Alaska Administrative Code
Title 7 - Health and Social Services
Part 4 - Children's Services and Juvenile Justice
Chapter 50 - Community Care Licensing
Article 2 - Administration
7 AAC 50.120 - Facility operation and management

Universal Citation: 7 AK Admin Code 50.120

Current through August 30, 2024

(a) A residential child care facility shall adopt personnel policies that are given to employees, contractors, and volunteers at the time they start work with children. The personnel policies must include, as applicable,

(1) personnel qualifications;

(2) the job description applicable to the employee, contractor, or volunteer;

(3) for employees and contractors
(A) procedures for annual evaluation; and

(B) a performance evaluation within six months of employment.

(b) A facility with one or more employees, contractors, or regular volunteers shall either directly or by delegation to the administrator

(1) provide for screening, scheduling, and supervising of all employees, volunteers, and others who provide services in the facility;

(2) remove an employee, contractor, or volunteer from contact with children when the administrator has reason to believe that the employee, contractor, or volunteer has physically or sexually abused a child or furnished a child with alcohol or a controlled substance;

(3) remove an employee, contractor, or volunteer from contact with children when the administrator has reason to believe that the employee, contractor, or volunteer is in violation of 7 AAC 50.210(c) (2), (3), or (5); and

(4) ensure that an employee's, contractor's, or volunteer's ability to perform assigned duties is not impaired by alcohol or controlled substances while in contact with children or while performing other job responsibilities.

(c) If the department requests a facility to remove an employee, contractor, or volunteer from contact with children on the grounds set out in (b)(2) and (3) of this section, the department will inform the employee, contractor, or volunteer of the grounds for removal and provide the employee, contractor, or volunteer with an opportunity to bring to the department's attention any facts that the employee, contractor, or volunteer believes pertinent to the matter. The department may excuse or delay notification to the employee, contractor, or volunteer if the department determines, that notification may put children at risk of harm or compromise a police investigation. The department will not provide the employee, contractor, or volunteer with any information that is confidential under law or that may put children at risk of harm or compromise a police investigation.

(d) A residential child care facility shall adopt and compile facility policies, procedures, program descriptions, and forms, as applicable, into an operational manual that must be made available to employees, contractors, and volunteers and to the licensing representative upon request.

(e) A facility's practices and the practices of the facility employees, contractors, or volunteers shall conform to statutes, this chapter, and the facility's policies.

Authority:AS 44.29.020

AS 47.32.030

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