONS FOR EMERGENCY BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION |
| § 749.2281. What is the maximum length of time that an emergency behavior intervention can be administered to a child? |
| § 749.2283. Can a caregiver exceed the maximum length of time that an emergency behavior intervention can be administered to a child? |
| DIVISION 8. GENERAL CAREGIVER RESPONSIBILITIES, INCLUDING DOCUMENTATION, AFTER THE ADMINISTRATION OF EMERGENCY BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION |
| § 749.2301. What follow-up actions must caregivers take after the child's behavior no longer constitutes an emergency situation? |
| § 749.2303. What must the caregiver document after discussing with the child the use of the emergency behavior intervention? |
| § 749.2305. When must a caregiver document the use of an emergency behavior intervention, and what must the documentation include? |
| § 749.2307. What notice must I provide to the parent when I use an emergency behavior intervention with a child in care? |
| DIVISION 9. TRIGGERED REVIEWS |
| § 749.2331. What circumstances trigger a review of the use of emergency behavior intervention for a specific child? |
| § 749.2333. When must a triggered review occur? |
| § 749.2335. Who must participate in the triggered review? |
| § 749.2337. What must the triggered review include and what must be documented in the child's record? |
| § 749.2339. What if there are four triggered reviews within a 90-day period? |
| DIVISION 10. OVERALL OPERATION EVALUATION |
| § 749.2381. What is an overall agency evaluation? |
| § 749.2383. What data must be collected? |
| SUBCHAPTER M. FOSTER HOMES: SCREENINGS AND VERIFICATIONS |
| DIVISION 1. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS |
| § 749.2401. In what circumstances may I verify an individual spouse as a foster parent? |
| § 749.2403. What minimum age requirement must foster parents and caregivers meet? |
| § 749.2405. Will my home have to be re-verified if I am a single foster parent and I get married after my home is verified? |
| § 749.2407. May a home be verified or approved by more than one child-placing agency simultaneously? |
| DIVISION 2. FOSTER HOME SCREENINGS |
| § 749.2445. What is a foster home screening? |
| § 749.2447. What information must I obtain for the foster home screening? |
| § 749.2449. Whom must I interview when conducting a foster home screening? |
| § 749.2451. What must I document regarding interviews I conduct for a foster home screening? |
| § 749.2453. When must I update the foster home screening? |
| DIVISION 3. VERIFICATION OF FOSTER HOME |
| § 749.2470. What must I do to verify a foster family home? |
| § 749.2472. Are there any additional requirements to verify a foster home that is currently acting as a kinship home with the Child Protective Services (CPS) Division of the Department? |
| § 749.2473. What must I do to verify a foster home that another child-placing agency has previously verified? |
| § 749.2475. To whom must I release information regarding a family on which I previously conducted a foster home screening, pre-adoptive home screening, or post placement adoptive report? |
| § 749.2477. May I verify a foster home prior to approval by child placement management staff? |
| § 749.2479. May I place children in a foster home before verifying the home? |
| § 749.2481. What type of certificate must a foster home have in order to prove verification? |
| § 749.2483. Do foster parent applicants have to own the home they live in for it to be their primary residence? |
| § 749.2485. What are the requirements for verifying a foster home at a residence that I own? |
| § 749.2487. What are the requirements for an agreement that I have with a foster home that I verify? |
| § 749.2488. What statement must I provide to foster parents regarding foster parent and child-placing agency rights and responsibilities? |
| § 749.2489. What information must I submit to Licensing about a foster home's verification status? |
| § 749.2491. May I verify a foster home to provide different services? |
| § 749.2493. May a foster home provide day care in addition to foster care? |
| § 749.2495. Do foster home verifications expire? |
| § 749.2497. What requirements are there for a transfer or closing summary? |
