Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Department of Human Services
Chapter 893 - LICENSING OF CHILD-PLACING ORGANIZATIONS
Section 17-893-1 - Definitions

For the purpose of this chapter:

"Certificate of approval" means the certificate issued by the department which authorizes a person, agency, or organization to operate a child-placing organization.

"Child-placing organization" or "organization" means any person, agency, or organization, except family courts and the department, engaged in the investigation, placement, and supervision of children in foster care,

"Children" means persons under eighteen years of age.

"Foster care" means care and maintenance given to children on a twenty-four hour basis apart from parents or legal guardians, by persons other than those related to the child by blood, marriage, or adoption.

"Foster care facility" means a foster home or institution providing foster care.

"Foster home" includes the following types of foster home care provided by an organization:

(1) Adoptive home, in which the intent of the family is to petition the court in order to assume legally the full responsibilities and privileges of parenthood toward the child who has been placed with the family and is legally available for adoption;

(2) Foster boarding home, in which foster parents provide care and maintenance to children apart from the children's parents or legal guardians on a twenty-four hour basis for fee or charge;

(3) Free home, in which foster parents receive no payment for the care of the child and do not expect the child to pay for the child's care through services;

(4) Wage home, in which foster parents make definite arrangements to provide a wage to the child in return for services but where the child is accepted as a member of the family and not as an employee; and

(5) Work home, in which foster parents accept a child as a member of the family but receive services from the child in return for room and board.

"Foster parent" means any adult person who is not related to the child by blood, marriage, or adoption, and who provides parenting care and maintenance to a foster child.

"Guardian" means a person other than a child's parents who has legal authority over and responsibility for a child.

"New hire" means a person seeking employment in a child-placing organization for the first time in the State, either as an applicant or prospective employee of a child-placing organization.

"Rehire" means an applicant or prospective employee of a child-placing organization who is seeking to operate or be employed in a child-placing organization following termination of employment of more than six months and who has been out of the State during this break in employment.