(a) If an
orientation and pre-service training program is available in the community, the
licensing representative may require an applicant for a license to operate an
agency under this chapter to attend the program. If the applicant does not
complete any required program, the licensing representative shall suspend
processing the application, until the requirement is met.
(b) An applicant for a license to operate an
agency under this chapter shall
(1) submit
the application on forms provided by the department, including the release
forms specified in (4) of this subsection;
(2) comply with statutes and regulations
setting out department procedures;
(3) initiate the application in the name of
the individual or legal entity responsible for the operation of the agency;
and
(4) submit release forms
completed by the administrator or candidate to be the administrator of the
agency; the release forms shall authorize the licensing representative to
(A) review criminal justice
information;
(B) review protective
service records;
(C) review
licensing records;
(D) request a
health, probation, or mental health evaluation, if considered necessary by the
department to evaluate whether the administrator or candidate to be the
administrator of the agency meets the requirements of AS 47.32 and this
chapter; and
(E) share this
information with the applicant for a license or licensee, to the extent
permitted by state or federal law.
(c) An application for a license to operate
an agency must contain the following items, as applicable to each type of child
placement:
(1) repealed 7/1/2022;
(2) a copy of enabling legislation, charter,
partnership agreement, constitution, or articles of incorporation for the
applicant, if the applicant is a legal entity;
(3) the phone number and electronic mail
address, if any, of the agency and of the applicant, including each person who
has an ownership or management interest in the agency;
(4) the name, address, phone number,
electronic mail address, if any, and title of the chief executive officer of
the unit or subunit of government, if the applicant is a government
unit;
(5) names, phone numbers,
electronic mail addresses, if any, and mailing addresses of four references for
the applicant;
(6) the information
and other items required to request a background check under
7 AAC 10.910 for each person for whom a background check is
required under
AS
47.05.300-47.05.390 and
7 AAC 10.900 -
7 AAC 10.990;
(7) each type of child placement the agency
will perform, such as foster care, guardianship, adoption, or residential child
care placement;
(8) the number of
anticipated child placements per year for each type of child
placement;
(9) the number of
foster, adoptive, and guardianship homes the agency anticipates evaluating per
year;
(10) a request for a variance
of this chapter, if applicable;
(11) the plan of operation for the agency,
including an organization chart, staffing and other plans, policies, rules,
program descriptions, schedules, forms, evaluation criteria, and similar
material required by AS 47.32 and this chapter; and
(12) other information required by the
department on the application to enable the department to determine if the
applicant meets the applicable requirements of
AS
47.05.300-47.05.390, AS 47.32,
7 AAC 10.900 -
7 AAC 10.990, and
this chapter.
(d) An
applicant for a provisional or a biennial license under AS 47.32 shall provide
the information specified under (c) of this section as applicable to the type
of child placements the agency performs.
(e) An application for a license must include
a signed declaration by the applicant, or by a person authorized to submit the
application on behalf of an applicant that is not an individual, certifying
that the contents of the application and the information provided with it are
true, accurate, and complete.
(f)
An application is not complete unless it provides all of the information
required by this section, unless it is an application for biennial renewal of a
license. If the application is an application for biennial renewal of a
license, only the attachments to the application for the license that require
updating must be submitted with the application for renewal.
(g) In this section, "management interest"
includes membership on a governing board or body of the agency.