| DIVISION 4. TEMPORARY, TIME-LIMITED, AND PROVISIONAL VERIFICATIONS |
| § 749.2520. What is the purpose of a temporary verification? |
| § 749.2521. What must I do prior to issuing a temporary verification? |
| § 749.2523. For what length of time can I issue a temporary verification? |
| § 749.2525. Can foster children remain in the foster home while a temporary verification is in effect? |
| § 749.2526. What is the purpose of a time-limited verification? |
| § 749.2527. What must I do to issue a time-limited verification? |
| § 749.2529. For what length of time may I issue a time-limited verification? |
| § 749.2531. Can I extend a time-limited verification or change the verification from time-limited to non-expiring? |
| § 749.2533. What is the purpose of a provisional verification? |
| § 749.2535. What must I do prior to issuing a provisional verification? |
| § 749.2537. For what length of time can I issue a provisional verification? |
| § 749.2539. Can foster children remain in the foster home while a provisional verification is in effect? |
| DIVISION 5. CAPACITY AND CHILD/CAREGIVER RATIO |
| § 749.2550. What does "children with primary medical needs requiring total care" mean when used in this Division? |
| § 749.2551. What is the maximum number of children a foster family home may care for? |
| § 749.2555. How do I determine capacity? |
| § 749.2557. May a foster home exceed its verified capacity? |
| DIVISION 6. SUPERVISION |
| § 749.2591. How am I responsible for ensuring adequate supervision of children in care? |
| § 749.2593. What responsibilities does a caregiver have when supervising a child? |
| § 749.2595. May I use a video camera to supervise a child in the child's bedroom? |
| § 749.2597. Where must the caregivers reside in order to supervise children who are in a transitional living program? |
| § 749.2599. Can a child serve as a babysitter? |
| DIVISION 7. NORMALCY |
| § 749.2601. What is "normalcy"? |
| § 749.2603. Are children in care required to participate in childhood activities? |
| § 749.2605. What is the "reasonable and prudent parent standard"? |
| § 749.2607. Who makes the decision regarding a foster child's participation in childhood activities? |
| DIVISION 8. RESPITE CHILD-CARE SERVICES |
| § 749.2621. What are respite child-care services? |
| § 749.2623. What must occur before I place a child for respite child-care services? |
| § 749.2625. What information regarding the child must I share with the babysitter, overnight care provider, and respite care provider? |
| § 749.2627. What must occur before one of my foster homes accepts a child for respite child-care service? |
| § 749.2629. In addition to the requirements of this division, what requirements of this chapter apply to respite child-care services that a foster home provides? |
| § 749.2631. How long may a child be in respite child-care services? |
| § 749.2633. How frequently may a foster home provide respite child-care services? |
| § 749.2635. May I place a child for babysitting, overnight care, or respite care services in a home that Licensing does not regulate? |
| DIVISION 9. AGENCY--FOSTER FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS |
| § 749.2651. May a foster home accept adults into the home for care? |
| § 749.2653. What are the requirements for an unrelated adult to reside in a foster home? |
| § 749.2655. When must a foster home notify you of changes that affect the foster home? |
| SUBCHAPTER N. FOSTER HOMES: MANAGEMENT AND EVALUATION |
| § 749.2801. When must I evaluate a foster home for compliance with Licensing rules? |
| § 749.2803. What changes affect a foster home's verification? |
| § 749.2805. What is a "major life change in the foster family"? |
| § 749.2807. How do I evaluate a foster home's compliance with the relevant Licensing rules affecting the need for the evaluation? |
| § 749.2809. What must a plan for achieving compliance include? |
| § 749.2811. How do I follow-up to ensure compliance? |
| § 749.2813. How do I evaluate Licensing rules for each home every two years? |
| § 749.2814. How do I evaluate a foster home prior to extending its time-limited verification or changing its verification from time-limited to non-expiring? |
| § 749.2815. How often must I have supervisory visits with the foster home and what must be evaluated during a supervisory visit? |
