New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter 26 - FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION
Part 4 - LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR FOSTER AND ADOPTIVE HOMES
Section 8.26.4.9 - TYPES OF FOSTER CARE PROVIDER LICENSES
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024
A. Provisional license: A provisional license is a license issued by PSD to a relative or fictive kin upon satisfactory completion of the initial relative assessment at the time of an emergency placement of a child. A provisional license may be issued to facilitate or expedite placement of a child with a relative or fictive kin. A provisional license is valid for 60 days, with the possibility of one 30 day extension as described herein at Subsection C of 8.26.4.11 NMAC. For emergency placements of American Indian and Alaska Native children, agencies shall work closely with tribal and urban Indian organizations that have expertise in recruiting and licensing tribal foster care providers. If a relative or fictive kin is identified and resides on tribal land, a provisional license may be extended up to 60 additional days by the PSD field deputy director.
B. Foster care provider license: A two year license issued by PSD after all licensing requirements have been completed.
C. Treatment foster care license: A license issued by a child placement agency to a foster care provider to care for a child requiring intensive services after the provider has met both the child placement agency licensing regulations, and the treatment foster care standards contained in 7.20.11.29 NMAC. PSD does not license treatment foster care providers.
