| PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS |
| 388-148-0005 | What is the purpose of this chapter? |
| 388-148-0010 | What definitions do I need to know to understand this chapter? |
| 388-148-0015 | Am I required to have a license to provide care to children? |
| 388-148-0020 | When is a license not required if I provide care to children? |
| 388-148-0025 | How do you decide how many children I may serve in my home or facility? |
| GENERAL REQUIREMENTS -- STAFF QUALIFICATIONS |
| 388-148-0030 | How old do I have to be to apply for a license to provide care to children? |
| 388-148-0035 | What personal characteristics do I need to provide care to children? |
| GENERAL REQUIREMENTS -- TRAINING REQUIRED |
| 388-148-0040 | What first-aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training is required? |
| 388-148-0045 | What HIV/AIDS and bloodborne pathogens training is required? |
| GENERAL REQUIREMENTS -- APPLICATION AND LICENSING PROCESS |
| 388-148-0050 | How do I apply for a license? |
| 388-148-0055 | How long do I have to complete the licensing application packet? |
| 388-148-0058 | May I receive more than one in-home family license? |
| 388-148-0060 | May my relative or I be certified by a child-placing agency to be a foster parent and be an employee of that same agency? |
| 388-148-0065 | When may I be certified to provide care to children? |
| 388-148-0070 | Is there a difference between licensing and certification? |
| 388-148-0075 | May I be licensed with the department and certified by a child-placing agency at the same time? |
| 388-148-0080 | What may I do if I disagree with the decision of a child-placing agency that I do not meet the licensing requirements? |
| GENERAL REQUIREMENTS -- CORRECTIVE ACTION |
| 388-148-0085 | Will the department license or continue to license a home or facility if the home or facility does not meet the licensing requirements? |
| 388-148-0090 | Does the department issue probationary license? |
| 388-148-0095 | When are licenses denied, suspended or revoked? |
| 388-148-0098 | When is an employee or volunteer disqualified from having unsupervised access to a child in a licensed home, facility, or agency? |
| 388-148-0100 | Are there any other reasons that might cause me to lose my license? |
| 388-148-0105 | How do you notify me if you have modified, denied, suspended, or revoked my license? |
| 388-148-0110 | What may I do if I disagree with your decision to modify, deny, suspend or revoke my license? |
| 388-148-0115 | May I appeal the decision of the office of administrative hearings' administrative law judge? |
| GENERAL REQUIREMENTS -- RECORD-KEEPING/REPORTING/PERSONNEL POLICIES/POSTING OF LICENSE |
| 388-148-0120 | What incidents involving children must I report? |
| 388-148-0123 | What are my reporting responsibilities when a child is missing from care? |
| 388-148-0125 | What are your requirements for keeping client records? |
| 388-148-0127 | What are the requirements for information kept in facility logs for staffed residential homes and group care programs? |
| 388-148-0130 | What information may I share about a child or a child's family? |
| 388-148-0135 | What changes to my home or facility must I report to my licensor? |
| 388-148-0140 | What personnel policies must I have? |
| 388-148-0145 | Where do I post my license? |
| GENERAL REQUIREMENTS -- HEALTH AND GENERAL SAFETY |
| 388-148-0150 | Are local ordinances part of the licensing requirements? |
| 388-148-0155 | What physical structure safety requirements must my home or facility meet? |
| 388-148-0160 | What measures must I take for pest control? |
| 388-148-0165 | What are the requirements regarding the location of my home or facility? |
| 388-148-0170 | What steps must I take to ensure children's safety around outdoor bodies of water? |
| 388-148-0175 | What are your requirements regarding pets and animals in my home or facility? |
| 388-148-0180 | Are alcoholic beverages or illegal drugs allowed at my home or facility? |
| 388-148-0185 | Is smoking permitted around children? |
| 388-148-0190 | May I have firearms in my home or facility? |
| 388-148-0195 | What are your requirements for storing dangerous chemicals or other substances? |
