7 AAC 50.010 - Exemptions from licensure requirements

(a) The following persons are exempt from the licensure requirements of AS 47.32 and this chapter:

(1) a person caring for a child in the child's own home, whether related to the child or not;

(2) repealed 7/1/2022;

(3) a person operating a residential child care facility on a United States Department of Defense installation or on a federal reserve;

(4) a person licensed as an assisted living home under AS 47.33 who admits a child for care depending on an evaluation of

(A) the number, ages, needs, and characteristics of children that the facility intends to admit for care;

(B) the physical accommodations, staff qualifications, plan for supervision, and health and safety provisions; and

(C) the proposed length of stay of children in the program;

(5) a person providing boarding care exclusively for children 16 years of age and older if

(A) each parent of a child has agreed to the placement of the child in a home selected by the school in which the child is enrolled; and

(B) the person providing the boarding care has, for each child in care, an authorization for emergency medical care; and

(6) repealed 7/1/2022;

(7) repealed 7/1/2022;

(8) a person operating a foster home without a license issued under this chapter, if that home provides care only for one or more minor children of any age placed by a parent or guardian who, through a power of attorney in accordance with AS 13.26.023, has delegated powers to that person regarding the care and custody of each minor child.

(b) Deleted 7/1/2000.

(c) The department may, on a case by case basis, grant an exemption from the requirements of this chapter to a person providing supervised transition living or supervised apartment living for children 16 years of age or older depending upon an evaluation of

(1) the number, ages, needs, and characteristics of children the person intends to serve;

(2) admission criteria and reevaluation criteria that will be used to determine readiness and continuing capacity of a child for self-sufficiency;

(3) the physical accommodations, staff qualifications, and plan for supervision;

(4) proposed length of stay in the program; and

(5) how the person represents the program and support services the person will provide as demonstrated in brochures and other materials that are available to the child and to the public.

Notes

7 AAC 50.010

Eff. 1/1/96, Register 136; am 3/1/98, Register 145; am 10/17/2007, Register 184; am 12/15/2013, Register 208, January 2014; am 1/5/2017, Register 221, April 2017; am 7/1/2022, Register 242, July 2022

Authority:AS 13.26.066

AS 44.29.020

AS 47.32.010

AS 47.32.020

AS 47.32.030