Ariz. Admin. Code § R6-5-7448 - Visitation, Outings, Mail, and Telephones

A. The licensee shall have a written policy and procedures regarding visitation, mail, telephone calls, and other forms of communication between children and family, friends, and other persons. The policy and procedures shall conform to the requirements of this Section.

1. The licensee shall allow a child reasonable privacy during a visit unless the child's service plan requires supervised visitation.

2. A licensee shall have facility visiting hours which meet the needs of the children and their parents.

3. A licensee shall not deny, monitor, or restrict a child's communication with the child's social worker, attorney, Court Appointed Special Advocate, guardian ad litem, or clergy. The licensee may establish a schedule and rules for communication to prohibit undue interference with programming.

4. A licensee shall not deny, monitor, or restrict communications between a child and the child's parent, guardian, or friends except as prescribed:

a. By court order;

b. In the child's service plan, which shall contain specific treatment reasons for the restriction which shall be time limited; or

c. In the facility's policy and statement of purpose required by R6-5-7423.

5. The licensee may require a child to open mail in the presence of staff in order to inspect the mail for contraband.

6. When a licensee is monitoring a communication as allowed in subsection (A)(4) above, the licensee shall tell the parties to the communication about the monitoring.

B. The licensee shall have written policy and procedures to govern situations when a child temporarily leaves the facility on a visit or outing with a person other than a staff member. The procedures shall include:

1. A method for recording the child's location, the duration of the activity, and the anticipated and actual time of the child's return;

2. The name, address, and telephone number of the person responsible for the child while the child is absent from the facility; and

3. A procedure for action if a child fails to return.

C. Subsection (B) does not apply to regularly scheduled trips to school.

Notes

Ariz. Admin. Code § R6-5-7448

Adopted effective July 1, 1997; filed with the Secretary of State's Office May 15, 1997 (Supp. 97-2).