Kan. Admin. Regs. § 30-47-806 - Training

(a) Prelicensure training. Before a license is issued, each applicant shall successfully complete the following:

(1) An instructor-led family foster home preparatory program approved by the department;

(2) an instructor-led first aid training course that includes a post-test;

(3) an instructor-led cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) course that includes a postskills test, applicable for the ages of children to be placed. The licensee shall maintain current CPR certification. The licensee of each family foster home licensed before October 1, 2019 shall complete a CPR course that meets the requirements of this paragraph as part of the annual training;

(4) training in universal precautions; and

(5) training in medication administration.

(b) In-service training. Each licensee shall obtain eight clock-hours of training each licensing year. At least two of the required eight clock-hours shall include instruction between an instructor and participant. The training topics shall provide the opportunity to develop competency in two or more of the following areas:

(1) Advocacy;

(2) attachment issues and disorders;

(3) child development;

(4) crisis management, including intervention techniques for problem or conflict resolution, diffusion of anger, and de-escalation methods;

(5) communicating and connections with birth families;

(6) discipline and behavior management techniques;

(7) human sexuality, including gender identification;

(8) human trafficking and exploitation;

(9) indicators of gang involvement;

(10) indicators of self-harming behaviors or suicidal tendencies and knowledge of appropriate intervention methods;

(11) medical and mental health disorders, treatment modalities, and pharmacology;

(12) principles of trauma-informed care and trauma-specific interventions;

(13) reasonable and prudent parent standard;

(14) regulations governing family foster homes;

(15) report writing and documentation methods; and

(16) resources and services available to youth transitioning to independent living.

(c) Additional training requirements.

(1) Each licensee shall participate in any additional or alternative training required by the sponsoring child-placement agency.

(2) Each licensee using physical restraint shall have a current certificate documenting completion of physical restraint and de-escalation training approved by the secretary.

(d) Failure to meet training requirements.

(1) Each licensee who fails to meet training requirements for any licensing year shall complete a corrective action plan developed with the sponsoring child-placement agency to comply with prior licensing year requirements. The training hours obtained under the corrective action plan shall apply only to the prior licensing year. Failure to successfully complete the corrective action plan within 30 days after the initiation of the corrective action plan may result in an enforcement action.

(2) Each corrective action plan shall include the licensee's plan for maintaining compliance with this regulation.

(3) A licensee shall not accept any new child for placement until the sponsoring child-placement agency documents that the licensee has successfully completed the corrective action plan and the training obtained by the licensee meets the requirements of subsection (b).

Notes

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 30-47-806

Authorized by K.S.A. 65-508, 75-3084, and 75-3085; implementing K.S.A. 65-508; adopted by Kansas Register Volume 43, No. 21; effective 6/7/2024.