North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 70 - CHILDREN'S SERVICES
Subchapter I - MINIMUM LICENSING STANDARDS FOR RESIDENTIAL CHILD-CARE
Section .0500 - SERVICE PLANNING
Section 70I .0505 - DISCHARGE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

Universal Citation: 10A NC Admin Code 70I .0505

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 6, September 16, 2024

(a) A residential child-care facility shall have written discharge policies that will establish the guidelines for terminating the facility's residential care and services to the child and family to include the following:

(1) opportunity for the parents, guardian or legal custodian to be informed and have opportunity to discuss the decision to discharge the child;

(2) designation of a timeframe for the child to be discharged which allows sufficient time for the child and facility to prepare for departure and for arrangements to be made for the child's care;

(3) discharge of a child under 18 years of age only to the parents, guardian or legal custodian;

(4) completion of a summary within 30 days of discharge, which includes the following:
(A) date, time and circumstances of discharge;

(B) name, address and telephone number of the parents, guardian, legal custodian or authorized individual to whom the child was discharged;

(C) services provided and evaluation;

(D) recommendations for needed services; and

(E) provision of or referral for after care services.

(b) Upon a child's departure, the residential child-care facility shall provide a copy of the child's educational, medical and dental records, clinical materials (as available) and other related materials to the parents, guardian or legal custodian.

(c) Upon a child's departure, the residential child-care facility shall send all personal clothing and belongings with the child.

(d) Upon a child's departure, the residential child-care facility shall return prescription medications to the person or agency legally authorized to remove the child from residential child-care.

Authority G.S. 131D-10.5; 143B-153;
Eff. July 1, 1999 (See S.L. 1999, c.237 s. 11.30);
Amended Eff. October 1, 2008;
Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. April 5, 2016.

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