7 AAC 67.010 - Exemptions from licensure requirements

The following persons are exempt from the foster home licensure requirements of AS 47.32 and this chapter:

(1) an individual caring for a child, not in the custody of the department, in the child's own home, whether related to the child or not;

(2) an individual designated by a foster parent for the supervision of a child in a foster home during an emergency absence of a foster parent for a period of no more than 14 days;

(3) an individual who provides care for one or more relative children, unless the department has custodial authority of the child and the individual seeks payment as a licensed provider;

(4) an individual who is licensed to operate a foster home by a tribe or tribal entity, if the tribe or tribal entity has licensing standards in accordance with federal licensing requirements, and

(A) has a current tribal Title IV-E pass-through maintenance agreement, approved by the department; or

(B) has a memorandum of agreement for state placement in tribal licensed foster homes, approved by the department;

(5) a person licensed as an assisted living home under AS 47.32 and AS 47.33 who admits a child for care in accordance with an assessment of the child's individual needs and services;

(6) a person providing 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 care has, for each child in care, an authorization for emergency medical care;

(7) a person who provides care for a child under a power of attorney executed by the child's parent under AS 13.26.066

Notes

7 AAC 67.010

Eff. 7/1/2022, Register 242, July 2022

Authority:AS 13.26.066

AS 47.14.120

AS 47.32.020

AS 44.30.020

AS 47.32.010

AS 47.32.030