7 AAC 50.140. Reports

(a) In addition to the notice of changes required by AS 47.35.047 , a facility shall report the following planned changes to the licensing representative as soon as possible, but not later than 30 days before they are expected to occur:

(1) change in the individual operating the facility, including marriage or divorce of a foster parent;

(2) change in the name of the individual operating the facility;

(3) change in the name of the facility;

(4) change of administrator;

(5) change in the age or sex of the children served;

(6) deletion or addition of a specialization under 7 AAC 50.600 - 7 AAC 50.650;

(7) addition of an adult member to the licensee's household for 45 days or longer.

(b) A facility shall immediately report the following occurrences in the facility to the licensing representative:

(1) death of a child while in care;

(2) except for situations described in (c) of this section, serious injury or illness of a child while in care requiring attention by medical personnel outside of the facility;

(3) fire or other disaster affecting the facility;

(4) an unplanned change in an item listed in (a) of this section;

(5) a planned or emergency absence of a foster parent exceeding 72 hours and confirmation or revision of the plan for supervision of children by a responsible adult during the absence of the foster parent.

(c) With prior approval of the division, a facility regularly serving medically-fragile children need not make the report required by (b)(2) of this section.

(d) A full time care facility shall immediately report the following incidents involving a child in care to the child's placing worker:

(1) death of a child in care;

(2) attempted or threatened suicide by a child in care;

(3) life-threatening illness or hospitalization of a child in care, unless the child is a medically-fragile child;

(4) unapproved absence for more than 10 hours by a child in care;

(5) the direct admission of a runaway child to a shelter home or to a residential child care facility with a specialization in serving runaway children.

(e) A full time care facility shall report the following to the child's placing worker no later than the first working day that it is known:

(1) pregnancy of a child in care;

(2) severe distress or depression of a child in care;

(3) non-emergency medical care requiring consent from the child's parent; in this paragraph "non-emergency medical care" includes surgery, anesthesia, and the administration of psychotropic medication, or another drug prescribed for mental illness or behavioral problems;

(4) violation of a condition of probation by a child in care, if applicable;

(5) allegations of criminal conduct by a child in care.

(f) If a child in a full time care facility has no placing worker, the facility shall give the reports required in (d) and (e) of this section to the division.

History: Eff. 1/1/96, Register 136; am 3/1/98, Register 145; am 1/1/2001, Register 156

Authority: AS 44.29.020

AS 47.10.142

AS 47.35.010

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