| 388-148-0200 | Do I need first-aid supplies? |
| 388-148-0205 | What requirements are there for the storage of medications? |
| 388-148-0210 | What requirements do I need to follow when I transport children? |
| 388-148-0215 | May I use wheeled baby walkers? |
| GENERAL REQUIREMENTS -- FIRE SAFETY |
| 388-148-0220 | What fire safety requirements must I follow to qualify for a license? |
| 388-148-0225 | What fire safety requirements are there for exits? |
| 388-148-0230 | Are there other fire safety requirements for inside a foster home or staffed residential home licensed for five or fewer children? |
| 388-148-0235 | What are the requirements for smoke detectors for foster homes and staffed residential homes licensed for five or fewer children? |
| 388-148-0240 | What are the requirements for fire extinguishers in homes and facilities? |
| 388-148-0245 | What fire escape measures must be taken for multilevel homes and facilities? |
| 388-148-0250 | What fire safety instructions must I give to children residing in a home or staffed residential home licensed for five or fewer children? |
| 388-148-0255 | What are the requirements for a fire evacuation plan? |
| GENERAL REQUIREMENTS -- ROOM REQUIREMENTS |
| 388-148-0260 | What are the general requirements for bedrooms? |
| 388-148-0265 | What are additional requirements for bedrooms for more than one person? |
| 388-148-0270 | What are the requirements for beds? |
| GENERAL REQUIREMENTS -- TELEPHONE/LIGHTING/VENTILATION/WATER/LAUNDRY/SEWAGE |
| 388-148-0275 | Do I need a telephone at my home or facility? |
| 388-148-0280 | What are the lighting requirements for my home or facility? |
| 388-148-0290 | What does the room temperature for my home or facility need to be? |
| 388-148-0300 | How must I ventilate my home or facility? |
| 388-148-0305 | What are the requirements for laundry facilities? |
| 388-148-0310 | What are the requirements for washing clothes? |
| 388-148-0315 | What are the requirements for toilets, sinks, and bathing facilities? |
| 388-148-0320 | What are the requirements about drinking water? |
| 388-148-0325 | What are the requirements for sewage and liquid wastes? |
| GENERAL REQUIREMENTS -- MEDICAL CARE AND MEDICATION MANAGEMENT |
| 388-148-0330 | Am I required to obtain a child's health history? |
| 388-148-0335 | When must I get an EPSDT exam for a child under my care? |
| 388-148-0340 | What are the requirements for immunizations for children? |
| 388-148-0345 | What must I do to prevent the spread of infections and communicable diseases? |
| 388-148-0350 | What are the requirements for obtaining consent for medical care for children under my care? |
| 388-148-0352 | What are the requirements for the management of medication for children in my care? |
| 388-148-0355 | May I accept medicine from a child's parent or guardian? |
| 388-148-0365 | When may children take their own medicine? |
| GENERAL REQUIREMENTS -- FOOD/DIET/INFANT CARE |
| 388-148-0370 | What food and meal guidelines must I follow? |
| 388-148-0375 | How often must I feed children? |
| 388-148-0380 | How do I handle a child's special diet? |
| 388-148-0385 | Are there special requirements for serving milk? |
| 388-148-0390 | What home-canned foods may I use? |
| 388-148-0395 | What requirements must I meet for feeding babies? |
| 388-148-0400 | What are the requirements for diapers and diaper-changing areas? |
| GENERAL REQUIREMENTS -- CLOTHING AND PERSONAL HYGIENE |
| 388-148-0405 | Do I have responsibility for a child's clothing? |
| 388-148-0410 | May a child take personal belongings after being discharged from a home or facility? |
| 388-148-0415 | Do I have responsibility for a child's personal hygiene? |
| GENERAL REQUIREMENTS -- CLIENT RIGHTS |
| 388-148-0420 | What are the requirements for protecting a child under my care from abuse and neglect? |
| 388-148-0422 | What are the requirements for privacy for children in out-of-home placements? |
| 388-148-0425 | What are the requirements about nondiscrimination? |
| 388-148-0430 | May I take a foster child to church services, temple, mosque or synagogue? |
| 388-148-0435 | Do I have to admit or retain all children? |
