Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 39, September 26, 2024
(a) Reporting infectious or contagious
disease. Each licensee shall be responsible for reporting if any resident of
the family foster home, including a child in foster care, contracts a
reportable infectious or contagious disease specified in
K.A.R.
28-1-2, as follows:
(1) Each licensee shall report the disease to
the local county health department by the next working day. Each licensee shall
follow the protocol recommended by the county health department and shall
cooperate with any investigation, disease control, or surveillance procedures
initiated by the county health department or the Kansas department of health
and environment.
(2) Each licensee
shall notify the sponsoring child-placement agency of the incident for each
child in foster care.
(b) Hospitalization or emergency room care.
If a child in foster care requires hospitalization or emergency room care, the
licensee shall immediately notify the child-placing agent and the sponsoring
child-placement agency.
(c)
Positive tuberculin test. If any individual residing, working, or volunteering
in the family foster home who is required to have tuberculin testing has a
positive tuberculin test, the licensee shall report the results to the
department's tuberculosis (TB) control program by the next working
day.
(d) Reporting critical
incidents.
(1) Each licensee shall report any
of the following critical incidents immediately to the department, the
child-placing agent, and the sponsoring child-placement agency:
(A) Any damage to the dwelling or property
that affects the structure of the dwelling or the safety of the child in foster
care;
(B) the injury of a child in
foster care that requires medical treatment by a licensed medical provider;
or
(C) the death of a child or any
other resident of the family foster home.
(2) Each licensee shall report any of the
following critical incidents immediately to the child's child-placing agent and
the sponsoring child-placement agency:
(A) A
vehicle accident involving any child in foster care;
(B) a missing or runaway child in foster
care;
(C) the arrest of a child in
foster care;
(D) any incident
involving the presence of law enforcement; or
(E) all complaint investigations by the
department.
(3) Each
licensee shall submit a written report for each critical incident specified in
paragraphs (d)(1) and (2) to the child-placing agent and the sponsoring
child-placement agency by the next working day. This report shall contain the
following information:
(A) The child's name
and birth date;
(B) the date and
time of the incident;
(C) a factual
summary of the incident, including the name of each individual
involved;
(D) a factual summary of
the immediate action taken, including the name of each individual
involved;
(E) the signature of the
licensee; and
(F) the date of the
report.
(4) A copy of
each critical incident report shall be available upon request of the
department.
(e) Reporting
abuse and neglect.
(1) For the purposes of
this subsection, "neglect," "physical, mental or emotional abuse," and "sexual
abuse" shall have the meanings specified in
K.S.A.
38-2202, and amendments thereto.
(2) Each licensee shall report any suspected
neglect, physical, mental or emotional abuse, and sexual abuse of a child in
foster care within 24 hours of discovery, by telephone or in writing, to the
secretary of the Kansas department for children and families and, when
immediate harm is suspected, to the local law enforcement agency.
(3) Each licensee shall notify the sponsoring
child-placement agency of suspected neglect, physical, mental or emotional
abuse, and sexual abuse of a child in foster care within 24 hours of discovery,
by telephone or in writing.
