Ohio Administrative Code
Title 5101:2 - Division of Social Services
Chapter 5101:2-7 - Foster Care
Section 5101:2-7-14 - Required notification
Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A) A foster caregiver is to notify the recommending agency in writing prior to allowing any person to reside for more than two weeks in the foster home.
(B) A foster caregiver is to notify the recommending agency within one hour of the caregiver gaining the knowledge of any of the following circumstances involving a foster child:
(C) A foster caregiver is to notify the recommending agency within twenty-four hours or the next working day of any of the other following circumstances:
(D) A foster caregiver is to inform the recommending agency at least four weeks prior to a planned move of the foster caregiver.
(E) A foster caregiver is to inform the recommending agency within thirty days in writing if the foster caregiver is certified to operate a type B family day care home.
(F) A foster caregiver is to notify the recommending agency within twenty-four hours of the caregiver gaining the knowledge of any charge of any criminal offense brought against the caregiver or any adult resident of his home. If the charges result in a conviction, the foster caregiver is to notify the recommending agency within twenty-four hours of the conviction.
(G) A foster caregiver is to notify the recommending agency within twenty-four hours of any charge or complaint brought against any resident of the foster caregiver's home who is at least twelve years of age, but less than eighteen years of age for committing an act that if committed by an adult would constitute a criminal offense.
(H) Pursuant to section 5103.0319 of the Revised Code, a foster caregiver is to also notify the recommending agency in writing within twenty-four hours if a resident of the foster caregiver's home is at least twelve years of age, but less than eighteen years of age, and has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to any of the offenses listed in appendix A to rule 5101:2-5-09.1 of the Administrative Code, or has been adjudicated to be a delinquent child for committing an act that if committed by an adult would have constituted such a violation. The notification is also required for any conviction or adjudication of delinquency resulting from a violation of an existing or former law of this state, any other state, or the United States that is substantially equivalent to any of the offenses listed in appendix A to rule 5101:2-5-09.1 of the Administrative Code.
(I) A foster caregiver may voluntarily terminate a foster home certificate for any reason by providing written notice of intent to terminate and the effective date of termination to the recommending agency.
