CHAPTER 49. CHILD WELFARE.

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§49-2-101. Authorization and responsibility; Bureau for Social Services.
§49-2-102. Staffing Allocation for Child Protective Services Workers.
§49-2-103. Proceedings by the state department.
§49-2-104. Education of the public.
§49-2-105. Administrative and judicial review.
§49-2-106. Department responsibility for foster care homes.
§49-2-107. Foster-home care; minimum standards; certificate of operation; inspection.
§49-2-108. Visits and inspections; records.
§49-2-109. Placing children from other states in private homes of state.
§49-2-110. Development of standards of child care.
§49-2-110a Bureau of Social Service authority to hire and employ workers who are not social workers in geographical areas of critical shortage.
§49-2-111. Supervision of child welfare agencies by the department; records and reports.
§49-2-111a. Performance based contracting for child placing agencies.
§49-2-111b. Study of kinship foster care families.
§49-2-111c. Priorities for use of funds.
§49-2-112. Family homes; approval of incorporation by Secretary of State; approval of articles of incorporation.
§49-2-113. Residential child-care centers; licensure, certification, approval, and registration; requirements.
§49-2-114. Application for license or approval.
§49-2-115. Conditions of licensure, approval and registration.
§49-2-115a. Head Start program licenses.
§49-2-116. Investigative authority; evaluation; complaint.
§49-2-117. Revocation; provisional licensure and approval.
§49-2-118. Closing of facilities by the secretary; placement of children.
§49-2-119. Supervision; consultation; State Fire Marshall to cooperate.
§49-2-120. Penalties; injunctions; venue.
§49-2-121. Rule-making.
§49-2-122. Waivers and variances to rules.
§49-2-123. Annual reports; directory; licensing reports and recommendations.
§49-2-124. Certificate of need not required; conditions; review.
§49-2-125. Commission to Study Residential Placement of Children; findings; requirements; reports; recommendations.
§49-2-126. The Foster Child Bill of Rights.
§49-2-127. The Foster and Kinship Parent Bill of Rights.
§49-2-127a. Foster and kinship parent duties; foster parent and kinship parent agreements.
§49-2-128. Reasonable and prudent foster parent standard.
§49-2-129. Transitional living services, scattered-site living arrangements, and supervised group settings; eligibility criteria.
§49-2-130. Limitation of liability; mandatory errors and omissions insurance.
§49-2-201. Findings and purpose.
§49-2-202. When family preservation services required.
§49-2-203. Caseload limits for home-based preservation services.
§49-2-204. Situational criteria requiring service.
§49-2-205. Service delivery through service contracts; accountability.
§49-2-206. Special services to be provided.
§49-2-207. Development of home-based family preservation services.
§49-2-301. Findings and intent; advisory council.
§49-2-302. Creation of statewide quality rating system; rule-making; minimum requirements.
§49-2-303. Statewide quality improvement system; financial plan; staffing requirements; public awareness campaign; management information system; financial assistance for child care programs; program staff; child care consumers.
§49-2-304. Quality rating and improvement system pilot projects; independent third-party evaluation; modification of proposed rule and financial plan; report to Legislature; limitations on implementation.
§49-2-401. Continuation, transfer and renaming of trust fund; funding.
§49-2-501. Children to whom article applies; intent.
§49-2-502. Powers of the secretary.
§49-2-503. Report of birth of special health care needs child.
§49-2-504. Assistance by other agencies.
§49-2-505. Cost of treatment.
§49-2-601. Findings; intent.
§49-2-602. Family support services; responsibilities; funds; case management; outreach; differential fees.
§49-2-603. Eligibility; primary focus.
§49-2-604. Program administration; implementation; procedures; annual evaluation; coordination; plans; grievances; reports.
§49-2-605. Regional and state family support councils; membership; meetings; reimbursement of expenses.
§49-2-701. Caregiver consent for minor's health care; treatment.
§49-2-702. Duty of health care facility or practitioner.
§49-2-703. Affidavit of caregiver consent; requirements.
§49-2-704. Revocation and termination of consent; written notice; validity.
§49-2-705. Good faith reliance on affidavit; applicability.
§49-2-706. Exceptions to applicability.
§49-2-707. Penalty for false statement.
§49-2-708. Rule-making authority.
§49-2-801. Purpose.
§49-2-802. Establishment of child protective services; general duties and powers; administrative procedure; immunity from civil liability; cooperation of other state agencies.
§49-2-803. Persons mandated to report suspected abuse and neglect; requirements.
§49-2-804. Notification of disposition of reports.
§49-2-805. Educational programs; requirements.
§49-2-806. Mandatory reporting of suspected animal cruelty by child protective service workers.
§49-2-807. Mandatory reporting to medical examiner or coroner; postmortem investigation.
§49-2-808. Photographs and X rays.
§49-2-809. Reporting procedures.
§49-2-810. Immunity from liability.
§49-2-811. Abrogation of privileged communications; exception.
§49-2-812. Failure to report; penalty.
§49-2-813. Statistical index; reports.
§49-2-814. Task Force on Prevention of Sexual Abuse of Children.
§49-2-901. Policy; cooperation.
§49-2-902. Division of Juvenile Services; transfer of functions; juvenile placement.
§49-2-903. Powers and duties; comprehensive strategy; cooperation.
§49-2-904. Rules for specialized training for juvenile corrections officers and detention center employees.
§49-2-905. Juvenile detention and corrections facility personnel.
§49-2-906. Medical and other treatment of juveniles in custody of the division; consent; service providers; medical care; pregnant inmates; claims processing and administration by the department; authorization of cooperative agreements.
§49-2-907. Examination, diagnosis classification and treatment; period of custody.
§49-2-908. Educational services for juveniles placed in predispositional and postdispositional facilities; authorization; cooperation; rule-making.
§49-2-909. Arrest authority of juvenile correctional and detention officers.
§49-2-910. Juvenile trustee accounts and funds, earnings and personal property of juveniles; return of property; reports;
§49-2-911. Juvenile benefit funds; uses; reports.
§49-2-912. Youth reporting centers.
§49-2-913. Juvenile Justice Reform Oversight Committee.
§49-2-1001. Purpose; intent.
§49-2-1002. Responsibilities of the Department of Human Services and Division of Juvenile Services of the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety; programs and services; rehabilitation; cooperative agreements.
§49-2-1003. Rehabilitative facilities for status offenders; requirements; educational instruction.
§49-2-1004. The Juvenile Services Reimbursement Offender Fund; use; expenditures.
§49-2-1005. Legal custody; law-enforcement agencies.
§49-2-1006. Reporting requirements; cataloguing of services.
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