| § 749.2817. Must I monitor and have supervisory visits with a foster home where no children are placed? |
| § 749.2819. When may I place a foster home on inactive status? |
| § 749.2821. How do the foster parents meet their training requirements while their home is on inactive status? |
| § 749.2823. Are background checks required on homes that are on inactive status? |
| § 749.2825. How do I take a foster home off inactive status? |
| SUBCHAPTER O. FOSTER HOMES: HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS, ENVIRONMENT, SPACE AND EQUIPMENT |
| DIVISION 1. HEALTH AND SAFETY |
| § 749.2901. What health and safety regulations must each foster home meet in addition to Licensing rules? |
| § 749.2902. What health and safety measures are required at a foster home? |
| § 749.2903. What fire safety measures are required at a foster family home not serving children receiving treatment services for primary medical needs? |
| § 749.2904. What fire safety measures are required at a foster family home serving children receiving treatment services for primary medical needs? |
| § 749.2905. How often must fire and health inspections be conducted at a foster home? |
| § 749.2907. What disaster and emergency plans must each foster home have? |
| § 749.2908. How must a foster home practice disaster and emergency plans? |
| § 749.2909. How many smoke detectors must a foster home have? |
| § 749.2911. How must smoke detectors be installed and maintained at a foster home? |
| § 749.2913. How many fire extinguishers must a foster home have? |
| § 749.2915. Where must a foster home store dangerous tools and equipment? |
| § 749.2917. What are the requirements for animals that are present at a foster home? |
| DIVISION 2. TOBACCO AND E-CIGARETTE USE |
| § 749.2931. What policies must I enforce regarding tobacco products and e-cigarettes? |
| DIVISION 3. WEAPONS, FIREARMS, EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS, AND PROJECTILES |
| § 749.2961. Are weapons, firearms, explosive materials, and projectiles permitted in a foster home? |
| § 749.2963. What factors must I consider when determining whether weapons, firearms, explosive materials, or projectiles are stored adequately? |
| § 749.2965. How must I determine whether weapons, firearms, explosive materials, or projectiles are present in a foster home? |
| § 749.2967. May a caregiver transport a child in a vehicle where firearms, other weapons, explosive materials, or projectiles are present? |
| DIVISION 4. SPACE AND EQUIPMENT |
| § 749.3021. How much space must bedrooms used by foster children have? |
| § 749.3023. Which rooms in the home may not be used as bedrooms? |
| § 749.3025. May an adult in care share a bedroom with a child in care? |
| § 749.3027. May a child in care share a bedroom with an adult caregiver in the foster home? |
| § 749.3029. May children of opposite genders share a bedroom? |
| § 749.3031. What are the requirements for beds and bedding? |
| § 749.3033. What type of personal storage space must a foster child have? |
| § 749.3035. What bathroom accommodations must a home have? |
| § 749.3037. What are the requirements for indoor space that children can use? |
| § 749.3039. What are the requirements for outdoor recreation equipment? |
| § 749.3041. What are the requirements for a foster home's physical environment? |
| § 749.3043. When is a product considered unsafe and what are a caregiver's responsibilities regarding unsafe products in a foster home? |
| DIVISION 5. NUTRITION AND FOOD PREPARATION |
| § 749.3061. What are the requirements for feeding children in care? |
| § 749.3063. What types of food and water must caregivers provide children? |
| § 749.3065. What must the caregiver do if a child refuses to or cannot eat a meal or snack that is offered? |
| § 749.3067. May a caregiver use food as a reward or punishment or as part of any behavior management program? |
| § 749.3069. May caregivers offer a child in care different food choices than what the family is eating? |
| § 749.3071. What must I do if a child requires a therapeutic or special diet? |
| § 749.3073. What are the nutrition requirements for a child with primary medical needs? |