| 388-148-0440 | What must I consider in assigning work to children in my home or facility? |
| 388-148-0445 | What toys and activities must I provide to children? |
| 388-148-0455 | Do I need permission to travel on an overnight trip or out-of-state with my foster child? |
| GENERAL REQUIREMENTS -- SUPERVISION |
| 388-148-0460 | What requirements do you have for supervising children? |
| GENERAL REQUIREMENTS -- DISCIPLINE |
| 388-148-0465 | What requirements must I follow when disciplining children? |
| 388-148-0470 | What types of disciplinary practices are forbidden? |
| 388-148-0475 | Do you require a written statement describing my discipline methods? |
| GENERAL REQUIREMENTS -- PHYSICAL RESTRAINT |
| 388-148-0480 | When may a child be restrained? |
| 388-148-0485 | What types of physical restraint are not acceptable for children? |
| 388-148-0487 | Are there requirements for time-out or quiet rooms? |
| 388-148-0488 | Are time-delay mechanisms allowed on windows and doors of a facility or staffed residential home licensed for six? |
| 388-148-0490 | What must I do following an incident that involved using physical restraint? |
| FOSTER HOME REQUIREMENTS |
| 388-148-0505 | What services must a foster parent be able to provide? |
| 388-148-0510 | What educational support must I provide to children under my care? |
| FOSTER HOMES -- FOSTER PARENT QUALIFICATIONS/TRAINING/CAPACITY ALLOWED |
| 388-148-0515 | What is the minimum age to be a foster parent? |
| 388-148-0520 | What are the training requirements for foster parents and prospective foster parents? |
| 388-148-0525 | How many children may my foster home serve? |
| FOSTER HOMES -- FOSTER PARENT EMPLOYMENT AND RESPITE |
| 388-148-0530 | May I be employed if I am a foster parent? |
| 388-148-0535 | Do I need to have income separate from foster care payments? |
| 388-148-0540 | When may I use respite care? |
| 388-148-0541 | Excluding respite care, who may provide care to a foster child in the foster home when the foster parent is away from the home? |
| 388-148-0542 | May a foster child be supervised by someone under eighteen in the foster home? |
| 388-148-0545 | May I place my foster child with another family temporarily? |
| 388-148-0550 | May my foster children participate in routine activities without a licensed provider supervising the activity? |
| REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL LICENSES, EXCEPT FOSTER HOMES -- PROGRAM AND SERVICES |
| 388-148-0555 | Do I need a social summary for children under my care? |
| 388-148-0560 | Do I need a treatment plan for children under my care? |
| 388-148-0565 | Do you need to approve the program that I offer for children under my care? |
| 388-148-0570 | What education and vocational instruction must I provide to the children under my care? |
| 388-148-0575 | What medical policies and procedures must I have? |
| 388-148-0580 | What nursing services must I provide? |
ALL LICENSES EXCEPT FOSTER HOMES AND GROUP RECEIVING
CENTERS -- SOCIAL SERVICE STAFF QUALIFICATIONS AND STAFFING RATIOS |
| 388-148-0585 | What social service staff do I need? |
| 388-148-0590 | What clerical, accounting and administrative services do I need for my home or facility? |
| 388-148-0595 | What support and maintenance staff do I need for my home or facility? |
| 388-148-0600 | Do I need professional consultants for my program? |
| 388-148-0605 | Is in-service training required? |
| 388-148-0610 | What are the required ratios of social service staff to children under care? |
| GROUP CARE FACILITIES AND STAFFED RESIDENTIAL HOMES LICENSED FOR SIX CHILDREN -- FIRE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS |
| 388-148-0620 | What safety features do I need for hazardous areas? |
| 388-148-0625 | What other requirements must I follow for smoke detectors? |
| 388-148-0640 | What fire safety procedures do staff of a group care facility and a staffed residential home licensed for six children need to know? |
| 388-148-0645 | What are the requirements for fire drills and testing smoke detectors? |
| 388-148-0655 | Are there different construction and fire safety requirements for facilities that have multiple licenses in the same building? |
