Current through August 30, 2024
(a) An agency shall report the following
planned changes to the licensing representative as soon as possible, but not
later than 30 days before they are expected to occur:
(1) change in the individual operating the
agency;
(2) change in the name of
the individual operating the agency;
(3) change in the name of the
agency;
(4) change of
administrator; or
(5) deletion or
addition of a type of placement, such as foster home, residential child care
facility, adoptive home, or guardianship placements for a child.
(b) An agency shall immediately
report the following occurrences to the licensing representative:
(1) death of a child in placement with the
agency;
(2) except for situations
described in (c) of this section, serious injury or illness of a child in
placement with the agency who requires attention by medical personnel outside
of the placement setting;
(3) fire
or other disaster affecting the agency; and
(4) an unplanned change in any item listed in
(a) of this section.
(c)
With prior approval of the department, an agency regularly serving medically
fragile children need not make the report required by (b)(2) of this
section.
(d) An agency shall
immediately report the following incidents involving a child in state custody
under placement with the agency to the child's state placing worker:
(1) death of a child in placement with the
agency;
(2) attempted or threatened
suicide by a child in placement with the agency;
(3) life-threatening illness or
hospitalization of a child in placement with the agency, unless the child is a
medically fragile child; or
(4)
unapproved absence for more than 10 hours by a child in placement with the
agency.
(e) An agency
shall report the following to the child's state placing worker no later than
the first working day that it is known:
(1)
pregnancy of a child in placement with the agency;
(2) severe distress or depression of a child
in placement with the agency;
(3)
nonemergency medical care requiring consent from the child's parent, in this
paragraph, "nonemergency medical care" includes surgery, anesthesia,
psychotropic medication, or any drugs prescribed for mental illness or
behavioral problems;
(4) violation
of a condition of probation by a child in placement with the agency, if
applicable;
(5) allegations of
criminal conduct by a child in placement with the agency.
(f) An agency shall immediately report the
following incidents involving a child in placement with the agency to the
child's parent:
(1) death of a child while in
placement with the agency;
(2)
injury or illness of a child in placement with the agency requiring attention
by medical personnel outside of the placement setting;
(3) medical or dental problems of a child in
placement with the agency; and
(4)
any significant events regarding the child.
Authority:AS 44.30.020
AS
47.10.142
AS
47.32.030
