Virginia Administrative Code
Title 22 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Agency 40 - DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter 211 - FOSTER AND ADOPTIVE HOME APPROVAL STANDARDS FOR LOCAL DEPARTMENTS OF SOCIAL SERVICES
Section 22VAC40-211-90 - Allowing a waiver

A. The local department may request and the provider may receive a permanent or temporary waiver from the department on a standard if the waiver does not jeopardize the safety and proper care of the child or violate federal or state laws or local ordinances.

B. To allow children to be placed with kinship foster parents, temporary waivers may be granted for preservice training, completion of a mutual family assessment, tuberculosis assessment, screening, or tests and physical examinations for a period not to exceed six months. Permanent waivers related to standards for the home of a provider as referenced in 22VAC40-211-70 may be granted to kinship foster parents.

C. If a provider is granted a waiver and is in compliance with all other requirements of this chapter, the provider is considered fully approved.

D. Any temporary waivers granted are for a period not to exceed six months. Before the end of the six-month period, the kinship foster parent must have completed all requirements that had previously been waived under subsection B of this section.

E. Any permanent waivers granted are considered on a case-by-case basis and must be reviewed on an annual basis by the department.