| § 749.3075. What are the feeding requirements for children receiving treatment services for primary medical needs or intellectual disabilities? |
| § 749.3077. What are the requirements for tube-feeding formula? |
| § 749.3079. What are the requirements for storing food? |
| § 749.3081. How must kitchen, dining areas, supplies, and equipment be maintained? |
| DIVISION 6. TRANSPORTATION |
| § 749.3101. What are the requirements for the vehicles used to transport foster children? |
| § 749.3103. What are the requirements for transporting foster children? |
| § 749.3105. May children transport other foster children? |
| § 749.3107. May caregivers teach or supervise foster children in learning to drive? |
| § 749.3109. What are the special requirements for transporting a child who requires increased supervision or is non-ambulatory or non-mobile? |
| § 749.3111. Do the seat belt requirements prohibit transporting children in the bed of a pick-up truck or other parts of the vehicle on the foster parents' property or public roads? |
| DIVISION 7. SWIMMING POOLS, BODIES OF WATER, SAFETY |
| § 749.3131. Who is responsible for complying with the requirements in this subchapter? |
| § 749.3133. What are the requirements for a swimming pool at a foster home? |
| § 749.3135. What general requirements must caregivers meet for children regarding a body of water? |
| § 749.3137. What are the child/adult ratios for swimming activities? |
| § 749.3139. May I include volunteers or relatives who do not meet minimum qualifications for caregivers in the swimming child/adult ratio? |
| § 749.3141. When must a child wear a life jacket? |
| § 749.3143. Must persons who are counted in the swimming child/adult ratio know how to swim and carry out a water rescue? |
| § 749.3145. What are the safety requirements for wading pools? |
| § 749.3147. What are the requirements for a hot tub? |
| § 749.3149. What must I document regarding a body of water that is on or adjacent and accessible to the premises of a foster home? |
| § 749.3151. Can foster parents approve a child to participate in swimming activities as an unsupervised childhood activity without complying with the rules of this division? |
| SUBCHAPTER P. FOSTER-ADOPTIVE HOMES AND LEGAL RISK PLACEMENTS |
| DIVISION 1. VERIFICATION OF FOSTER-ADOPTIVE HOMES |
| § 749.3201. May I verify the same applicant as a foster family home and an adoptive placement at the same time? |
| § 749.3203. What rules must I follow to verify a foster-adoptive home? |
| DIVISION 2. LEGAL RISK PLACEMENTS |
| § 749.3221. What is a "legal risk placement"? |
| SUBCHAPTER Q. ADOPTION SERVICES: CHILDREN |
| DIVISION 1. CONSENT |
| § 749.3301. What legal authority must I have to place a child in adoptive care? |
| DIVISION 2. ADOPTION SERVICE PLAN |
| § 749.3321. When must I initiate and complete the adoption service plan? |
| § 749.3323. What must an adoption service plan include? |
| § 749.3325. When placing a sibling group, must I develop a plan for each child? |
| § 749.3327. If a child had a foster care service plan prior to preparation for adoption, must I complete a new adoption service plan? |
| DIVISION 3. PREPARATION FOR ADOPTION |
| § 749.3341. How often must I have contact with a child being considered for adoptive placement? |
| § 749.3343. What does preparing a child for adoption include? |
| § 749.3345. Who must prepare a child for adoption? |
| § 749.3349. What professional assessments must I obtain on a child being placed for adoption? |
| § 749.3351. What information from the professional assessments must I share with the adoptive family? |
| § 749.3353. What other referrals must I make regarding a child who has or may have a disability? |
| DIVISION 4. PLACEMENT REQUIREMENTS |
| § 749.3371. What are the requirements for a child to visit the adoptive family prior to placement? |
| § 749.3373. What must my agreement with the adoptive parents include? |
| § 749.3375. May I place a child in the home of a prospective adoptive parent before I complete the adoptive home screening? |
| DIVISION 5. REQUIRED INFORMATION |
| § 749.3391. What information must I compile for a child I am considering for adoptive placement? |
| § 749.3393. What written authorization must I give adoptive parents at the time of placement? |
| § 749.3395. What information must I provide the adoptive parents prior to or at the time of adoptive placement? |
