Utah Admin. Code R501-12-4 - Three-Year Licenses
(1)
(a) This section supersedes Subsections
R380-600-3(16), (18), and
(19) in accordance with Subsection
26B-2-105(5)(d).
(b) This section does not apply to a
child-placing foster care agency or foster homes certified under a
child-placing foster care license.
(2)
(a) A foster parent who has
remained continually licensed by OL for any two or more consecutive years, with
no penalties or notations of noncompliance during that period, shall receive a
renewal license that expires three years following the renewal license start
date.
(b) A foster parent with a
three-year license remains subject to:
(i)
ongoing background checks and approvals and denials, as outlined in Section
26B-2-120; and
(ii) the requirement to submit annual update
information to ensure OL has accurate information regarding the home and family
members.
(c) In
accordance with Subsection
26B-2-107(3), an
announced or unannounced on-site inspection may not be conducted by OL for any
foster parent with a three-year license, unless:
(i) the office is made aware of any safety
concerns in the home requiring an on-site visit from OL;
(ii) the licensee has not had any placements
for more than 12 consecutive months and seeks to take a new placement;
or
(iii) as necessary to monitor a
material change.
(3) If the foster parent with a three-year
license receives a new notation of noncompliance, OL shall revert to the annual
license requirements that maintains the same expiration day and month for a
one-year license.
(4) The foster
parent may not allow any person without an OBP eligible background check to
have unsupervised direct access to a foster child unless:
(i) the person is a provider of incidental
care;
(ii) the person is identified
in the foster child's department record as an individual for preserving
connection;
(iii) the person is a
resident living in the home of a short-term relief care provider that maintains
supervision of the resident in the presence of a foster child; or
(iv) the person's access is driven by
child-centered normalcy needs that are guided by reasonable and prudent
parenting as described in Section
80-2-308 and is not a foster
parent delegation of parental responsibility.
(5) The foster parent who selects short-term
care for a foster child as a delegation of parental responsibility and not for
respite care, incidental care, preserving connection or short-term relief care
must ensure the caregiver has an eligible OBP background check and the child's
caseworker approves the caregiver in-writing before allowing unsupervised
direct access to the foster child.
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