Washington Administrative Code
Title 110 - Children, Youth, and Families, Department of
Chapter 110-145 - Licensing requirements for group care facilities
MANAGING RECORDS AND REPORTING
Section 110-145-1545 - What are my reporting requirements in my licensed facility serving runaway or homeless youth?
Current through Register Vol. 24-18, September 15, 2024
If you are licensed as an overnight youth shelter or are otherwise licensed to provide residential services for runaway or homeless youth, and you learn that a youth staying in your facility does not have parental permission to be there, you or your staff must:
(1) Within 72 hours, preferably 24 hours, notify the parent by telephone or other reasonable means unless compelling reasons exist. You must provide the youth's whereabouts, give a description of the youth's physical and emotional condition, and report the circumstances surrounding the youth's contact with your facility. You must document this notification in the youth's file.
(2) If compelling reasons exist, you must notify DCYF intake. This includes reason to believe notifying the youth's parents will result in abuse or neglect of the youth as defined in RCW 26.44.020.
(3) You or your staff must also review the public information on missing youth made available by the Washington state patrol at least once every eight hours while a youth is present at your facility. If a youth is listed as missing, you must immediately notify DCYF intake with the information listed in subsection (1) of this section.
Statutory Authority: Chapters 13.34 and 74.13 RCW, RCW 74.15.030(2), 74.15.311(2), 74.13.032, 13.04.011, 74.13.020, 13.34.030, 74.13.031, 13.34.145, 74.15.311, 74.15.030, and 2013 c 105. WSR 15-01-069, § 388-145-1545, filed 12/11/14, effective 1/11/15.
