Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 340 - Department of Human Services
Chapter 110 - Licensing Services
Subchapter 5 - Requirements For Child-Placing Agencies
Part 5 - REQUIREMENTS FOR FOSTER HOME AGENCIES
Section 340:110-5-61 - Children's rights

(1) not forced to participate in publicity or promotional activities;

(2) not publicly identified as a ward of the agency;

(3) provided an opportunity to participate in religious services;

(4) supplied with facilities and supplies for personal care, hygiene, and grooming;

(5) supplied with his or her own clothing and shoes appropriate to the season, age, activities, and individual needs and comparable to that of other children in the community;

(6) provided individual space in the foster home for the child's personal possessions and a reasonable degree of privacy.

(7) expected to perform only household tasks that are within the child's abilities, reasonable for the child's age, and similar to those expected of other household members of comparable age and ability;

(8) given guidance in managing money.

(9) allowed privacy in writing, sending, or receiving correspondence, unless restricted by the service plan;

(10) not denied meals as punishment;

(11) not subjected to remarks that belittle or ridicule the child or the child's family;

(12) allowed to visit with the child's familyper the service plan;

(13) not forced to acknowledge dependency on the agency or foster home or gratitude to them;

(14) given the opportunity, at the child's or agency's request, for private conversation with the agency's staff members responsible for the child's supervision;

(15) provided educational opportunities per the child's plan of care; and

(16) provided regular opportunities to engage in age appropriate or developmentally appropriate activities.