Utah Admin. Code R501-12-5 - Short-Term Relief Care

(1) This section does not apply to a child-placing foster care agency or foster homes certified under their license, unless the agency maintains a department contract for placement of DCFS foster children.
(2) The foster parent may use a short-term relief provider if:
(a) DCFS approves the immediate family member or relative of the foster parent in-writing for caring for the foster child for less than six consecutive nights;
(b) the immediate family member or relative of the foster parent has an eligible OBP background check; and
(c) the immediate family member or relative of the foster parent, is not a relative of the foster child, unless approved by DCFS for a licensed kinship foster parent or an individual identified for preserving connection.

Notes

Utah Admin. Code R501-12-5
Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2014-24, effective 11/17/2014 Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2015-22, effective 10/23/2015 Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2018-6, effective 2/23/2018 Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2018-14, effective 7/1/2018 Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2020-09, effective 5/11/2020 Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2020-11, effective 5/11/2020 Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2023-04, effective 2/1/2023 Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2023-12, effective 5/31/2023 Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2025-04, effective 2/10/2025

State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare.


No prior version found.