| GROUP CARE FACILITIES AND STAFFED RESIDENTIAL HOMES -- FOOD AND MEALS |
| 388-148-0660 | Do mealtimes need to be established? |
| 388-148-0665 | Do you have general menu requirements? |
| GROUP CARE -- PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS AND SERVICES |
| 388-148-0670 | What types of group care programs are licensed to provide care to children? |
| 388-148-0680 | What basic elements must a group care program include? |
| 388-148-0685 | Who may a group care program provider serve? |
| 388-148-0690 | What services must I provide if I have a group care license? |
| 388-148-0695 | Must I give a child an allowance? |
| GROUP CARE -- STAFF QUALIFICATIONS AND STAFFING RATIOS |
| 388-148-0700 | What are the qualifications for an executive director for a group care program or child-placing agency? |
| 388-148-0705 | Do I need an on-site program manager or social service staff at each group care facility? |
| 388-148-0710 | What are the responsibilities of the on-site program manager or social service staff for a group care facility? |
| 388-148-0715 | What qualifications must the on-site program manager, or social service staff for a group care program or a CPA program manager have? |
| 388-148-0718 | What are the responsibilities for child care staff at a group care program? |
| 388-148-0720 | What are the qualifications for child care staff and case aides? |
| 388-148-0722 | What are the qualifications for health care staff for a group care program or a child-placing agency caring for medically fragile children? |
| 388-148-0725 | What is the ratio of child care staff to children in group care facilities? |
| GROUP CARE -- ROOM REQUIREMENTS |
| 388-148-0730 | Are there room requirements for group care facilities? |
| 388-148-0740 | What are the kitchen requirements? |
| SPECIFIC PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS -- MATERNITY SERVICES |
| 388-148-0745 | Who may provide maternity services? |
| 388-148-0750 | What maternity services must I provide? |
| 388-148-0755 | How are maternity services delivered? |
| 388-148-0760 | Do you need to approve daily activities that I offer to expectant or new mothers? |
| 388-148-0765 | What types of health education must I offer expectant and new mothers? |
| 388-148-0770 | Is a group care program required to provide child care? |
| 388-148-0775 | Do expectant and new mothers need to be under a physician's care? |
| 388-148-0780 | What are my responsibilities if a specialist is required? |
| MATERNITY SERVICES -- STAFF QUALIFICATIONS AND STAFFING RATIOS |
| 388-148-0785 | What is the proper ratio of staff to children in home or group care facilities offering maternity services? |
| MATERNITY SERVICES -- ROOM REQUIREMENTS |
| 388-148-0790 | Do you have room requirements for facilities offering maternity services? |
| 388-148-0795 | How is capacity determined for a maternity services facility? |
| DAY TREATMENT PROGRAMS -- PROGRAM AND SERVICES |
| 388-148-0800 | What is the purpose of day treatment programs? |
| DAY TREATMENT PROGRAMS -- STAFF QUALIFICATIONS AND STAFFING RATIOS |
| 388-148-0805 | What staff must my day treatment program have? |
| 388-148-0810 | What consultants must my day treatment program have? |
| 388-148-0815 | What is the ratio of counselor and teaching staff to children in a day treatment program? |
| GROUP CARE PROGRAMS FOR MEDICALLY FRAGILE CHILDREN AND CHILDREN WITH SEVERE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES -- PROGRAM AND SERVICES |
| 388-148-0820 | What type of care is offered for medically fragile children and children with severe developmental disabilities? |
| 388-148-0825 | Who provides services for medically fragile children and children with severe developmental disabilities? |
| 388-148-0830 | What services must be provide for medically fragile children and children with severe developmental disabilities? |
| 388-148-0835 | Do I need to have a multidisciplinary care plan for medically fragile children and children with severe developmental disabilities? |
| 388-148-0840 | What must the multidisciplinary care plan for a medically fragile child or a child with severe developmental disabilities include? |
