La. Admin. Code tit. 67, § V-6708 - General Provision

A. Conditions for Participation in a Child-Related Business

1. Owners shall have a fingerprint-based criminal background check through the Federal Bureau of Identification (FBI) on file with the maternity home in accordance with R.S. 46:51.2 and 15:587.1.

a. This check shall be obtained prior to the license being issued, the addition of a board member who meets the definition of an owner, an individual being present on the premises, or an individual having access to residents and/or infants of residents.

b. No person shall own, operate, or participate in the management or governance of a maternity home until such person has submitted his or her fingerprints through the FBI and it has been determined that such person has not been convicted of, or pled guilty or nolo contendere to any crime listed in R.S. 15:587.1(C).

c. No person who has been convicted of, or pled guilty or nolo contendere to any offense included in R.S. 15:587.1(C), shall own, operate, or participate in the management or governance of a maternity home.

d. Any owner or operator who is convicted of, or pled guilty or nolo contendere to any crime listed in R.S. 15:587.1(C) shall not continue in the management or governance after such conviction, guilty plea, or plea of nolo contendere.

e. Only certified CBCs obtained by the individual for themselves from LSP are transferable from one owner to another owner.

2. The following is a listing of individuals by organizational type who are required to submit documentation of a satisfactory fingerprint-based criminal background clearance through the FBI.

a. Individual Ownership-individual and spouse listed on the licensing application submitted and who have access to the residents and/or infants of residents in care of the provider and/or residents and/or infants of residents who receive services from the provider and/or who are present at any time on the facility premises when residents and/or infants of residents are present;

b. Partnership-all limited or general partners and managers who are listed on the licensing application submitted and who have access to the residents and/or infants of residents in care of the provider and/or residents and/or infants of residents who receive services from the provider, and/or who are present at any time on the facility premises when residents and/or infants of residents are present;

c. Church Owned, University Owned or Governmental Entity-any clergy and/or board member who is listed on the licensing application submitted and who has access to the residents and/or infants of residents in care of the provider, and/or residents and/or infants of residents who receive services from the provider, and/or who is present at any time on the facility premises when residents and/or infants of residents are present; or

d. Corporation (includes limited liability companies)-individual(s) who is registered as an officer of the board with the Louisiana Secretary of State and/or listed on the licensing application submitted and who has access to the residents and/or infants of residents in care of the provider, and/or residents and/or infants of residents who receive services from the provider, and/or who is present at any time on the facility premises when residents and/or infants of residents are present.

3. When an individual is listed on the licensing application or the Secretary of State's website as an officer and does not have access to residents and/or infants of residents in care or who receive services from the provider and/or is not present at any time on the facility premises when residents and/or infants of residents are present, a DCFS approved attestation form signed and dated by the individual is acceptable in lieu of a satisfactory fingerprint-based CBC through the FBI. The attestation form shall be accepted for a period of one year from the date individual signed attestation form.

4. Effective May 1, 2019, CBCs/attestation forms shall be dated prior to the initial license being issued, but no earlier than 45 days prior to the initial application being received by the Licensing Section, or the individual being present on the premises, or having access to residents and/or infants of residents.

5. Providers and staff shall not permit an individual convicted of a sex offense as defined in R.S. 15:541 to have physical access to a maternity home as defined in R.S. 46:1403.

6. The owner or director of a maternity home shall be required to call and notify law enforcement personnel and the Licensing Section management staff if they have knowledge that a registered sex offender is on the premises of the maternity home. The verbal report shall be followed by a written report to the Licensing Section within 24 hours. The owner or director of a maternity home shall be required to call and notify law enforcement personnel if they have knowledge that a registered sex offender is within 1,000 feet of the maternity home as required by R.S 14:91.1.

B. State Central Registry

1. All owners shall have documentation of a state central registry clearance as required in §6712

C. Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard

1. The provider shall designate in writing at least one on-site staff person as the authorized representative to apply the reasonable and prudent parent standard to decisions involving the participation of a child who is in foster care and placed in the facility in age or developmentally appropriate activities. The staff person(s) designated as the authorized representative shall be at the licensed location at all times during the facilitys hours of operation. Licensing shall be notified in writing within five calendar days if there is a change to one of the designated representatives.

2. The authorized representative shall utilize the reasonable and prudent parent standard when making any decision involving the participation of a child who is in foster care and placed in the facility in age or developmentally appropriate activities.

3. The authorized representative shall receive training or training materials shall be provided on the use of the reasonable and prudent parent standard. Documentation of the reasonable and prudent parenting training shall be maintained. The reasonable and prudent parent training or training materials, as developed or approved by DCFS, shall include, but is not limited to the following topic areas:

a. age or developmentally appropriate activities or items;

b. reasonable and prudent parent standard;

c. role of the provider and of DCFS; and

d. allowing for normalcy for the child while respecting the parents residual rights.

Notes

La. Admin. Code tit. 67, § V-6708

Promulgated by the Department of Children and Family Services, Division of Programs, Licensing Section, LR 38:969 (April 2012), Amended LR 42220 (2/1/2016), Amended by the Department of Children and Family Services, Licensing Section, LR 45515 (4/1/2019), effective 5/1/2019, Amended LR 46667 (5/1/2020), effective 6/1/2020.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 46:1401 et seq.