Idaho Administrative Code
Title IDAPA 16 - Health and Welfare, Department of
Rule 16.06.02 - CHILD CARE AND FOSTER CARE LICENSING
STANDARDS FOR FOSTER HOMES
Section 16.06.02.457 - REASONABLE AND PRUDENT PARENT STANDARD
Current through August 31, 2023
A caregiver must follow the reasonable and prudent parent standard. (3-28-23)
01. Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard Defined. The reasonable and prudent parent standard means the standard characterized by careful and sensible parental decisions that maintain the health, safety, and best interests of a child while at the same time encouraging the emotional and developmental growth of the child that a caregiver must use when determining whether to allow a child in foster care under the responsibility of the state to participate in extracurricular, enrichment, cultural, or social activities. See "Caregiver" in the definitions. "Age or developmentally appropriate" means the following: (3-28-23)
02. Training. Each caregiver will complete training to include knowledge and skills relating to the reasonable and prudent parent standard for the participation of the child in age or developmentally appropriate activities, including knowledge and skills relating to the developmental stages of the cognitive, emotional, physical, and behavioral capacities of a child, and applying the standard to decisions such as whether to allow the child to engage in social, extracurricular, enrichment, cultural, and social activities, including sports, field trips, and overnight activities lasting one (1) or more days, and involving the signing of permission slips and arranging transportation for the child to and from extracurricular enrichment and social activities. (3-28-23)