| DIVISION 6. POST-PLACEMENT SUPERVISION |
| § 749.3421. What are my responsibilities for the child during the post-placement period? |
| § 749.3423. What responsibility do I have to offer counseling services to the adoptive family? |
| § 749.3425. What are the requirements for post-placement contacts with the adoptive family and child? |
| § 749.3427. What must I do if the adoption is not completed within the time frame stipulated in the written agreement? |
| § 749.3431. What must I do if I determine that the placement cannot be completed and/or is not in the best interest of the child and/or the adoptive family? |
| DIVISION 7. POST-ADOPTION SERVICES |
| § 749.3461. Must I offer counseling services after the adoption is consummated? |
| § 749.3463. If supplemental information concerning birth parents subsequently comes to my attention, what are my responsibilities? |
| § 749.3465. What must I do when an adoptee requests his adoption record? |
| SUBCHAPTER R. ADOPTION SERVICES: BIRTH PARENTS |
| DIVISION 1. BIRTH PARENT PREPARATION |
| § 749.3501. What information must I provide to birth parents who contact me for services? |
| § 749.3503. What are the requirements for contacting birth parents that become my clients? |
| DIVISION 2. TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS |
| § 749.3521. What requirements must I follow regarding termination of parental rights? |
| § 749.3523. What specific information must I obtain from birth parents that voluntarily relinquish their parental rights? |
| DIVISION 3. POST ADOPTION SERVICES |
| § 749.3571. Must I offer counseling services to birth parents after the adoption of their child is consummated? |
| § 749.3573. What are the requirements to provide information about the child to birth parents after the adoption is consummated? |
| SUBCHAPTER S. ADOPTION SERVICES: ADOPTIVE PARENTS |
| DIVISION 1. ADOPTIVE APPLICANT PREPARATION |
| § 749.3601. What information must I provide to persons inquiring about agency adoption services? |
| DIVISION 2. ADOPTIVE HOME SCREENING |
| § 749.3621. What is an adoptive home screening? |
| § 749.3623. What information must I obtain for the adoptive home screening? |
| § 749.3624. May I consider a prospective adoptive parent's membership in a military organization as a factor in approving an adoptive home screening? |
| § 749.3625. Whom must I interview when conducting an adoptive home screening? |
| § 749.3627. What must I document regarding interviews for an adoptive home screening? |
| § 749.3629. What are the requirements for visiting the home during an adoptive home screening? |
| § 749.3631. What are the requirements if adoptive applicants previously adopted a child from another child-placing agency or were previously foster parents for another agency? |
| § 749.3633. When must I update an adoptive home screening? |
| § 749.3635. What is a "major life change in the adoptive family"? |
| § 749.3637. Must I complete an adoptive home screening update if the prospective adoptive parents plan to adopt another child? |
| DIVISION 3. BASIC CARE AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS |
| § 749.3661. What information must adoptive applicants submit on their home and grounds as a part of their application? |
| § 749.3663. What are the basic safety requirements for the home and grounds? |
| DIVISION 4. PRE-PLACEMENT REQUIREMENTS |
| § 749.3691. What contacts must I maintain with adoptive applicants prior to the placement of a child? |
| DIVISION 5. PRE-ADOPTION CONSUMMATION ACTIVITIES |
| § 749.3721. What are my agency's responsibilities during the pre-adoption supervisory period? |
| § 749.3725. If the adoption has not been completed within the stipulated time frame in the written agreement, what actions must my agency take? |
| § 749.3727. What actions must my agency take if there are changes to the adoptive family during the post-placement period? |
| § 749.3729. What must my agency do if the placement cannot be completed and/or is not in the best interests of the child and/or the adoptive family? |
| DIVISION 6. POST-PLACEMENT ADOPTIVE REPORT |
| § 749.3741. What is a post-placement adoptive report? |
| § 749.3743. Whom must I interview when developing a post-placement adoptive report? |
