Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 340 - Department of Human Services
Chapter 75 - Child Welfare Services
Subchapter 3 - Child Protective Services
Part 4 - SPECIALIZED INVESTIGATIVE PROTOCOLS, CHILD DEATH, OR NEAR-DEATH REPORTING PROTOCOLS
Section 340:75-3-410 - Investigation protocol for reports of abuse or neglect of a child in Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS) custody in a foster or trial adoptive home

(a) Purpose of foster or trial adoptive home investigations. A child in DHS care or custody requires ongoing protection from subsequent abuse or neglect while in therapeutic, specialized community home, emergency, Developmental Disabilities Services (DDS), tribal, kinship, and foster family care or trial adoptive placement.

(b) Foster or trial adoptive home investigation protocol. The investigation protocol used during a foster or trial adoptive home investigation is the same protocol used when an investigation is conducted in the child's own home, but includes additional interviews and the evaluation of case records relating to the foster or trial adoptive home.

(c) Abuse or neglect investigation when the child is in DHS custody in a tribal foster home. The protocols used during a tribal foster home investigation are the same used when an investigation is conducted in the child's own home and the protocol regarding the Indian child, per Oklahoma Administrative Code (OAC) 340:75-19-10.

(d) Contracted therapeutic, specialized community, or emergency foster home investigation protocol. The protocol used during a contracted therapeutic, specialized community, or emergency foster home investigation is the same protocol used when an investigation is conducted in the child's own home, but includes additional interviews and evaluation of case records relating to the placement.

(e) Foster or trial adoptive home investigation findings. Upon completion of the foster or trial adoptive home investigation, a finding is made, per OAC 340:75-3-500.

(f) Evaluation to determine continued use or closure of the foster or trial adoptive home. The results of the foster or trial adoptive home investigation are evaluated to determine whether to continue to use or to close the foster or trial adoptive home.

(g) Office of Client Advocacy (OCA) investigates allegations of abuse or neglect in above foster care level settings. OCA investigates reports of child abuse or neglect of a child in DHS custody when the child is placed in an above foster care level setting.