| 388-148-0845 | What are the requirements for nurses in programs who care for medically fragile children or children with severe developmental disabilities? |
| 388-148-0850 | When do I use a nurse? |
| GROUP CARE PROGRAMS FOR MEDICALLY FRAGILE CHILDREN OR CHILDREN WITH SEVERE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES -- ROOM REQUIREMENTS |
| 388-148-0855 | Do I need to provide a therapy room for children with severe developmental disabilities? |
| 388-148-0860 | Are there room requirements for group care facilities for medically fragile children less than age six? |
| GROUP CARE PROGRAMS FOR MEDICALLY FRAGILE CHILDREN AND CHILDREN WITH SEVERE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES -- FOOD AND MEALS |
| 388-148-0865 | What food requirements exist for medically fragile children and children with severe developmental disabilities? |
| GROUP CARE PROGRAMS FOR MEDICALLY FRAGILE CHILDREN AND CHILDREN WITH SEVERE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES -- RECORD-KEEPING |
| 388-148-0870 | What additional record-keeping requirements exist for medically fragile children and children with severe developmental disabilities? |
| CRISIS RESIDENTIAL CENTERS -- PROGRAM/LEVELS OF SECURITY/PLACEMENT AND SERVICES |
| 388-148-0875 | What types of crisis residential centers may be licensed? |
| 388-148-0880 | What levels of secure CRCs exist? |
| 388-148-0885 | What are the requirements for a level-one secure CRC? |
| 388-148-0890 | What are the requirements for a level-two secure CRC? |
| 388-148-0892 | What are the requirements for a level three secure CRC? |
| 388-148-0895 | May a juvenile detention center operate as a separate secure CRC program? |
| 388-148-0900 | What youth may a CRC serve? |
| 388-148-0905 | Can law enforcement officers place youth in secure CRCs? |
| 388-148-0910 | What hours do CRCs have to be open? |
| 388-148-0915 | What steps must be taken after a youth is admitted into a CRC? |
| 388-148-0920 | What if a youth seems unlikely to remain in a regular CRC? |
| 388-148-0925 | What happens when no space exists at a secure CRC? |
| 388-148-0930 | How is a youth transferred from one type of CRC to another? |
| 388-148-0940 | What does a youth's orientation to a CRC need to include? |
| 388-148-0945 | What intervention services must be provided or arranged for by the CRC? |
| 388-148-0950 | What behavior management practices are required for a CRC? |
| CRISIS RESIDENTIAL CENTERS -- MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM |
| 388-148-0955 | What is the purpose of a multidisciplinary team in a CRC? |
| 388-148-0960 | When may a multidisciplinary team be requested? |
| 388-148-0965 | How is a multidisciplinary team convened? |
| 388-148-0970 | May a parent disband the multidisciplinary team? |
| CRISIS RESIDENTIAL CENTERS -- STAFF QUALIFICATIONS AND STAFFING RATIOS |
| 388-148-0975 | What qualifications must a crisis residential center executive director have? |
| 388-148-0980 | Do I need a program manager on-site at each facility? |
| 388-148-0985 | What qualifications must the on-site program manager for a crisis residential program have? |
| 388-148-0990 | What additional qualifications must the crisis residential center youth care staff have? |
| 388-148-0995 | What are the ratio requirements of youth care staff to youth in crisis residential centers? |
| CRISIS RESIDENTIAL CENTERS -- STAFF TRAINING |
| 388-148-1000 | What training must staff at a crisis residential center have? |
| CRISIS RESIDENTIAL CENTERS -- RECORD-KEEPING |
| 388-148-1005 | What record keeping is required for crisis residential centers? |
| 388-148-1010 | What additional record-keeping requirements exist for secure crisis residential centers? |
| STAFFED RESIDENTIAL HOMES -- PROGRAM AND SERVICES |
| 388-148-1015 | What is the purpose of a staffed residential home? |
| 388-148-1025 | What must be included in a written program description for a staffed residential home? |
| 388-148-1030 | What services must a staffed residential home provide? |
| STAFF RESIDENTIAL HOMES -- STAFF QUALIFICATIONS, STAFFING RATIOS, AND CAPACITY |
| 388-148-1035 | Who must be on the premises when children are under care at a staffed residential home? |