| § 749.3745. What must I document regarding interviews for a post-placement adoptive report? |
| § 749.3747. Is a visit to the home required when developing a post-placement adoptive report? |
| § 749.3749. When must I develop a post-placement adoptive report? |
| § 749.3751. What issues should an interview for a post-placement adoptive report address? |
| § 749.3753. What information must the post-placement adoptive report include? |
| DIVISION 7. COUNSELING SERVICES |
| § 749.3771. Is my agency required to offer counseling services to the adoptive family? |
| DIVISION 8. SUBSEQUENT ADOPTIONS |
| § 749.3781. What are the requirements if adoptive parents apply to adopt another child? |
| SUBCHAPTER T. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES THAT PROVIDE AN ASSESSMENT SERVICES PROGRAM |
| DIVISION 1. REGULATION |
| § 749.3801. Does Licensing regulate all assessment services? |
| DIVISION 2. ADMISSION |
| § 749.3831. What are the requirements for approving a child's admission into my assessment services program? |
| DIVISION 3. PLAN FOR THE ASSESSMENT |
| § 749.3861. When must I complete the child's individual plan for the assessment? |
| § 749.3863. When does admission into the assessment services program begin? |
| § 749.3865. What must an individual plan for the assessment include? |
| § 749.3869. How must my assessment services program collect information from a child's caregivers? |
| § 749.3871. When is the plan for the assessment complete? |
| DIVISION 4. ASSESSMENT REPORT |
| § 749.3891. What is an assessment report? |
| § 749.3893. When must I complete the assessment report? |
| § 749.3895. What must be included in the written assessment report? |
| § 749.3897. Who must review and approve an assessment report? |
| SUBCHAPTER V. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES THAT PROVIDE TRAFFICKING VICTIM SERVICES |
| DIVISION 1. DEFINITION AND SCOPE |
| § 749.4001. What does "trafficking victim services" mean when used in this subchapter? |
| § 749.4003. When am I required to meet the additional rules of this subchapter? |
| § 749.4005. In addition to the rules in this subchapter, what other rules in this chapter apply to a child-placing agency? |
| § 749.4007. What rules in this subchapter replace other rules in this chapter? |
| DIVISION 2. POLICIES AND PROCEDURES |
| § 749.4051. What additional child-care policies must I develop? |
| § 749.4053. What safety and security policies must I develop? |
| § 749.4055. What confidentiality policies must I develop? |
| DIVISION 3. PERSONNEL |
| § 749.4101. What qualifications must a treatment director have? |
| § 749.4103. Are there additional training requirements for volunteers who have contact with children receiving trafficking victim services? |
| DIVISION 4. TRAINING |
| § 749.4151. What are the pre-service hourly training requirements for caregivers and employees? |
| § 749.4153. Must I provide pre-service training to a caregiver or an employee who was previously a caregiver or employee for another operation? |
| § 749.4155. What are the annual training requirements for caregivers and employees? |
| § 749.4157. What areas or topics must the four hours of training regarding trafficking victims include? |
| DIVISION 5. ADMISSION AND SERVICE PLANNING |
| § 749.4251. Are there additional medical requirements when I admit a child for trafficking victim services? |
| § 749.4253. Must a child I admit for trafficking victim services have an alcohol and substance abuse screening? |
| § 749.4255. What must I do if an alcohol and substance abuse screening determines that a child receiving trafficking victim services may need alcohol or substance abuse treatment? |
| § 749.4257. What behavioral health assessments are required when I admit a child for trafficking victim services? |
| § 749.4259. What mental health services are required for a child receiving trafficking victim services? |
| § 749.4261. Are there additional requirements for a preliminary service plan when I admit a child for trafficking victim services? |
| § 749.4263. What additional items must be included in a child's initial service plan? |
| § 749.4265. May I admit a young adult into care? |
| § 749.4267. May an adult in care share a bedroom with a child in care receiving trafficking victim services? |