Title 7 . Health and Social Services

Chapter 56 . (Reserved)

Section 160. Reports

7 AAC 56.160. Reports

(a) In addition to the notice of changes required by AS 47.35.047 , an agency 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 agency;

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

(3) change in the name of the agency;

(4) change of administrator; or

(5) deletion or addition of a type of placement, such as foster home, residential child care facility, adoptive home, or guardianship placements for a child.

(b) An agency shall immediately report the following occurrences to the licensing representative:

(1) death of a child in placement with the agency;

(2) except for situations described in (c) of this section, serious injury or illness of a child in placement with the agency who requires attention by medical personnel outside of the placement setting;

(3) fire or other disaster affecting the agency; and

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

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

(d) An agency shall immediately report the following incidents involving a child in state custody under placement with the agency to the child's state placing worker:

(1) death of a child in placement with the agency;

(2) attempted or threatened suicide by a child in placement with the agency;

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

(4) unapproved absence for more than 10 hours by a child in placement with the agency.

(e) An agency shall report the following to the child's state placing worker no later than the first working day that it is known:

(1) pregnancy of a child in placement with the agency;

(2) severe distress or depression of a child in placement with the agency;

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

(4) violation of a condition of probation by a child in placement with the agency, if applicable;

(5) allegations of criminal conduct by a child in placement with the agency.

(f) An agency shall immediately report the following incidents involving a child in placement with the agency to the child's parent:

(1) death of a child while in placement with the agency;

(2) injury or illness of a child in placement with the agency requiring attention by medical personnel outside of the placement setting;

(3) medical or dental problems of a child in placement with the agency; and

(4) any significant events regarding the child.

History: Eff. 1/1/2001, Register 156

Authority: AS 44.29.020

AS 47.10.142

AS 47.35.010