Current through August 30, 2024
(a) A facility must have a planned program to
care for pregnant and parenting individuals. The program must be submitted to
and approved by the department. The plan must provide for
(1) preparation for delivery of the baby,
including childbirth classes;
(2)
assistance in decision making in relation to the child, including referral to a
placement agency for addressing
(A) adoption
counseling for a mother planning to relinquish the mother's parental rights;
and
(B) legal rights and
obligations in relation to parenthood or relinquishment of parental
rights;
(3) help to the
mother with family, peer, and other significant relationships, including
paternal involvement;
(4) parenting
education for mothers keeping their babies;
(5) infant stimulation and child development,
where applicable;
(6) health
education, prenatal care, and where applicable, postnatal care;
(7) physical care of pregnant and parenting
individuals and care and services to mothers and their infants within the
facility after childbirth, where applicable; and
(8) socialization and support opportunities
for single mothers, where applicable.
(b) A facility providing care and services to
mothers and their infants or other young children within the facility after
childbirth shall, with regard to the care of the infants or other young
children, comply with the requirements of
(1)
former
7 AAC 50.420(a) and (b), in effect as of
7/1/2000, except that the schedule and plan of activities need not be in
writing; and
(2) former
7 AAC 50.540(e), in effect as of
7/1/2000.
(c) The
facility's plan for supervision required by
7 AAC 50.400(a) must address the increasing
responsibility of mothers for their infants and young children.
(d) A facility may permit an adolescent to
care for another adolescent's infant if the following conditions are met:
(1) the adolescent who is assuming the care
of the infant of another adolescent may not care for more than one other infant
in addition to the adolescent's own infant at any one time;
(2) the adolescent whose infant will be cared
for and the adolescent caregiver discuss the expectations relating to the care
of the infant, including the duration of care, the infant's nutritional and
toileting needs, and whether the adolescent whose infant will be cared for will
make arrangements to compensate the adolescent caregiver; and
(3) the facility documents approval of the
care arrangement, including how it will protect the health and well-being of
the infant.
Authority:AS
44.29.020
AS
47.32.030