| 388-148-1040 | What are the qualifications for staff at a staffed residential home? |
| 388-148-1045 | What is the ratio of child care staff to children in staffed residential homes? |
| 388-148-1050 | How many children may I serve in my staffed residential home? |
| STAFFED RESIDENTIAL HOMES -- ROOM REQUIREMENTS |
| 388-148-1055 | Are there room requirements for staffed residential homes? |
| CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES -- PROGRAM AND SERVICES |
| 388-148-1060 | What services may a child-placing agency provide? |
| 388-148-1066 | What written information is needed before a child is accepted for care by a child-placing agency? |
| 388-148-1070 | What health histories need to be provided to foster or adoptive parents? |
| 388-148-1075 | When may child-placing agencies from outside the state place children in this state? |
| CHILD-PLACING AGENCY STAFF QUALIFICATIONS |
| 388-148-1076 | What are the qualifications for an executive director, a program manager/social service staff, and a consultant for a child-placing agency? |
| 388-148-1077 | What are the qualifications for a case aide for a child-placing agency program? |
| 388-148-1078 | What are the qualifications for health care staff hired or contracted by a child-placing agency to provide services to children in care? |
| 388-148-1079 | What are the qualifications or the foster home licensor for a child-placing agency? |
| CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES -- ROOM REQUIREMENTS |
| 388-148-1080 | Are child-placing agencies required to have office space? |
| CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES -- FOSTER CARE SERVICES |
| 388-148-1085 | How may my child-placing agency certify a foster home for licensing by the department? |
| 388-148-1090 | What children may child-placing agency foster homes accept? |
| 388-148-1095 | May different child-placing agencies share eligible foster parents for placement? |
| 388-148-1100 | What do I need to consider in making foster care placements? |
| 388-148-1105 | May I share information about the child with the foster parents? |
| 388-148-1110 | How often should the case manager contact the foster child and family? |
| CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES -- ADOPTION SERVICES |
| 388-148-1115 | What are the requirements for providing adoptive services? |
| 388-148-1120 | What is the process for adoptions? |
| 388-148-1125 | What requirements exist for specialized adoptive services? |
| CHILD-PLACING AGENCIES -- ADOPTION RECORDS |
| 388-148-1130 | Must my child-placing agency retain the records of adopted children? |
| 388-148-1135 | What happens to the adopted children's records if my agency closes? |
| GROUP CARE FACILITIES -- GROUP RECEIVING CENTERS PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS AND SERVICES |
| 388-148-1205 | What is a group receiving center? |
| 388-148-1210 | What age children may a center serve? |
| 388-148-1215 | What hours must a center be open? |
| 388-148-1220 | What services are provided or arranged for by a group receiving center? |
| 388-148-1225 | Is a center required to provide an orientation for a child placed? |
| 388-148-1230 | Does each child need space for personal items at the center? |
| GROUP RECEIVING CENTERS -- STAFF TRAINING |
| 388-148-1235 | What staff training is required? |
| GROUP CARE FACILITIES-GROUP RECEIVING CENTERS -- STAFFING RATIOS AND SUPERVISION |
| 388-148-1240 | What is the ratio of child care staff to children at a center? |
| 388-148-1245 | What are the requirements for supervision of children at a center? |
| 388-148-1250 | Who must be on the premises while children are in care at a center? |
| GROUP CARE FACILITY-GROUP RECEIVING CENTERS -- RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, EQUIPMENT, AND SPACE |
| 388-148-1255 | What are the requirements for an activity program? |
| 388-148-1260 | What activities must I provide to children? |
| 388-148-1265 | What are the requirements for indoor recreation areas? |
| 388-148-1270 | What are the requirements for an outdoor recreation area? |
| 388-148-1275 | What are the size requirements for an outdoor recreation area? |
| 388-148-1280 | What are the requirements for playground equipment? |